Manifesto, this is we want to see happen For my peoples breakin' graf writin' and rappin' I the mic right and exact, my life's my sacrifice Take my mic and I'm like a Chinese man no rice
Oh yeah, we through the pages of time to find design Like Vaseline on the faces of Georgia We deeper than petroleum jelly We in the air like conversations on And appear like stretch marks on bellies
After givin' you had to let go, you playin' for life The Manifesto, here comes the Because I said so pushin'
I got the cushion for the seat of your Back in the day stole our smile So we clothe our teeth in
And we frontin', from to kid, to Son of God It's dependin' on labels for man, woman and child My style is all that's seen and all that's heard God gave us music so we with our words
So when Tek be in constant like a monk While speaks in tongues to get your intellect drunk Yo, we to take over the 90% of your brain that you ain't usin' To us it's or death, we keep you chosin'
Every shook eye ain't seen, every goodbye ain't no rest for the weary yo, forever it's on The Manifesto, establishes a hip-hop Movin' upon the face of the water like
Aiyo all the real MC's can meet me So we can decide how we gonna the tide Like the moon we on the earth a ride around the sun Now son, we just begun and the journey's far from done
We all you, what your brain gone fishin' like Walter Mosley? There's an MC that can me, supposedly? No one could come close to me, only the family know me last hope like Obi Wan Kenobi
Through television I'm shinin' light like a train Comin out like earthworms when it it like the C.I.A. be bringin' in crack Cocaine out of planes
With the George Bush connections, I push I'm sellin' izm like a dealer buildin' the system Supply and the demand it's all
Niggaz don't sell 'cause they like to see blacks smoke Niggaz sell 'cause they broke My battle get conscious minds provoked And ghetto revoked
we surrounded by the evil You know that the people's minds is They in it Even if it don't make sense, this makin' shit,
Don't a scholar to see what's goin' on around you Either you widdit or you is what it comes down to you forgotten we pickin' 100% designer name brand Cotton They plottin', my third eye is steady watchin'
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 order upon the face of the water like reflections
Yeah, see that's I'm talkin' about, it be the slaughter, man We need to break it down because heads 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 program just like the Black Panthers One, first yourself as an artist If you don't respect yourself then your rhymes is
Two, make sure crew is as tight as you 'Cause when them niggaz fallin' off, they bring you down too Three, understand the of MC The to Move the crowd like Moses split the seas
Four, know your and don't ever be blunted If you don't know what your words mean your rhymes mean nothin' Five, kick in the raps and curse with clarity What's a curse when language is in vulgarity
Six, we gonna fix politricks Shit, they made an art form out of dicks Seven, we soldiers for God new recruits So if you rhymin' for the then you's a prostitute
But eight, acknowledge that you need on your plate In order to say your grace make sure your is straight Nine, we buildin' black minds with And when you freestyle, keep the subject relevant
Ten, MC grab a pen And write conscious lyrics to tell the children I'll say it again, every MC you a pen And drop conscious shit for our children
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