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