Manifesto, this is we want to see happen For my peoples still breakin' graf 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 to find design Like Vaseline on the of Black Georgia We shinin' deeper petroleum jelly We in the air like on celly And just appear stretch marks on bellies
givin' birth you had to let go, you playin' for life The Manifesto, here comes the Because I so keep pushin'
I got the cushion for the seat of your Back in the day they stole our So we our teeth in gold
And we frontin', nigga to kid, to Son of God It's wild on labels for man, woman and child My style just is all that's seen and all heard God gave us music so we with our words
So when Tek be in constant meditation like a While Kweli speaks in tongues to get intellect drunk Yo, we bound to take over the 90% of your brain you ain't usin' To us life or death, we keep you chosin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every ain't gone Ain't no rest for the weary yo, forever on The Manifesto, a hip-hop order Movin' upon the face of the water like
Aiyo all the real can meet me outside So we can decide how we gonna change the Like the moon we on the earth a ride around the sun Now son, we only just and the journey's far from done
We all miss you, what your brain gone fishin' like Mosley? There's an MC that can hold me, No one could come close to me, only the family really me last hope like Obi Wan Kenobi
Through your I'm shinin' light like a train Comin out like when it rains it like the C.I.A. be bringin' in crack Cocaine bailin' out of
With the George Bush connections, I reflection Like I'm sellin' izm like a dealer the system Supply and the demand it's all
Niggaz don't sell crack they like to see blacks smoke Niggaz sell 'cause they broke My battle lyrics get minds provoked And ghetto passes
'Cause we by the evil You know that the people's minds is believe in it Even if it don't make sense, 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' 100% designer name Cotton They still plottin', my eye is steady watchin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every goodbye gone Ain't no for the weary yo forever it's on The Manifesto, a hip-hop order Movin' upon the face of the like reflections
Yeah, see that's what I'm about, it be the slaughter, man We need to break it down because heads They don't know what they about all this nonsense, yo, break it down
From open mics to solutions, I got a collage of And a ten program just like the Black Panthers One, first respect as an artist If you don't respect yourself then your rhymes is
Two, make sure your is as tight as you 'Cause when them niggaz fallin' off, they bring you down too Three, understand the of MC The power to Move the like Moses split the seas
Four, know shit and don't ever be blunted If you don't know what your mean then your rhymes mean nothin' Five, kick facts in the raps and curse with What's a curse when is immersed in vulgarity
Six, we gonna fix politricks Shit, they an art form out of ridin' 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 you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant
Ten, every MC a pen And write some conscious to tell the children I'll say it again, MC find you a pen And drop conscious shit for our children
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