The ghost of Mandela, my flows they propel it Let these words be your earth and moon you every message As I this army make room for mistakes and depression And with that said my nigga, let me ask this question
When shit hit the fan, is you 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 still a
The ghost of Mandela, my flows they propel it Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every As I this army make room for mistakes and depression And with that being said my nigga, let me ask this
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? you look to your left and right, make sure you ask your friends When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
Do you believe in me? Are you me? Could I let you easily, is your heart where it need to be? Is smile on permanent? Is your vow on lifetime? Would you know the sermon is if I died in this next line? If I'm tried in a of law, if the industry cut me off If the government want me dead, cocaine in my car you judge me a drug kid or see me as K. Lamar Or question my character and degrade me on every Want you to love me like Nelson, want you to hug me Nelson I freed you from being a slave in your mind, very welcome You tell me my song is than a song, it's surely a blessing But a prophet ain't a 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 your left and right, make you ask you friends When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my they propel it Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every As I lead this army make room for and depression And with
Do you believe in me? How much you believe in You think she stick around if them 25 years occur? You think he can hold you when you down behind bars hurt? You think y'all on common ground if you promise to be the Can you be without your life being expired? Even though you share the same blood is it worth the Like who got your best Like how much are you dependent? How clutch are the that say they love you and who pretending? How tough is your when they turn you in, do you show forgiveness? What brush do you bend when your shoulders from being offended What kind of den did they put you in when the lions hissing What kind of bridge did they burn, or your mind when it's mentioned? You love like Nelson, you wanna be like Nelson You wanna walk in in his shoes but you peace-making You wanna be remembered that delivered the That considered the 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 shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The voice of Mandela, hope these flows they it Let my word be your and moon you consume every message As I lead this army room for mistakes and depression And if you ridin' with me
I wrote 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 love me like I went to Robben's analyzing, that's where his cell is So I could clarity, like how much you cherish 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 ever be 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 against the wall 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
When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you still a That nigga gave us Billie Jean, you say he those kids? When hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows propel it Let my word be your earth and moon you consume every As I lead this army make room for and depression And if you riding with me nigga, let me ask this nigga
I you was conflicted Misusing your Sometimes I did the my power, full of resentment Resentment that turned a deep depression myself screaming in the hotel room I didn't wanna self The evils of Lucy was all me So I went running for Until I came But that didn't stop survivor's Going and forth 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 city and tell the homies what I The word was Just because you wore a different color than mines Doesn't I can't respect you as a black man Forgetting all the pain and we caused 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 gonna call another but, it ain't really a poem, I felt like it's something you probably could relate to. Other than that, now I finally got a chance to holla at you, I always wanted to ask you a certain situa a metaphor actually, you spoke on the ground. What you mean 'bout that, what the ground
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 this whole And swallow up the people. the rich people gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, You what I'm saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so poor and You what I'm saying it's gonna be like There might be some cannibalism out this mutha, might eat the rich
Aight so let me ask you then, Do you see yourself as that's rich Or somebody that made the of their own opportunities?
I see myself as a born hustler, A true hustler in every sense of the word. I took I took the opportunities, I worked at the menial and degrading job And built myself up so I get it to where I owned it. I went from having manage me To me the person that works my management company. I changed everything I my destiny in a matter of five years You know what I'm I made myself a millionaire. I millions for a lot of people now it's time to make millions for myself, You what I'm saying. I made for the record companies, I millions for these movie companies, now I make millions for us
And through your different of success How would you say you managed to 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 what I'm saying, and it was happening to me for a You what I'm saying, I was noticing, I was the right buttons 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 finna go through
Would you consider yourself a fighter at Or somebody that only reacts when they back is the wall?
I like to think at every opportunity I've ever 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, it's in my to fight back
Aight well, how you think it take before niggas be like, We fighting a war, I'm fighting a war I win and I wanna lay it all down
In this country a black man have like 5 years we can exhibit maximum strength And that's right now while you a While you still strong or you still wanna lift weights, While you wanna shoot back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's like take the heart and soul out of a man Out of a man in this country. And you don't wanna no more. And if you believe me you can look around, You don't see no loud 30-year old muthafuckas
That's crazy, because me being one of your offspring of the legacy you left I can truly tell you there's nothing but turmoil goin' on So I to ask you what you think is the future for me and my generation today?
I that niggas is tired-a grabbin' shit out the stores And next time it's a riot there's gonna be bloodshed for I don't think America can know I think American think we was just playing and it's gonna be some playing But it gonna be no playing. It's 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, it's happen
That's crazy man. In my opinion hope that we kinda have left Is and vibrations Lotta people understand how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get a mic And I don't know what type of 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 wanted to one last thing to you. It's something a good friend had wrote describing 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 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 outlook on life the sees the butterfly as weak And figures out a way to pimp it to his own surrounded by this mad city The caterpillar to work on the cocoon which institutionalizes him He can no longer see his own thoughts trapped When trapped inside walls certain ideas start to take roots Such as going home, and bringing new concepts to this mad city The Wings begin to emerge, the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, the butterfly light on situations That the caterpillar considered, ending the eternal struggle Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely are one and the same."
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