The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows propel it Let these words be your earth and you consume every message As I lead army make room for mistakes and depression And with that said my nigga, let me ask this question
shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? When hit the fan (one two, one two) When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you still a
The ghost of Mandela, my flows they propel it Let these words be your and moon you consume every message As I lead army make room for mistakes and depression And that being said my nigga, let me ask this question
When hit the fan, is you still a fan? When hit the fan, is you still a fan? Want you look to your left and right, sure you ask your friends When shit hit the fan, is you still a
Do you in me? Are you deceiving me? Could I let you easily, is your heart where it need to be? Is your on permanent? Is your vow on lifetime? Would you know where the sermon is if I died in next line? If I'm tried in a court of law, if the cut me off If the government me dead, plant cocaine in my car Would you judge me a kid or see me as K. Lamar Or question my character and degrade me on every you to love me like Nelson, want you to hug me like Nelson I freed you from being a slave in your mind, you're very You tell me my is more than a song, it's surely a blessing But a ain't a prophet til they ask you this question:
When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? When shit hit the fan, is you still a Want you look to left and right, make sure you ask you friends When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, my flows they propel it Let these words be your earth and you consume every message As I lead this army room for mistakes and depression And with
Do you believe in me? How you believe in her? You think she gon' stick around if them 25 occur? You think he can hold you down when you behind bars hurt? You think on common ground if you promise to be the first? Can you be immortalized without your life expired? Even though you share the blood is it worth the time? Like who got your interest? Like how much are you dependent? How clutch are the people say they love you and who pretending? How tough is your skin when they turn you in, do you forgiveness? What brush do you bend when dusting your from being offended What kind of den did put you in when the lions start hissing What kind of bridge did burn, revenge or your mind when it's mentioned? You wanna love like Nelson, you wanna be like You wanna walk in in his shoes but you peace-making You wanna be that delivered the message That considered the of everyone, this your lesson for everyone, say
shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? When hit the fan, is you still a fan? Want you look to your and right, make sure you ask you friends When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The voice of Mandela, hope these flows propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you every message As I this army make room for mistakes and depression And if you ridin' me nigga
I wrote off before, I got abandonment issues I hold grudges bad judges, don't let me resent you That's not Nelson-like, want you to me like Nelson I went to Robben's Island analyzing, that's where his is So I could find clarity, like how much you me Is relationship a fake or real as the heavens be? See I got to question it all, family, friends, fans, cats, Trees, plants, grass, how the blow Murphy's Law, generation X, will I be your ex? off a baby step, mobbed by the mouth a bit Pause, put me under Crawled under rocks, ducking y'all, it's But then tomorrow, put my against the wall How many leaders you said you needed then 'em for dead? Is it Moses, is it Newton or Detroit Red? Is it Martin Luther, JFK, you assassin Is it Jackie, is it Jesse, oh I know, Michael Jackson, oh
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? That gave us Billie Jean, you say he touched those kids? When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my they propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you every message As I lead this army make room for mistakes and And if you riding with me nigga, let me ask this question
I remember you was Misusing your Sometimes I did the my power, full of resentment Resentment that turned into a depression Found myself screaming in the room I didn't self destruct The evils of Lucy was all me So I went running for I came home But that didn't stop guilt back and forth trying to convince myself the stripes I earned Or how A-1 my foundation was But while my loved was fighting the continuous war back in the city I was a new one A war was based on apartheid and discrimination Made me wanna go back to the city and the homies what I learned The word was because you wore a different gang color than mines Doesn't I can't respect you as a black man all the pain and hurt we caused each other in these streets If I respect you, we unify and the enemy from killing us But I don't know, I'm no man, maybe I'm just another nigga
Shit and all I wrote I was gonna another nigga but, it ain't really a poem, I just felt like something you probably could relate to. Other than that, now that I got a chance to holla at you, I always wanted to ask you a certain situa About a actually, you spoke on the ground. you mean 'bout that, what the ground represent?
The ground is gonna open up and the evil. That's how I see it, my is bond. I see and the is the symbol for the poor people, The poor is gonna open up this whole world And swallow up the people. 'Cause the rich gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, You know I'm saying, wealthy, appetizing. The gonna be so poor and hungry You know what I'm it's gonna be like There be some cannibalism out this mutha, they might eat the rich
Aight so let me ask you then, Do you see yourself as somebody that's Or that made the best of their own opportunities?
I see myself as a natural hustler, A hustler in every sense of the word. I took nothin' I the opportunities, I worked at the most menial and degrading job And built myself up so I could get it to I owned it. I went having somebody manage me To me hiring the person that works my company. I changed everything I my destiny in a matter of five years You know what I'm saying I made a millionaire. I made millions for a lot of now it's time to make millions for myself, You what I'm saying. I millions for the record companies, I made millions for movie companies, now I make millions for us
And through your different of success How would you say you to keep a level of sanity?
By my in God, by my faith in the game, And by my in all good things come to those that stay true. You know I'm saying, and it was happening to me for a reason You what I'm saying, I was noticing, I was the right buttons and it was happening. So it's no problem, you know I mean a problem but I'm not finna let them know. I'm go straight through
Would you consider yourself a fighter at Or somebody that only reacts when back is against the wall?
I like to think at every opportunity I've ever threatened with resistance it's been met with resistance. And not only me but it goes down my tree. You know what I'm saying, it's in my veins to back
Aight well, how long you think it before niggas be like, We a war, I'm fighting a war I can't win and I wanna lay it all down
In this country a man only have like 5 years we can exhibit maximum strength And that's right now while you a While you still strong or while you still wanna weights, While you wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's they take the heart and soul out of a man Out of a man in this country. And you don't wanna no more. And if you believe me you can look around, You see no loud mouth 30-year old muthafuckas
That's crazy, because me being one of your offspring of the legacy you behind I can truly tell you that there's nothing but goin' on So I wanted to ask you what you think is the future for me and my generation
I that niggas is tired-a grabbin' shit out the stores And time it's a riot there's gonna be bloodshed for real I don't America can know that I think American think we was playing and it's gonna be some more playing But it gonna be no playing. It's gonna be murder, you what I'm saying, It's be like Nat Turner, 1831, up in this muthafucka. You know what I'm saying, it's gonna
That's man. In my opinion only hope that we kinda have left Is and vibrations people don't understand how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get a mic And I don't know what of energy I'mma push out, Or it comes from. Trip me out sometimes
Because the spirits, we ain't rappin' We just letting our homies tell stories for us
I to read one last thing to you. actually something a good friend had wrote describing my world. It
"The caterpillar is a prisoner to the streets that it Its only job is to eat or consume everything around it, in order to protect from this mad city While consuming its the caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive One thing it noticed is how much the world shuns him, but the butterfly The butterfly represents the talent, the thoughtfulness, and the beauty the caterpillar But having a harsh outlook on the caterpillar sees the butterfly as weak And figures out a way to it to his own benefits Already by this mad city The caterpillar goes to on the cocoon which institutionalizes him He can no longer see his own thoughts He's When trapped these walls certain ideas start to take roots Such as going home, and bringing new concepts to this mad city The Wings begin to emerge, the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, the butterfly light on situations the caterpillar never considered, ending the eternal struggle Although the and caterpillar are completely different are one and the same."
What's your on that? Pac, Pac, Pac