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REAL TO KEEP

[Chorus]

Tell me something ‘bout my culture
Give me something real to keep
You weaken words of wisdom keeping it street
They say money talks but talk is cheap
Give me something real something real I can keep
Now give me something for my culture
And give me something give me something give me something give me something give me something for my culture

[Verse One]

Fuck the passion of Christ
I got passion for life
I’m not passing the mic
While I’m passing the light
Aint no hassle tonight
I’m feeling alright
Dreaming of soul healing a classic delight
My eyes wide open my tongue speaks no lies
Each year I celebrate another year I’ve survived
Coming out of my shell, are we out of our minds
I can clearly see the future coz I’m no longer blind
Clearly see the future I’m no longer blind
I can clearly see the future coz I’m no longer blind
Clearly see the future I’m no longer blind
I can clearly see the future coz I’m no longer blind

[Chorus]

[Verse Two]

Swallow our pride and your lies because we need to eat
We shall inherit the earth so it’s worth being meek
You don’t have to be one to walk with the sheep
Don’t have to re-run we can turn a new leaf
Modify and adapt to prove them wrong
Time to react and prove we’re strong
Make moves to make change so we can all move on
Take stock and take aim before the targets gone
I can clearly see the future I’m no longer blind
Clearly see the future coz I’m no longer blind
I can clearly see the future coz I’m no longer blind
I can clearly see the future coz I’m no longer blind

[Chorus]

Tell me something ‘bout my culture
Give me something real to keep
You weaken words of wisdom keeping it street
They say money talks but talk is cheap
Give me something real I can keep
Now give me something for my culture
And give me something give me something give me something give me something give me something for my culture

Give me something for my culture
You weaken words of wisdom keeping it street
Give me something, give me something, and give me something real I can keep

AUDIO SPORTS

[Verse One]

I get fried by my mic stand
My energy channelling straight right from my right hand
Right to the left and swift
I got a god given gift
Lyrically abundant and I always got a spliff in my hand
My poetry’s unplanned
Not just in this business for a couple of hundred grand
I want more like Busta
My rhymes are thoughts I just must have thought
From the depths of my subconscious it’s brought
Delve in head first and my feet caught
Balancing on the rim of insanity mumbling profanity
You and me in a virtual reality game
See why I came to this place
Was born of this race
Caught up in this chase on a rock in outer space

[Verse Two]

I get fried by my mic stand
My energy channelling straight right from my right hand
Right to the left and swift
I got a god given gift
I’m lyrically abundant an I always got a spliff in my hand
Yo my poetry’s unplanned
I’m not just in this business for a couple of hundred grand
I want more like Busta
My rhymes are thoughts I just must have thought
From the depths of my subconscious now it’s brought
I delve in head first and my feet caught
Balancing on the rim of insanity mumbling profanity
You and me in a virtual reality game
See now I came to this place
Why I was born of this race
Now caught up in this chase on a rock in outer space
See it’s my fate and I know it

[Verse Three]

Realise I’m a poet
And yes I’m going to show it
And spread the word
That half of all these other rappers aint even one third
I suppose you heard they’re just a fraction
Seeing me in action
Checking out me track son
Yo I’m top of the bill
Kids saying I’m ill
They need to just chill out
Because I aint sick so what’s it all about
Take their brain cells and totally reroute
The way the nerve endings move from their brain to their mouth
You aint got nothing to say, no doubt
Don’t even bother with a lame shout out

Once again
Audio Sports

[Verse Four]

I get fried by my mic stand
My energy channelling straight right from my right hand
Right to the left and swift
I got a god given gift
I’m lyrically abundant an I always got a spliff in my hand
My poetry’s unplanned
Not just in this business for a couple of hundred grand
No I, I want more like Busta
My rhymes are thoughts I just must have thought
From the depths of my subconscious it’s brought
Delve in head first and my feet caught
Balancing on the rim of insanity mumbling profanity
You and me in a virtual reality game
So I came to this place
Was born of this race
Caught up in this chase on a rock in outer space
[Verse Five]

I get fried by my mic stand
My energy channelling straight right from my right hand
Right to the left and swift
I got a god given gift
I’m lyrically abundant an I always got a spliff in my hand
Yo my poetry’s unplanned
I’m not just in this business for a couple of hundred grand
I want more like Busta
My rhymes are thoughts I just must have thought
From the depths of my subconscious now it’s brought
Delve in head first and my feet caught
Balancing on the rim of insanity mumbling profanity
You and me in a virtual reality game
See why I came to this place
Why I was born of this race
Now aught up in this chase on a rock in outer space
See it’s my fate and I know it
Realise I’m a poet
And yes I’m going to show it
And spread the word
That half of all these other rappers aint even one third ha

Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha

REASONS FOR OUR PRIDE FORGOT

[Chorus X2]

We’re taking back what’s rightfully ours
All we can see from here to the stars
Wave the banner high for all to see
This is yours as well as mine and it’s all for free

[Verse 1]

All the miles I’ve wandered time I’ve squandered
Over lost traditions that we no longer honour
Each breath we take we should give thanks for
Wars lost and won we haven’t even kept scores
What’s more so many lie silent in unmarked graves
Forgotten forefathers we’ve forgotten their names
We’ve forgotten their names

Their memories should live on in the stories and the songs we sing
So many warriors gone we remember the kings
Men who died for us to live on we live in sin
We live on in sin
Word of mouth cost us our heritage
A gift our parents can no longer give
Can no longer give

Years of oppressive plots
Reasons for our pride forgot
The pride itself never lost

[Chorus X2]

We’re taking back what’s rightfully ours
All we can see from here to the stars
Wave the banner high for all to see
This is yours as well as mine and it’s all for free

[Verse 2]

Their memories should live on in the stories and the songs we sing
So many warriors gone we remember the kings
Men who died for us to live on we live on in sin
We live on in sin
Word of mouth cost us our heritage
A gift our parents can no longer give
Can no longer give
Can no longer give

Years of oppressive plots
Reasons for our pride forgot
The pride itself never lost

[Chorus X2]

We’re taking back what’s rightfully ours
All we can see from here to the stars
Wave the banner high for all to see
This is yours as well as mine and it’s all for free

[Build Up]

This is yours as well as mine and it’s all for free
We’re taking back what’s rightfully ours
We’re taking back what’s rightfully ours
All we can see from here to the stars
Wave the banner high for all to see
This is yours as well as mine and it’s all for free

Years of oppressive plots
Reasons for our pride forgot
The pride itself never lost

[Chorus X2]

We’re taking back what’s rightfully ours
All we can see from here to the stars
Wave the banner high for all to see
This is yours as well as mine and it’s all for free

[Breakdown]

Well a wise wise woman once said to me
You gotta work hard you don’t get shit for free
So how come so many assholes make it without paying a fee
They’ve made a pact with the devil trying to cheat destiny
Suppose your life’s full of sin and blasphemy
As for me I’d rather go without than let the devil catch me
Lord I’m on my knees now can’t you see
I’ll drink the blood of Christ if that’s meant to be

Reasons for our pride forgot

Years of oppressive plots

Reasons for our pride forgot

The pride itself never lost

FOR MY BROTHERS

[Vocal Sample]

[Verse One]

Our insecurities, impurities of mind and soul
Just elements governments implement mind control
Not devised to let go but designed to hold
Think we do what you want you do as we’re told
Showed how to walk, talk, think and act
Half the youths of today yo they think their black
Living their lives led by gangster rap
And I can see what you’re thinking “what’s wrong with that?”
Get rich or die trying, that’s their trap
And I can’t help but getting vexed at that
And I’m depressed by that but I’m blessed with facts
To invest in tracks so I invest it back

[Chorus X2]

For my brothers that breath
For my brothers that bleed
For all my boys and their brothers that leave
We’re feeling sorrow for their mothers that grieve

[Verse Two]

The unjust entrusted with administrating justice
Are there no honest here living amongst us
Many men stand tall with their chests all puffed up
Their talk full of actions but they lack in substance
Misuse truths for their own entertainment
Illusions remain their main use to entertain us
Sell your soul on T.V these people are shameless
The carrot’s on the stick they all need to be famous
Get rich or die trying that’s their trap
And I can’t help but getting vexed at that
And I’m depressed by that but I’m blessed with facts
To invest in tracks so I invest it back

[Chorus X2]

For my brothers that breath
For my brother that bleeds
For all my boys and their brothers that leave
We’re feeling sorrow for their mothers that grieve

[Build Up]

Check
For my brothers that breath
For my brother that bleeds
For all my boys and the brothers that leave
We’re feeling sorrow for their mothers that grieve

For my brothers that breath
For my brother that bleeds
For all my boys and the brothers that leave
We’re feeling sorrow for their mothers that grieve

[Verse Three]

Our insecurities, impurities of mind and soul
Just elements governments implement mind control
Not devised to let go but designed to hold
Think we do what we want we do as we’re told
Showed how to walk, talk, think and act
Half the youths of today yo they think their black
Living their lives led by gangster rap
And I can see what you’re thinking “what’s wrong with that?”
Get rich or die trying that’s their trap
And I can’t help but getting vexed at that
And I’m depressed by that but I’m blessed with facts
To invest in tracks so invest it back

SEVEN SEVEN

[Verse One]

It’s the all new sensation to withhold information
So if losing your patients with military occupations
Or extremist relations involved in inciting these racist situations
A blame game remains the main aim of these nations
Teaching sacred beliefs which preach segregation
Sustaining their status recruiting young Asians
Replacing elation with major frustrations

[Chorus]

See my train of thought distraught mind games preparation
For forethought with bombs brought to cause devastation
Deployed to disrupt and cause mass mutilation
Militia all gather on major train stations

My train of thought distraught mind games preparation
For forethought with bombs brought to cause devastation
Deployed to disrupt and cause mass mutilation
Militia all gather on major train stations

[Verse Two]

On bus routes the pigs shoot without hesitation
With insight this should of course help us live right
But it aint happening this week or this day or this night
Despite the bright light of the righteous many men still live life
Ignoring their conscience spend all their time in the shadows
Completely unaware that’s where everything bad goes
Pride and greed are the seeds feed them fear and the dark grows
Everyday a real street theatre watch the same sad shows

[Chorus]

My train of thought distraught mind games preparation
For forethought with bombs brought to cause devastation
Deployed to disrupt and cause mass mutilation
Militia all gather on major train stations

[Verse Three]

The same sad shows on repeat and rerun
Despite the current progress or position of season
No logic no reason in fertile minds they feed the seedling
We’re told their dealing but really their sowing the feeling
Paranoia growing and we’re told fight the feeling
It’s said we just eat what we’re fed I see you agreeing
No time to disagree to busy eating
Believe and trust in what you’re told and not what you’re seeing
Oh to be free from these constraints an ethereal being
Only then would we see what it means to being
What it means to being

BURN IT DOWN

[Verse One]

Desperately researching and searching around
Now we’re verging a version of a virgin sound
Coz we’re turning the discerning into serving crowd
Been asked if I’m deserting but I turned around
These words I’ve learned I’m blurting
And I’ve earned my crown
All you other blood hounds turned to clowns
You tried to turn to the knowledge but I turned you down
Already learned about earning what you learning now!

[Verse Two]

I could run happily through a whole world of anarchy
The government and monarchy in a whole world of pain and agony
Fed of people in power blatantly blagging me
That’s so deceitful and sour and so so sad to see
Is it all ours? Is it our fantasy?
Is it all ours? Is it all our fantasy?
Freedom is it ours? Is it our fantasy?
Is it all ours? Is it all our fantasy?

[Verse Three]

Now we’re verging a version of a virgin sound
Coz we’re turning the discerning into serving crowds
I’ve been asked if I’m deserting but I turned around
These words I’ve learned I’m blurting
And I’ve earned my crown
All you other blood hounds turned to clowns
You tried to turn to the knowledge but I turned you down
Already learned about earning what you learning now
You should be learning how
To burn it down

[Verse Two Repeated]

I could run happily through a whole world of anarchy
The government and monarchy in a whole world of pain and agony
Fed of people in power blatantly blagging me
That’s so deceitful and sour and oh so sad to see
Is it all ours? Is it our fantasy?
Is it all ours? Is it all our fantasy?
Freedom is it ours? Is it our fantasy?
Is it all ours? Is it all our fantasy?

[Verse Three Repeated]

Verging a version of a virgin sound
Coz we’re turning the discerning into serving crowds
I’ve been asked if I’m deserting but I turned around
These words I’ve learned I’m blurting
And I’ve earned my crown
All you other blood hounds turned to clowns
You tried to turn to the knowledge but I turned you down
Already learned about earning what you learning now
You should be learning how
To burn it down

[Rock Out]

Burn it down!

Fuck yeah!

[Outro Speech]

Yo, okay it’s almost over
The time has come
The present has expired
Destruction is a necessary step to initiate rebirth
I’m not literally saying take this box of matches and go set a light to something important, what I’m trying to communicate is when a lot of what you see around you is death, destruction and chaos you can find comfort in the fact it’s all a necessary part of the process. There will be brighter days whether you see them or not. It’s not all about anarchy or chaos, we have to wipe the slate clean to start again, safe in the knowledge that we will recreate what was only better and why not revel in the devastation.
So you should be learning how
Learning how
Learning how
To burn it down

[Rock Out]

Burn it down

Fuck yeah!

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