The ghost of Mandela, hope my they 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 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? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?
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 room for mistakes and And with that being said my nigga, let me ask this
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 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 know 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 want me dead, cocaine in my car Would you me a drug kid or see me as K. Lamar Or question my character and degrade me on every Want you to me like Nelson, want you to hug me like Nelson I freed you from being a slave in mind, you're very welcome You tell me my song is more than a song, it's a blessing But a prophet ain't a til they ask you this question:
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? Want you to your left and right, make sure you ask you friends When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my they propel it Let words be your earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for mistakes and And with
Do you in me? How much you believe in her? You think she gon' stick around if them 25 years You think he can hold you down when you down behind hurt? You y'all on common 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? Like who got your best interest? how much are you dependent? How clutch are the people that say they love you and who How is your skin when they turn you in, do you show forgiveness? What brush do you bend when dusting your shoulders being offended What kind of den did put you in when the lions start hissing What kind of bridge did they burn, revenge or your mind when it's You wanna like Nelson, you wanna be like Nelson You wanna walk in in his 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 shit hit the fan, is you 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, these flows they propel it Let my be your earth and moon you consume 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 like bad judges, don't let me resent you That's not Nelson-like, want you to love me Nelson I went to Robben's Island analyzing, that's where his is So I find clarity, like how much you cherish me Is this relationship a fake or as the heavens be? See I got to question it all, family, friends, fans, cats, Trees, plants, grass, how the wind Murphy's Law, generation X, will I ever be ex? Floss off a baby step, mobbed by the a bit Pause, put me stress Crawled under rocks, ducking y'all, it's 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, shooter you Is it Jackie, is it Jesse, oh I know, Michael Jackson, oh
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When hit the fan, is you still a fan? 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 word be earth and moon you consume 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 Abusing my power, of resentment Resentment that turned into a depression Found myself in the hotel room I wanna self destruct The evils of was all around me So I went for answers Until I came But that stop survivor's guilt Going back and forth to convince myself the stripes I earned Or maybe how A-1 my was But while my loved ones was fighting the 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 what I The word was Just you wore a different gang color than mines mean I can't respect you as a black man Forgetting all the pain and hurt we each other in these streets If I respect you, we unify and stop the from killing us But I know, I'm no mortal man, maybe I'm just another nigga
and that's all I wrote I was call another nigga but, it ain't really a poem, I just felt like it's something you could relate to. Other than that, now I finally got a chance to holla at you, I wanted 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 ground is the symbol for the people, The poor people is gonna open up whole world And swallow up the people. 'Cause the rich people be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, You what I'm saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so poor and You know what I'm it's gonna be like There might be cannibalism out this mutha, they might eat the rich
so let me ask you this then, Do you see yourself as somebody rich Or somebody that made the best of own opportunities?
I see myself as a natural hustler, A true in every sense of the word. I took nothin' I took the opportunities, I worked at the most menial and job And built myself up so I get it to where I owned it. I from having somebody manage me To me hiring the person works my management company. I changed everything I realized my destiny in a matter of years You what I'm saying I made myself a millionaire. I made millions for a lot of people now it's to make millions for myself, You what I'm saying. I made millions for the companies, I made millions for these movie companies, now I make for us
And through different avenues of success 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 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 punching the right and it was happening. So it's no problem, you know I mean it's a but I'm not finna let them know. I'm go straight through
Would you yourself a fighter at heart Or somebody that reacts when they back is against the wall?
I to think that at every opportunity I've ever been threatened with resistance been met with resistance. And not only me but it down my family tree. You know what I'm saying, it's in my veins to fight
Aight well, how you think 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 country a black man only have like 5 years we can exhibit maximum strength And that's right now you a teenager While you still strong or while you still wanna weights, you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause you turn 30 it's like 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 don't believe me you can around, You don't see no loud mouth 30-year old
That's crazy, because me being one of your offspring of the you left behind I can truly tell you that there's nothing but goin' on So I wanted to ask you you think is the future for me and my generation today?
I think that niggas is tired-a grabbin' shit out the And time it's a riot there's gonna be bloodshed for real I don't think can know that I think American we was just playing and it's gonna be some more playing But it ain't be no playing. It's gonna be murder, you know I'm saying, It's gonna be Nat Turner, 1831, up in this muthafucka. You know I'm saying, it's gonna happen
That's man. In my opinion only hope that we kinda have left Is music and Lotta people don't how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get a mic And I don't what type of energy I'mma push out, Or it comes from. Trip me out sometimes
the spirits, we ain't really rappin' We just letting our dead tell stories for us
I wanted to read one last to you. It's actually something a good 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 around it, in order to protect itself from this mad While its environment the caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive One thing it is how much the world shuns him, but praises the butterfly The represents the talent, the thoughtfulness, and the beauty within the caterpillar But having a harsh outlook on life the caterpillar sees the as weak And figures out a way to pimp it to his own Already 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 home, and bringing back new concepts to this mad city The begin to emerge, breaking the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, the butterfly sheds on situations the caterpillar never considered, ending the eternal struggle Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely are one and the same."
What's perspective on that? Pac, Pac, Pac