Manifesto, this is we want to see happen For my peoples still breakin' writin' and rappin' I rock the mic right and exact, my life's my Take my mic and I'm like a man with no rice
Oh yeah, we flippin' through the of time to find design Vaseline on the faces of Black Georgia We shinin' than petroleum jelly We in the air like conversations on And just appear stretch marks on bellies
givin' birth you had to let go, you playin' for life The Manifesto, here the beat Because I so keep pushin'
I got the cushion for the seat of soul Back in the day they our smile So we our teeth in gold
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 and all that's heard God gave us music so we play with our
So Tek be in constant meditation like a monk While Kweli speaks in tongues to get your drunk Yo, we bound to take over the 90% of your that you ain't usin' To us life or death, we keep you chosin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every goodbye gone Ain't no rest for the weary yo, it's on The Manifesto, a hip-hop order Movin' upon the of the water like reflections
all the real MC's can meet me outside So we can decide how we gonna the tide Like the moon we on the takin' a ride around the sun Now son, we just begun and the journey's far from done
We all miss you, your brain gone fishin' like Walter Mosley? an MC that can hold me, supposedly? No one come close to me, only the family really know me Hip-hop's last like Obi Wan Kenobi
your television I'm shinin' light like a train Comin out earthworms when it rains Bringin' it the C.I.A. be bringin' in crack Cocaine out of planes
With the George Bush connections, I push Like I'm sellin' izm like a dealer buildin' the and the demand it's all capitalism
Niggaz don't sell crack 'cause they like to see blacks Niggaz sell crack they broke My battle lyrics get minds provoked And passes revoked
'Cause we by the evil You know that the people's minds is believe in it Even if it don't sense, this makin' dollars shit,
Don't take a to see what's goin' on around you Either you widdit or you ain't is what it comes to Have you forgotten we 100% 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 weary yo forever on The Manifesto, establishes a order Movin' upon the face of the water reflections
Yeah, see that's what I'm about, it be the slaughter, man We need to break it down because these They don't know what they talkin' Frontin' all this nonsense, yo, it down
From open to solutions, I got a collage of answers And a ten point program just the Black Panthers One, first yourself 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 off, they gonna 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 words mean then your mean nothin' Five, kick facts in the raps and with clarity What's a curse language is immersed in vulgarity
Six, we gonna fix industrial Shit, they made an art form out of dicks Seven, we soldiers for God new recruits So if you rhymin' for the loot you's a prostitute
But eight, acknowledge that you need on your plate In order to say your grace make your business is straight Nine, we black minds with intelligence And when you freestyle, keep the matter relevant
Ten, every MC a pen And write some lyrics to tell the children say it again, every MC find you a pen And drop some conscious for our children
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