Listen! Listen!
Old school new school depends on the mirror
I rhyme about the times when the youts are popping pillas
Miniature shotta mini rockers
Ainât gotta lot of height but heart he got a lotta
Dads are never there, nobody really cares
Cause we got used to it like perm in black hair
So under the carpet is where it lives
Along with the fiddlers, politicians and them other miscreants
I have a common sense for worldâs events
So when I hear it on the news I try and analyze the views
The pudding is the proof thatâs why they looking sick looking malnourished
They should have never listened to it
Switch it off get it out like unruly kids
Thatâs why I was suspended from it I was never in it
If they invented it never for your development
If you canât recognize it then you irrelevant
Me and my people live in tenement yards
And since theyâre too watchy watchy we have to draw card
Duppy let go of my hand for this conundrum
Is gonna get me in trouble like what bam bam
And they donât know the half of it,
I shook hands with the worry man so itâs pure worry man
So Iâm doing it like itâs my last album
Nothing is guaranteed so watch the outcome
I doubt we out with them we never roll wid dem
Never catch me chilling with the other villains
I prefer the ones who do it out of need rather the greed
Know what I mean
I recognize the pain and the will
And ovastand that itâs a sh*tty deal
But hey blood whatever we keep it real,
Giving it to em until they will â listen
I know they think that weâre dumb â listen
They better know I ainât the one â listen
I donât believe what they say â listen
Canât you tell I donât play â listen
And they can say what they like â listen
Hide the facts with their lies â listen
But if you feel it in your heart - listen
When they say that you canât
Every day we try to find a way
To get it together, to get it together
They better be afraid of what we got to say
Cause we be get it together
Hey, itâs a problem hey, itâs a problem
We glorify and glamorize the popular
The popular ting can get you kind of popping
He be saying nothing, she showing it all
Lyrics cut through nothing them fools with blunted tools
Certain songs I canât mess wid
Cause the science in the sound got me screwing up my brow
Iâm not sure how but I trust my own instincts
Cause as long as Iâm here but spirit never extinct
So instinctively I push from the pagans
Kinda like a doctor prescription
Cause all I need to do is boost the melanin
Just give me some sunshine and good food the elements
Itâs pretty much becoming prevalent
That these people are pretending that they are saying something
When they ainât sayinâ nothing at all
From the window to the wall
We evoke greatness till 20 ft. tall
I caught the feeling, caught the spirit, caught the vibe
We must awake the spirit so it comes alight
I never think I never tell no lies
Whatâs done in the dark will come to the light
So keep your stories, I am not a child
Iâm big grown woman with a big grown life
While theyâre pissing on kids and beating up their wives
I talk about the mother that sucking on the pipes
I talk about the kids with no voice out of sight
Running a fire to the power of the night,
I ainât got time, Iâm trying to do it all tonight
Iâm listening to Pac, thinking least the brother tried
I recognize the pain and the will
And ovastand that itâs a sh*tty deal
But hey blood whatever we keep it real,
Giving it to em until they will â listen
I know they think that weâre dumb â listen
They better know I ainât the one â listen
I donât believe what they say â listen
Canât you tell I donât play â listen
And they can say what they like â listen
Hide the facts with their lies â listen
But if you feel it in your heart - listen
When they say that you canât
Every day we try to find a way
To get it together, to get it together
They better be afraid of what we got to say
Cause we be get it together
Hey, itâs a problem hey, itâs a problem
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