The of Mandela, hope my flows they propel it Let these words be your and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for and depression And with that being said my nigga, let me ask this
When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? shit hit the fan (one two, one two) When shit hit the fan, is you still a When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows propel it Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every As I this army make room for mistakes and depression And that being said my nigga, let me ask this question
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you still a Want you look to left and right, make sure you ask your friends When shit hit the fan, is you still a
Do you believe in me? Are you me? Could I let you down easily, is heart where it need to be? Is your smile on permanent? Is your vow on Would you know where the is if I died in this next line? If I'm tried in a of law, if the industry cut me off If the want me dead, plant cocaine in my car Would you judge me a kid or see me as K. Lamar Or question my character and degrade me on blog Want you to love me Nelson, want you to hug me like Nelson I freed you from being a slave in your mind, very welcome You tell me my song is more a song, it's surely a blessing But a prophet ain't a prophet til ask you this question:
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? you look to your left and right, make sure you ask you friends When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The of Mandela, hope my flows they propel it Let these words be your earth and moon you every message As I lead army make room for mistakes and depression And that
Do you believe in me? How much you in her? You think she gon' around if them 25 years occur? You think he can hold you down when you behind bars hurt? You think y'all on ground if you promise to be the first? Can you be immortalized without your life expired? Even though you share the blood is it worth the time? Like who got your best interest? Like how much are you How clutch are the people say they love you and who pretending? How tough is your skin when they you in, do you show forgiveness? What brush do you bend when dusting your from being offended What of den did they put you in when the lions start hissing kind of bridge did they burn, revenge or your mind when it's mentioned? You love like Nelson, you wanna be like Nelson You wanna in in his shoes but you peace-making seldom You wanna be remembered that delivered the That considered the blessing of everyone, this lesson for everyone, say
When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? Want you look to your left and right, make you ask you friends When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The voice of Mandela, hope flows they propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you every message As I lead army make room for mistakes and depression And if you ridin' with me
I been wrote off before, I got abandonment I hold grudges bad judges, don't let me resent you That's not Nelson-like, want you to love me Nelson I went to Island analyzing, that's where his cell is So I could find clarity, like how much you me Is this a fake or real as the heavens be? See I got to it all, family, friends, fans, cats, dogs Trees, plants, grass, how the wind Murphy's Law, X, will I ever be your ex? Floss off a step, mobbed by the mouth a bit Pause, put me stress Crawled rocks, ducking y'all, it's respect But then tomorrow, put my against the wall How many leaders you you needed then left 'em for dead? Is it Moses, is it Huey Newton or Detroit Is it Martin Luther, JFK, shooter you Is it Jackie, is it Jesse, oh I know, Michael Jackson, oh
When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? When shit hit the fan, is you still a That nigga us Billie Jean, you say he touched those kids? When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The of Mandela, hope my flows they propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you every message As I lead this make room for mistakes and depression And if you riding with me nigga, let me ask this nigga
I you was conflicted Misusing influence Sometimes I did the Abusing my power, of resentment Resentment turned into a deep depression Found myself screaming in the room I wanna self destruct The of Lucy was all around me So I running for answers I came home But didn't stop survivor's guilt Going back and forth trying to myself the stripes I earned Or maybe how A-1 my was But while my loved ones was fighting the war back in the city I was a new one A war that was based on and discrimination me wanna go back to the city and tell the homies what I learned The word was Just because you wore a gang color than mines Doesn't I can't respect you as a black man Forgetting all the and hurt we caused each other in these streets If I respect you, we and stop the enemy from killing us But I don't know, I'm no mortal man, maybe I'm just nigga
and that's all I wrote I was call another nigga but, it ain't really a poem, I just felt it's something you probably could relate to. Other than that, now that I finally got a chance to at you, I wanted to ask you about a certain situa About a metaphor actually, you on the ground. What you mean 'bout that, what the ground
The ground is open up and swallow the evil. how I see it, my word is bond. I see and the ground is the symbol for the people, The poor people is open up this whole world And swallow up the people. 'Cause the rich gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, You know I'm saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so and hungry You know what I'm it's gonna be like There might be some cannibalism out mutha, they might eat the rich
Aight so let me ask you then, Do you see yourself as that's rich Or that made the best of their own opportunities?
I see myself as a born hustler, A true hustler in every sense of the word. I nothin' I took the opportunities, I worked at the most and degrading job And myself up so I could get it to where I owned it. I went from somebody manage me To me hiring the person that works my company. I changed I realized my destiny in a matter of five years You know what I'm saying I made a millionaire. I made millions for a lot of now it's time to make millions for myself, You know I'm saying. I millions for the record companies, I made millions for these movie companies, now I make for us
And your different avenues of success How would you say you managed to keep a level of
By my in God, by my faith in the game, And by my faith in all good things come to those stay true. You know what I'm saying, and it was to me for a reason You know I'm saying, I was noticing, I was the right buttons and it was happening. So it's no problem, you know I mean it's a problem but I'm not finna let know. I'm go straight through
Would you consider yourself a fighter at Or that only reacts when they back is against the wall?
I like to think that at every I've ever been threatened with resistance been met with resistance. And not only me but it goes down my tree. You know I'm saying, it's in my veins to fight back
Aight well, how long you think it take before be like, We a war, I'm fighting a war I can't win and I wanna lay it all down
In this country a black man only like 5 years we can exhibit maximum strength And that's right now you a teenager While you still strong or you still wanna lift weights, you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's like they take the and soul out of a man Out of a black man in country. And you don't wanna no more. And if you don't me you can look around, You don't see no loud mouth 30-year old
That's crazy, because me being one of your of the legacy you left behind I can truly you that there's nothing but turmoil goin' on So I wanted to ask you what you think is the future for me and my today?
I think that niggas is tired-a grabbin' shit out the And next time it's a there's gonna be bloodshed for real I think America can know that I think think we was just playing and it's gonna be some more playing But it ain't be no playing. It's gonna be murder, you what I'm saying, gonna be like Nat Turner, 1831, up in this muthafucka. You what I'm saying, it's gonna happen
That's man. In my opinion only hope that we kinda have left Is and vibrations people don't understand how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get a mic And I know what type of energy I'mma push out, Or where it from. Trip me out sometimes
Because the spirits, we ain't really We just letting our homies tell stories for us
I wanted to read one last to you. It's actually something a good friend had describing my world. It
"The caterpillar is a prisoner to the that conceived it Its only job is to eat or consume everything around it, in to protect itself from this mad city consuming its environment the caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive One thing it noticed is how much the shuns him, but praises the butterfly The butterfly the talent, the thoughtfulness, and the beauty within the caterpillar But having a harsh on life the caterpillar sees the butterfly as weak And figures out a way to it to his own benefits Already surrounded by mad city The caterpillar goes to work on the cocoon which him He can no longer see his own thoughts trapped When trapped inside these walls certain ideas start to take Such as going home, and bringing back new to this mad city The Wings begin to emerge, breaking the cycle of stagnant free, the butterfly sheds light on situations That the never considered, ending the eternal struggle Although the and caterpillar are completely different are one and the same."
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