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HOOK
Back stateside on MLK riding
Low in the whip look like no oneâs driving (Repeat 3x)
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Whether 395 or 704
Dream big baby stay steady on course
VERSE 1 (See King)
I grace these peasants with my presence King Martin Luther,
The streets with his namesakes the perfect place to find a shooter
A civil rights mover turning left up in a Cougar,
Watching the revolution on TVs took by a looter
On fire like H Street, tongue twerks on a break beat,
History maker tell spectator to take seat
Enjoy the experience of this social experiment,
Send shots at Cyclops; close the eye on the pyramid
Iâm too dope itâs no legalizing this lyricist,
Father MC and your baby motherâs the surrogate
Hip Hopâs in my heritage, save it from the culture vultures and
The poet poachers, still not a player though Iâm dressing like the coaches
Most of us fell victim, to well-placed pitfalls got my dawgs in the system
The chocolate city now suffers from vitiligo,
The dream died on that balcony pray it wakes up tomorrow
VERSE 2 (Substantial)
Mike King like the ministerâs initial name
Fighting imprisonment and those with wicked aims
Who administer pain, but we navigate the baddest fate
Like our ancestors did use our head to carry weight
Many chose to move it so now they facing the music
Misguided warriors canât find their place amongst the movement
So you know the guns stay shooting âcause the streets blind niggas
donât see their a budding Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Trynaâ eat my dinner like whatâs mine is yoursâ¦
Really whatâs mine is ours, need to combine our power
Why shine for hours we can reflect eternally
For yâall to take me seriously, theyâd have to murder me
No respect like the mascot in gold & burgundy
But certainly spitters this ill belong in infirmaries
Still dreaming temporary setbacks be deferring me
But my Corretta know betta she ride for eternity
VERSE 3
(See King)
Lost my sight at the podium, blinded by diabetes
A diet with too much sodium still writing this opium
Claim country in crisis gain control of petroleum
Dreamt big as a kid, grew to be a custodian
Mass media frenzy, beamers Benzes and Bentleys
Before we party'd with panthers but now the venue is empty
Still penny pinching while the devilâs Willie lynching,
Guess my brother was too poor to pay attentionâ¦Overstand!
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Baby soldiers taken over never be an older man
Ain't playing with a full deck, no one there to hold their hand
So they hold the steel like they wielding the wrath of God
Hoping for a deal for their skill as a rapping God
â¦.Hoping to give them chills with their catalog
Or hoop dreaming âcause they got skills with a basketball
But once theyâre at the mall speaking to and for the people
Will you follow like sheep do or take a stance against evil while weâreâ¦