Rakim - Message In The Song lyrics

rate me

Yall know what my purpose is <br />I spit verses that lift curses off my dead president worshipers <br />Back where the surface is gangsters and murderers <br />Making money made us merciless <br />It’s the birth of the streets its over they said <br />Rappers crossed over they dead <br />I spit my verse with technique till they know when they ledge <br />First to compete then I’m over their heads <br />He too lyrical and too subliminal <br /> every day from spiritual too criminal <br />It’s a message in the bottle open it <br />it’s a lesson in survival cope with it <br />It don’t make sense to die for the root of evil <br />It get too cerebral when that don’t seem lethal <br />Either way is hell I cant save the world <br />But I can show them how to save themselves <br />From the… <br /> <br />Evil things that people do, sometimes, legal dreams that we pursue, sometime we don’t think that we can lose, sometimes <br />Call it >>>>, it’s the root of evil we the proof, some times it’s a plea from me to u <br /> <br />I seen through the eyes of the prophets <br />King tutankhamun <br />And Martins and Malcolms <br />And Elijah Mohameds <br />Wise with knowledge <br />Paid in full interest aside in the pockets <br />Just rise with the topics <br />Rise economics I show you that time is more valuable than them diamonds in your watches <br />U grind where the block is you die for those dollars <br />Plus work for them too u know right where wallet is <br />Thugs is pitchin chicks is in the club stripping <br />flippin drugs and pimpin hood is flood of grippin <br />latin kings and black guerillas governments <br />In fact hopng we don’t go at these go at these cracker killers <br />It sound like a set up and we the victims <br />One out of a million will beat the system <br />Here and wish for flippin brinks is over with <br />Take your chips and go legit <br />From the… <br /> <br />Evil things that people do, sometimes, illegal dreams that we pursue, sometime we don’t think that we can lose, sometimes <br />Call it >>>>>>>>>>>, it’s the root of evil we the proof, some times it’s a plea from me to u <br /> <br />To my g’s on the block that do what they gotta do <br /> don’t get me wrong I don’t judge I’m not knockin you <br />guess that’s what not having a job will do <br /> people starving gotta get their dollars too <br />get that prop at night it’s a lot of strife <br />my advice is don’t get blinded by the lights <br />drug money and blood money got a price <br />6 feet under or 25 to life <br />do the crime and u might do the time you served it <br /> what it’s worth when you do a crime and get murdered <br />time is precious it’s time we earned <br />its time to questioned your grind isn’t working <br />it’s time that we changed the game <br />we been waitin for change and exchange <br />why play with death play it safe momma <br />and do your best to stay away <br />From the…<br /><br />