(Exodust) The situation's bleak, I can't see the effect on the future/ But I can't see how we're being useful/ You and me have got to be the ones to make a change/ Can't sacrifice our self-worth to make some change/ I know life's a hustle, but everybody can't be Jay-Z they think/ "Gotta get this money or die", is ya life that cheap/ Don't be a sheep, I see dude's accept ignorance for the norm/ And give up strivin to excel like there ain't nothin better for em/ Most rappers get into a character and then perform/ Like Jim Crowe or Mr. Bojangles/ If you can't see history repeatin it's to late to deal/ They used to call it blackface, now they call em gangsta grills/ I hate to sound overzealous but when I see my man/ Fallin down I can't help but to extend my hand/ As I child he probly should heard Nas' "I Can"/ And be a decent model for the future, if not I can/ Because/
We can't stop/ Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/ Speakin on ya black thoughts/ Until you feel this/ Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/ We can't stop/ Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/ Speakin on ya black thoughts/ Until you feel this/ Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/
(Obiaj) What would Malcolm do if he seen my people sinnin/ Not believin the truth the youth is pretendin/ Idolizing fake thugs then take drugs to hide pain/ In the system, many prisons with hot flames/ What would Martin say if he seen us brutalized/ Too many mother's can't say they wives/ The mission lies within, I try to breath deep and begin the revolution/ Amongst criminalist absolution/ It's dope in the hood, there's crack in the ghetto/ Shorty is young, but she suck a dick for stilettos/ Her momma no worse she ride dick for the cash/ On the corner wit fiends she take pills for the rash/ Daddy up hittin them skins on strip bars/ Fuck kids, he dreamin of rims on big cars/ Neglectin his seed he pay cash for menage/ Lost souls that coulda been stars it's so hard/
We can't stop/ Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/ Speakin on ya black thoughts/ Until you feel this/ Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/ We can't stop/ Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/ Speakin on ya black thoughts/ Until you feel this/ Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/
(Exodust) I don't mean to preach to you, I jus wanna reach to the masses/ Show you things you can't see wit ya glasses/ I'm tryin to keep the legacy preserved like blackberry molasses/ But this lesson's not restricted to black kids, it's universal/ For every youth, that loses faith/ Cause pops didn't choose to stay/ So they stray from the right path and lose they way/ No matter what nobody told you it's up to you to say/ I can decide how my life plays out/ Cause that dead end drug dealin shit is played out/ But don't think this is a lecture, I'm not tryin to speak on a soapbox/ I jus don't wanna let hope rot/ I got a friend called Young Malcolm, that's the name I gave to him/ A friend who quit school, nothin I could say to him/ We all got the choice, let's grasp it/ The revolution may not be televised, but it will be broadcasted/ By iLL Ruminations/
(Exodust)
ReplyDeleteThe situation's bleak, I can't see the effect on the future/
But I can't see how we're being useful/
You and me have got to be the ones to make a change/
Can't sacrifice our self-worth to make some change/
I know life's a hustle, but everybody can't be Jay-Z they think/
"Gotta get this money or die", is ya life that cheap/
Don't be a sheep, I see dude's accept ignorance for the norm/
And give up strivin to excel like there ain't nothin better for em/
Most rappers get into a character and then perform/
Like Jim Crowe or Mr. Bojangles/
If you can't see history repeatin it's to late to deal/
They used to call it blackface, now they call em gangsta grills/
I hate to sound overzealous but when I see my man/
Fallin down I can't help but to extend my hand/
As I child he probly should heard Nas' "I Can"/
And be a decent model for the future, if not I can/
Because/
We can't stop/
Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/
Speakin on ya black thoughts/
Until you feel this/
Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/
We can't stop/
Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/
Speakin on ya black thoughts/
Until you feel this/
Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/
(Obiaj)
What would Malcolm do if he seen my people sinnin/
Not believin the truth the youth is pretendin/
Idolizing fake thugs then take drugs to hide pain/
In the system, many prisons with hot flames/
What would Martin say if he seen us brutalized/
Too many mother's can't say they wives/
The mission lies within, I try to breath deep and begin the revolution/
Amongst criminalist absolution/
It's dope in the hood, there's crack in the ghetto/
Shorty is young, but she suck a dick for stilettos/
Her momma no worse she ride dick for the cash/
On the corner wit fiends she take pills for the rash/
Daddy up hittin them skins on strip bars/
Fuck kids, he dreamin of rims on big cars/
Neglectin his seed he pay cash for menage/
Lost souls that coulda been stars it's so hard/
We can't stop/
Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/
Speakin on ya black thoughts/
Until you feel this/
Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/
We can't stop/
Bringin you the realness, iLL Ruminations/
Speakin on ya black thoughts/
Until you feel this/
Yeah, no doubt, iLL Ruminations/
(Exodust)
I don't mean to preach to you, I jus wanna reach to the masses/
Show you things you can't see wit ya glasses/
I'm tryin to keep the legacy preserved like blackberry molasses/
But this lesson's not restricted to black kids, it's universal/
For every youth, that loses faith/
Cause pops didn't choose to stay/
So they stray from the right path and lose they way/
No matter what nobody told you it's up to you to say/
I can decide how my life plays out/
Cause that dead end drug dealin shit is played out/
But don't think this is a lecture, I'm not tryin to speak on a soapbox/
I jus don't wanna let hope rot/
I got a friend called Young Malcolm, that's the name I gave to him/
A friend who quit school, nothin I could say to him/
We all got the choice, let's grasp it/
The revolution may not be televised, but it will be broadcasted/
By iLL Ruminations/