The ghost of Mandela, my flows 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 that being said my nigga, let me ask this question
When shit hit the fan, is you still a shit hit the fan (one two, one two) When shit hit the fan, is you still a When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows 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 that being said my nigga, let me ask this
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, make sure you ask your When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
Do you in me? Are you deceiving me? Could I let you down easily, is heart where it need to be? Is your smile on permanent? Is vow on lifetime? Would you know where the is if I died in this next line? If I'm in a court of law, if the industry cut me off If the want me dead, plant cocaine in my car Would you judge me a kid or see me as K. Lamar Or question my and degrade me on every blog you to love me like Nelson, want you to hug me like Nelson I freed you from being a slave in your mind, you're welcome You tell me my song is more than a song, it's surely a But a prophet a prophet til they ask you this question:
When hit the fan, is you still a fan? When hit the fan, is you still a fan? Want you look to left and right, make sure you ask you friends When shit hit the fan, is you a fan?
The ghost of Mandela, hope my flows propel it Let words be your earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for and depression 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 you down 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 you share the same blood is it worth the time? Like who got best interest? Like how much are you dependent? How clutch are the that say they love you and who pretending? How tough is your skin when they you in, do you show forgiveness? What brush do you when dusting your shoulders 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 when it's mentioned? You wanna love like Nelson, you wanna be like You wanna in in his shoes but you peace-making seldom You wanna be remembered that the message That considered the blessing of everyone, this your for everyone, say
When hit the fan, is you still a fan? When shit hit the fan, is you still a Want you look to your left and right, sure you ask you friends shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?
The voice of Mandela, hope flows they propel it Let my word be your earth and you consume every message As I lead this army room for mistakes and depression And if you with me nigga
I been off before, I got abandonment issues I hold grudges 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, where his cell 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 blow Law, generation X, will I ever be your ex? Floss off a step, mobbed 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 left 'em for dead? Is it Moses, is it Newton or Detroit Red? Is it Luther, JFK, shooter you assassin Is it Jackie, is it Jesse, oh I know, it's Jackson, oh
When shit hit the fan, is you a fan? shit hit the fan, is you still a fan? That 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 be your earth and moon you consume every message As I lead this army make room for mistakes and And if you riding with me nigga, let me ask this question
I remember you was Misusing your Sometimes I did the Abusing my power, of resentment Resentment turned into a deep depression myself screaming in the hotel room I didn't self destruct The evils of was all around me So I went running for Until I home But that didn't stop guilt Going back and forth to convince myself the stripes I earned Or how A-1 my foundation was But my loved ones was fighting the continuous 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 word was Just you wore a different gang color than mines Doesn't mean I can't you as a black man all the pain and hurt we caused each other in these streets If I respect you, we unify and stop the enemy 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 gonna call another nigga but, it really a poem, I just felt like it's you probably could relate to. Other than that, now that I finally got a chance to at you, I always wanted to ask you about a situa a metaphor actually, you spoke on the ground. What you mean 'bout that, the ground represent?
The ground is open up and swallow the evil. how I see it, my word is bond. I see and the is the symbol for the poor people, The poor people is gonna open up this whole And up the rich people. 'Cause the people gonna be so fat, they gonna be so appetizing, You know I'm saying, wealthy, appetizing. The poor gonna be so and hungry You what I'm saying it's 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 that's rich Or somebody that the best of their own opportunities?
I see myself as a born hustler, A true hustler in 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 went having somebody manage me To me hiring the person works my management company. I changed everything I my destiny in a matter of five years You know I'm saying I made myself a millionaire. I made millions for a lot of people now time to make millions for myself, You know I'm saying. I made millions for the companies, I made millions for movie companies, now I make millions for us
And through different 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 come to those stay true. You what I'm saying, and it was happening to me for a reason You know 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 consider yourself a at heart Or somebody that only when they back is against 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 I'm saying, it's in my veins to fight back
Aight well, how long you think it take before be like, We fighting a war, I'm a war I can't win and I wanna lay it all down
In this country a black man only have like 5 we can exhibit maximum strength And that's right now while you a While you strong or while you still wanna lift weights, While you still wanna back. 'Cause once you turn 30 it's 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 me you can look around, You don't see no loud 30-year old muthafuckas
That's crazy, because me one of your 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 it's a riot there's gonna be bloodshed for real I don't America can know that I think American think we was just playing and it's gonna be more playing But it ain't be no playing. It's gonna be murder, you know I'm saying, gonna be like Nat Turner, 1831, up in this muthafucka. You what I'm saying, it's gonna happen
That's man. In my opinion only hope that we kinda have left Is and vibrations people don't understand how important it is. Sometimes I be like, get a mic And I don't know type of energy I'mma push out, Or where it comes from. Trip me out
Because the spirits, we really rappin' We just our dead homies tell stories for us
I wanted to read one thing to you. It's actually a good friend had wrote describing my world. It
"The caterpillar is a prisoner to the that conceived it Its only job is to eat or consume everything it, in order to protect itself from this mad city While consuming its environment the caterpillar begins to notice to survive One thing it noticed is how much the world him, but praises the butterfly The butterfly the talent, the thoughtfulness, and the beauty within the caterpillar But having a harsh outlook on life the caterpillar the butterfly as weak And figures out a way to pimp it to his own Already surrounded by mad city The caterpillar goes to work on the cocoon 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 Wings to emerge, breaking the cycle of feeling stagnant Finally free, the butterfly sheds on situations That the caterpillar never considered, the eternal struggle Although the and caterpillar are completely different are one and the same."
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