Manifesto, this is we want to see happen For my peoples still breakin' writin' and rappin' I the mic right and exact, my life's my sacrifice Take my mic and I'm like a Chinese man with no
Oh yeah, we flippin' through the pages of time to design Like Vaseline on the faces of Georgia We shinin' deeper petroleum jelly We in the air conversations on celly And just appear like stretch on bellies
After givin' you had to let go, you playin' for life The Manifesto, here the beat I said so keep pushin'
I got the for the seat of your soul in the day they stole our smile So we clothe our in gold
And we frontin', from to kid, to Son of God It's wild on labels for man, woman and child My just is all that's seen and all that's heard God gave us music so we with our words
So when Tek be in meditation like a monk While Kweli speaks in tongues to get your drunk Yo, we bound to take over the 90% of your brain that you usin' To us it's or death, we keep you chosin'
Every eye ain't seen, every goodbye ain't gone Ain't no rest for the weary yo, it's on The Manifesto, establishes a order Movin' upon the face of the water like
Aiyo all the real MC's can me outside So we can how we gonna change the tide Like the moon we on the earth a ride around the sun Now son, we only just begun and the journey's far from
We all miss you, what brain gone fishin' like Walter Mosley? There's an MC can hold me, supposedly? No one could come close to me, only the family really me Hip-hop's hope like Obi Wan Kenobi
Through your television I'm light like a train Comin out like when it rains Bringin' it like the C.I.A. be in crack Cocaine bailin' out of
With the George Bush connections, I reflection I'm sellin' izm like a dealer buildin' the system Supply and the demand it's all
Niggaz don't sell crack 'cause they like to see blacks Niggaz sell crack 'cause they My lyrics get conscious minds provoked And ghetto passes
'Cause we by the evil You that the people's minds is feeble believe in it Even if it make sense, this makin' dollars shit,
take a scholar to see what's goin' on around you Either you widdit or you ain't is what it comes to Have you forgotten we pickin' designer name brand Cotton They still plottin', my third eye is steady
Every shook eye ain't seen, every goodbye ain't Ain't no rest for the weary yo it's on The Manifesto, establishes a order upon the face of the water like reflections
Yeah, see that's what I'm about, it be the slaughter, man We need to break it because these heads They don't know what they about Frontin' all nonsense, yo, break it down
From open to solutions, I got a collage of answers And a ten point program just the Black Panthers One, first respect yourself as an If you respect yourself then your rhymes is garbage
Two, make sure your crew is as as you 'Cause when niggaz fallin' off, they gonna bring you down too Three, the meanin' of MC The power to Move the crowd like split the seas
Four, know your shit and ever be blunted If you don't know what your words mean then your rhymes nothin' Five, facts in the raps and curse with clarity What's a when language is immersed in vulgarity
Six, we gonna fix industrial Shit, they made an art form out of dicks Seven, we soldiers for God needin' new So if you rhymin' for the loot you's a prostitute
But eight, acknowledge that you need food on plate In order to say grace make sure your business is straight Nine, we buildin' minds with intelligence And when you freestyle, keep the subject relevant
Ten, MC grab a pen And write some conscious lyrics to tell the I'll say it again, MC find you a pen And drop some conscious shit for our
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