The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows they it Let these words be your earth and moon you consume message As I lead this army make for mistakes 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 hit the fan, is you still a fan? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows they it Let words be your earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for and depression And with being said my nigga, let me ask this question
When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? When shit hit the fan, is you still a 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 down easily, is your where it need to be? Is your on permanent? Is your vow on lifetime? Would you where the sermon is if I died in this next line? If I'm in a court of law, if the industry 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 me on every blog Want you to love me like Nelson, want you to hug me Nelson I freed you from being a in your mind, you're very welcome You tell me my song is more 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? When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? Want you look to your left and right, make you ask you friends When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows they it Let these be your earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for and depression And that
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 y'all on ground if you promise to be the first? Can you be immortalized your life being expired? Even though you share the same is it worth the time? who got your best interest? Like how much are you dependent? How clutch are the people that say they love you and who How tough is your skin when turn you in, do you show forgiveness? What brush do you bend when dusting your shoulders from offended What kind of den did they put you in when the start hissing What kind of bridge did burn, revenge or your mind when it's mentioned? You wanna love Nelson, you wanna be like Nelson You wanna in in his shoes but you peace-making seldom You wanna be remembered delivered the message considered the blessing of everyone, this your lesson for everyone, say
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 still a
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' me nigga
I wrote 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, where his cell is So I find clarity, like how much you cherish me Is this relationship a 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, X, will I ever be your ex? off a baby step, mobbed 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 left 'em for dead? Is it Moses, is it Huey or Detroit Red? Is it Luther, JFK, shooter you assassin Is it Jackie, is it Jesse, oh I know, Michael Jackson, oh
When hit the fan, is you still a fan? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? That nigga gave us Billie Jean, you say he touched kids? When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows propel it Let my word be earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army room for mistakes and depression And if you riding me nigga, let me ask this question nigga
I remember you was Misusing influence I did the same Abusing my power, of resentment Resentment that turned into a deep Found myself in the hotel room I didn't self destruct The evils of Lucy was all me So I went for answers I came home But that didn't survivor's guilt Going back and forth trying to convince myself the stripes I Or maybe how A-1 my was But while my ones 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 tell the homies what I The was respect Just because you wore a gang color than mines Doesn't mean I can't you as a black man Forgetting all the pain and hurt we caused each other in streets If I respect you, we unify and stop the from killing us But I don't know, I'm no mortal man, maybe I'm just nigga
and that's all I wrote I was call another nigga but, it ain't really a poem, I just felt like 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 metaphor actually, you on the ground. What you mean 'bout that, what the represent?
The ground is open up and swallow the evil. how I see it, my word is bond. I see and the ground is the for the poor people, The poor people is gonna open up this 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 poor be so poor and hungry You know what I'm saying it's be like There might be some out this mutha, they 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 as a natural born hustler, A hustler in every sense of the word. I took nothin' I took the opportunities, I worked at the most and degrading job And built myself up so I could get it to where I it. I from having somebody manage me To me hiring the person that my management company. I changed everything I realized my destiny in a of five years You know what I'm saying I made a millionaire. I made millions for a lot of people now it's to make millions for myself, You know I'm saying. I made for the record companies, I made millions for these companies, now I make millions for us
And your different avenues of success How would you say you managed to keep a level of
By my faith in God, by my 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 know I'm saying, I was noticing, I was punching the buttons and it was happening. So it's no problem, you know I mean it's a problem but I'm not finna let know. I'm finna go through
Would you yourself a fighter at heart Or somebody that only reacts when they back is the wall?
I like to that at every opportunity ever been threatened with resistance it's been met with resistance. And not only me but it goes my family tree. You know what I'm saying, in my veins to fight 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 country a black man only have like 5 years we can exhibit maximum strength And right now while you a teenager While you still strong or while you wanna lift weights, While you still shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's like they take the heart and out of a man Out of a man in this country. And you don't fight no more. And if you believe me you can look around, You don't see no loud mouth 30-year old
That's crazy, because me being one of your offspring of the legacy you left I can truly tell you that there's nothing but turmoil on So I wanted to ask you what you think is the for me and my generation today?
I think that niggas is tired-a shit out the stores And time it's a riot there's gonna be bloodshed for real I don't think America can that I think American think we was just playing and it's gonna be 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 know what I'm saying, gonna happen
That's crazy man. In my opinion only hope that we have left Is and vibrations Lotta people 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 comes from. Trip me out
Because the spirits, we really rappin' We just letting our homies tell stories for us
I wanted to 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 conceived it Its only job is to eat or consume everything around it, in order to itself from this mad city While consuming its environment the caterpillar 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 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 which institutionalizes him He can no longer see past his own He's When trapped inside these walls certain start to take roots Such as going home, and bringing new concepts to this mad city The begin to emerge, breaking the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, the butterfly sheds light on the caterpillar never considered, ending the eternal struggle Although the butterfly and caterpillar are different are one and the same."
What's your on that? Pac, Pac, Pac