ASHERU - Revolution lyrics

rate me

{This is Insomnia}

{Message Saturday 9:47 pm:

Yeah son, yeah son, hello, just tryin' to holla at you

To let you know that Malaika? Jordan Jackson

Was born at 1:08 this mornin' and uh

Both mother and child are doin' fine

They're healthy and everybody's good

And uh, the baby was 9.8 pound? pounds

So it's a big child, and uh, give me a holla}

It's been a long time comin'

Had a long rhyme runnin' through my head...

All mornin' since the early crack of dawn an'

Seein' omens as a warnin'

Stickin' out like an awnin'

In places they don't belong

My premonition is...

Strong, this shit don't feel right

When bammers know better

But do the opposite

They claimin' they go-getters

But what does profit get but

Mo' money, mo' problems

We break bread as if we have pockets

With no bottoms

Can't be further from the truth

Like words spit in the booth

Mixed down, packaged and shipped

Then marketed to the youth

But the real disconnect

Is when shit goes unchecked

Words become acts

And kids lack respect

Society points the finger

Artists collect the check

Any attempts to balance things out

We reject

We celebrate death

Like we know the end is near

I can't tell if it's fear

Or if we truly don't care

But me I'm for the living

Live the art that I'm givin'

Give my heart, that's a given

Do my part cause I'm driven

From the start I been hittin'

With anti-nonsense

And critics be so quick

To label it conscious

OK, you got me,

Even though it's not me

Completely, I see you

Want to box me neatly

Treat me as if what I'm sayin' ain't really real