The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows they it Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every As I lead this army make room for and depression And that 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) When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my they propel it Let these words be earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for mistakes and And with that being said my nigga, let me ask question
When hit the fan, is you still a fan? When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? Want you look to left and right, make sure you ask your friends When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
Do you in me? Are you deceiving me? Could I let you down easily, is your heart it need to be? Is your smile on Is your vow on lifetime? Would you know where the sermon is if I in this next line? If I'm tried in a of law, if the industry cut me off If the government me dead, plant cocaine in my car Would you judge me a drug kid or see me as K. Or question my character and degrade me on blog you to love me like Nelson, want you to hug me like Nelson I freed you from a slave in your mind, you're very welcome 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 hit the fan, is you still a fan? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? Want you look to left and right, make sure you ask you friends When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, my flows they propel it Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every As I lead army make room for mistakes and depression And with
Do you in me? How much you believe in her? You think she gon' stick if them 25 years occur? You think he can hold you when you down behind bars hurt? You think on common ground if you promise to be the first? Can you be immortalized without your life being Even though you the same blood is it worth the time? Like who got your best Like how much are you dependent? How clutch are the that say they love you and who pretending? How is your skin when they turn you in, do you show forgiveness? What brush do you bend when dusting your from being offended kind of den did they put you in when the lions start hissing What kind of bridge did they burn, revenge or your mind when it's You wanna love like Nelson, you wanna be like You wanna in in his shoes but you peace-making seldom You wanna be remembered delivered the message That considered the blessing of everyone, this lesson for everyone, say
When hit the fan, is you still a fan? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? Want you look to your and right, make sure you ask you friends shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The voice of Mandela, these flows they propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you every message As I lead army make room for mistakes and depression And if you ridin' me nigga
I been off before, I got abandonment issues I hold grudges like bad judges, don't let me you That's not Nelson-like, want you to me like Nelson I went to Robben's analyzing, that's where his cell is So I could find clarity, like how much you me Is this relationship a fake or real as the 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? Floss off a baby step, by the mouth a bit Pause, put me under Crawled under rocks, y'all, it's respect But then tomorrow, put my back against the How many leaders you said you needed then 'em for dead? Is it Moses, is it Huey Newton or Detroit Is it Martin Luther, JFK, you assassin Is it Jackie, is it Jesse, oh I know, it's Jackson, oh
shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? When hit the fan, is you still a fan? That nigga gave us Billie Jean, you say he touched those When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The of Mandela, hope my flows they propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you every message As I lead this army make room for and depression And if you riding with me nigga, let me ask this nigga
I remember you was your influence Sometimes I did the my power, full of resentment Resentment turned into a deep depression Found myself screaming in the room I didn't self destruct The evils of Lucy was all me So I went for answers Until I came But that didn't stop guilt Going back and forth trying to convince the stripes I earned Or how A-1 my foundation was But while my loved ones was fighting the war back in the city I was a new one A war that was on apartheid and discrimination Made me wanna go back to the city and tell the homies what I The was respect Just you wore a different gang color than mines Doesn't mean I can't respect you as a man Forgetting all the pain and hurt we 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 mortal man, maybe I'm another nigga
Shit and all I wrote I was gonna call another nigga but, it really a poem, I just felt like it's something you probably 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 metaphor actually, you on the ground. What you mean that, what the ground represent?
The ground is open up and swallow the evil. That's how I see it, my is bond. I see and the ground is the symbol for the people, The poor is gonna open up this whole world And up the rich people. 'Cause the rich people gonna be so fat, 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 somebody that's Or somebody that made the of their own opportunities?
I see myself as a natural hustler, A true hustler in every sense of the word. I nothin' I took the opportunities, I worked at the menial and degrading job And built myself up so I could get it to where I it. I went from somebody manage me To me hiring the person that works my company. I changed everything I realized my in a matter of five years You what I'm saying I made myself a millionaire. I made for a lot of people now it's time to make millions for myself, You what I'm saying. I made millions for the companies, I made millions for these companies, now I make millions for us
And through your avenues 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 faith in all good things to those that stay true. You know what I'm saying, and it was to me for a reason You know I'm saying, I was noticing, I was the right buttons and it was happening. So it's no problem, you know I it's a problem but I'm not finna let them know. I'm finna go straight
Would you consider yourself a at heart Or somebody that only reacts when they is against the wall?
I like to think that at opportunity I've ever been threatened with resistance it's met with resistance. And not only me but it down my family tree. You know I'm saying, it's in my veins to fight back
Aight well, how you think it take before niggas be like, We fighting a war, I'm fighting a war I can't win and I lay it all down
In this country a black man only have like 5 we can exhibit maximum strength And that's right now you a teenager While you still strong or you still wanna lift weights, you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's like take the heart and soul out of a man Out of a black man in country. And you wanna fight no more. And if you don't believe me you can around, You don't see no loud 30-year old muthafuckas
That's crazy, because me being one of offspring of the legacy you left behind I can tell you that there's nothing but turmoil goin' on So I wanted to ask you what you think is the for me and my generation today?
I think niggas is tired-a grabbin' shit out the stores And next time it's a riot there's be bloodshed for real I don't think can know that I think American think we was just playing and it's gonna be some playing But it gonna be no playing. gonna be murder, you know what I'm saying, It's gonna be Nat Turner, 1831, up in this muthafucka. You know what I'm saying, it's gonna
That's crazy man. In my opinion only hope we kinda have left Is music and people don't understand how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get a mic And I don't what type of energy I'mma push out, Or where it from. Trip me out sometimes
the spirits, we ain't really rappin' We just letting our dead tell stories for us
I to read one last thing to you. It's actually something a good friend had wrote my world. It
"The caterpillar is a prisoner to the streets that it Its only job is to eat or everything around it, in order to protect itself from this mad city While consuming its the caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive One it noticed is how much the world shuns him, but praises the butterfly The butterfly represents the talent, the thoughtfulness, and the beauty within the But having a harsh on life the caterpillar sees the butterfly as weak And out a way to pimp it to his own benefits surrounded by this mad city The caterpillar goes to work on the cocoon which him He can no longer see his own thoughts He's When inside these walls certain ideas start to take roots Such as going home, and bringing new concepts to this mad city The Wings to emerge, breaking the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, the butterfly sheds light on That the caterpillar never considered, the eternal struggle Although the butterfly and caterpillar are different are one and the same."
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