The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows they it Let these words be your earth and you consume every message As I lead this army make room for and depression And with that said my nigga, let me ask this question
When 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? When shit hit the fan, is you still a
The ghost of Mandela, hope my they propel it Let words be your earth and moon you consume every message As I this army make room for mistakes and depression And with that being my nigga, let me ask this question
shit 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, make sure you ask your When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
Do you believe in me? Are you me? I let you down easily, is your heart where 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 want me dead, plant in my car you judge me a drug kid or see me as K. Lamar Or question my character and degrade me on blog Want you to love me Nelson, want you to hug me like Nelson I freed you from being a slave in mind, you're very welcome You me my song is more than a song, it's surely a blessing But a prophet a prophet 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 these be your earth and moon you consume every message As I this 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 down when you down bars hurt? You think y'all on common ground if you promise to be the Can you be immortalized without your life expired? Even though you share the same blood is it the time? Like who got your best interest? Like how are you dependent? How clutch are the people that say they love you and who How tough is your when they 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 the lions start hissing What kind of bridge did they burn, revenge or mind when it's mentioned? You wanna love like Nelson, you wanna be Nelson You wanna in in his shoes but you peace-making seldom You be remembered that delivered the message That considered the of everyone, this 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, sure you ask you friends When shit hit the fan, is you still a
The voice of Mandela, hope these flows they it Let my be your earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for and depression And if you ridin' me nigga
I been wrote off before, I got issues I hold grudges bad judges, don't let me resent you That's not Nelson-like, you to love me like Nelson I to Robben's Island analyzing, that's where his cell is So I could find clarity, like how much you 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 wind Murphy's Law, generation X, I ever be your ex? Floss off a baby step, by the mouth a bit Pause, put me stress Crawled under rocks, ducking y'all, it's But tomorrow, put my back 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, it's Jackson, oh
When shit hit the fan, is you still a shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? That nigga 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 your 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 Misusing your Sometimes I did the Abusing my power, full of Resentment that turned into a deep myself screaming in the hotel 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 survivor's Going back and trying to convince myself the stripes I earned Or maybe how A-1 my was But while my loved ones was fighting the continuous war in the city I was a new one A war that was on apartheid and discrimination Made me wanna go back to the and tell the homies what I learned The was respect Just because you wore a different gang than mines Doesn't mean I can't 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 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 just felt like it's something you could relate to. Other than that, now 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 '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 ground is the symbol for the people, The poor people is gonna open up whole world And up the rich people. 'Cause the rich people be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, You what I'm saying, wealthy, appetizing. The gonna be so poor and hungry You know what I'm saying gonna be like There might be some out this mutha, they might eat the rich
Aight so let me ask you 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 hustler in every sense of the word. I took 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 having manage me To me hiring the that works my management company. I changed I realized my destiny in a matter of five years You know what I'm saying I 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 millions for these movie companies, now I make millions 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 good things come to that 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 it's a problem but I'm not finna let them know. I'm finna go through
Would you yourself a fighter at heart Or somebody that reacts when they back is against the wall?
I like to think that at every I've ever been threatened with resistance it's met with resistance. And not only me but it goes down my tree. You know what I'm saying, it's in my to fight back
Aight well, how long you think it take before be like, We fighting a war, I'm fighting a war I can't win and I wanna lay it all
In this country a 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 wanna lift weights, you still wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's like they the heart and soul out of a man Out of a man in this country. And you don't fight no more. And if you don't believe me you can around, You see no loud mouth 30-year old muthafuckas
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 goin' on So I wanted to ask you what you think is the future for me and my generation
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 America can that I think 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 know 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 know what type of energy push out, Or where it comes from. me out sometimes
Because the spirits, we ain't rappin' We just our dead homies tell stories for us
I wanted to read one last 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 job is to eat or consume everything around it, in order to protect itself from this mad city consuming 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 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 Already by this mad city The goes to work on the cocoon which institutionalizes him He can no longer see his own thoughts trapped When trapped inside these walls certain ideas start to roots Such as going home, and bringing back new to this mad city The Wings begin to emerge, breaking the cycle of feeling Finally free, the butterfly sheds light on That the caterpillar never considered, ending the struggle Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely are one and the same."
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