Manifesto, this is we want to see happen For my peoples still breakin' graf writin' and I rock the mic right and exact, my my sacrifice Take my mic and I'm a Chinese man with no rice
Oh yeah, we flippin' through the pages of to find design Like Vaseline on the of Black Georgia We shinin' deeper than jelly We in the air like on celly And just appear like stretch on bellies
After givin' birth you had to let go, you for life The Manifesto, here comes the Because I so keep pushin'
I got the cushion for the seat of soul Back in the day stole our smile So we clothe our teeth in
And we frontin', nigga to kid, to Son of God It's wild dependin' on labels for man, woman and My style just is all that's seen and all that's God gave us so we play with our words
So when Tek be in constant like a monk While Kweli in tongues to get your intellect drunk Yo, we bound to take over the 90% of your brain that you usin' To us it's life or death, we you chosin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every ain't gone Ain't no rest for the yo, forever it's on The Manifesto, establishes a hip-hop Movin' upon the face of the like reflections
Aiyo all the real can meet me outside So we can how we gonna change the tide the moon we on the earth takin' a ride around the sun Now son, we only just begun and the journey's far from
We all miss you, what your brain gone like Walter Mosley? There's an MC that can hold me, No one could come close to me, the family really know me Hip-hop's hope like Obi Wan Kenobi
your television I'm shinin' light like a train Comin out like when it rains Bringin' it like the C.I.A. be bringin' in Cocaine out of planes
the George Bush connections, I push reflection Like I'm sellin' izm like a dealer the system Supply and the demand all capitalism
Niggaz don't sell crack 'cause they like to see blacks Niggaz sell crack 'cause they My battle lyrics get minds provoked And passes revoked
we surrounded by the evil You know that the people's minds is They in it Even if it don't make sense, makin' dollars shit,
Don't take a scholar to see what's on around you Either you or you ain't is what it comes down to Have you forgotten we pickin' designer name brand Cotton They still plottin', my third eye is watchin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, goodbye ain't gone Ain't no rest for the yo forever it's on The Manifesto, establishes a order Movin' upon the face of the like reflections
Yeah, see what I'm talkin' about, it be the slaughter, man We need to break it because these heads They don't know they talkin' about all this nonsense, yo, break it down
From mics to solutions, I got a collage of answers And a ten point program like the Black Panthers One, respect yourself as an artist If you don't respect yourself your rhymes is garbage
Two, make sure your crew is as as you 'Cause when them niggaz fallin' off, they bring you down too Three, understand the of MC The power to Move the crowd like Moses split the
Four, know your shit and don't be blunted If you don't know what your words mean then your mean nothin' Five, kick facts in the raps and with clarity a curse when language is immersed in vulgarity
Six, we gonna fix politricks Shit, they made an art form out of dicks Seven, we for God needin' new recruits So if you rhymin' for the loot then a prostitute
But eight, acknowledge that you need food on your In order to say your grace make sure your business is Nine, we buildin' black minds with And you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant
Ten, MC grab a pen And write some lyrics to tell the children say it again, every MC find you a pen And some conscious shit for our children
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