| [00:00.58] | We use the word everyday |
| [00:02.46] | Now if we don’t know the capacity of this word |
| [00:05.18] | Are we headed for conflict or not? |
| [00:08.49] | Because we did not breakdown the capacity of the same what? |
| [00:13.68] | Brothers and Sisters this is why we’re still hung up in consciousness |
| [00:18.65] | we’ve been taught wrong. |
| [00:20.53] | Find a room to lock yourself in and close the door |
| [00:22.80] | It's some heavy concepts that we gotta explore |
| [00:25.33] | We gotta strip the word down rugged and raw |
| [00:28.03] | The rhetoric of martin king just aint around no more |
| [00:29.71] | Dave bowie ain't here james baldwin neither |
| [00:31.96] | They all were leaders |
| [00:34.07] | But they ain't help me get this Porsche two seater |
| [00:35.77] | A lawyer left the hood he never looked back |
| [00:38.24] | To be a fortune 500 ceo it took rap |
| [00:40.57] | So what if my pants sag with my hat turned back |
| [00:43.31] | The same swag got our merchandise flying off the rack |
| [00:45.86] | Marketing companies that's hiring blacks |
| [00:48.50] | Fresh hip hop lingo for your campaign ads |
| [00:50.94] | The controversy surrounds who could say it and when |
| [00:53.58] | Some niggas are full time some play and pretend |
| [00:56.05] | So f**k that no apologies on the issue |
| [00:59.06] | If it offends you |
| [00:59.80] | It's meant to |
| [01:00.56] | It's that simple |
| [03:25.01][03:02.70][02:03.14][01:01.66] | Tryin to erase me from y'all memory |
| [03:06.28][02:05.27][01:04.17] | Too late I'm engraved in history (I'm here my niggas) |
| [03:29.17][03:09.25][02:07.95][01:06.41] | Speak my name and breath life in me |
| [03:11.59][02:10.17][01:09.07] | Make sure y'all never forget me (cuz y'all give me life) |
| [03:34.50][03:14.26][02:12.92][01:11.09] | Cause y'all use my name so reckless |
| [03:16.65][02:15.15][01:13.87] | Whether to be accepted or disrespected (and I love it) |
| [03:39.56][03:19.20][02:17.53][01:16.47] | And I love it especially when y'all do it in public |
| [03:42.21][03:21.88][02:20.44][01:19.18] | And I'm the subject |
| [03:44.09][03:24.19][02:22.17][01:21.08] | Cause y'all my niggas |
| [01:22.44] | Yo I was thinking a little bit what would it take |
| [01:25.52] | To authenticate my nigganess |
| [01:27.04] | Ball ridiculous |
| [01:28.22] | 26 inches when I call up the dealership |
| [01:30.00] | Ahh that's some nigga shit |
| [01:32.06] | We only out for our own benefit |
| [01:33.45] | We havin’ too many kids |
| [01:35.49] | We Claudine’s welfare recipients |
| [01:36.96] | The infamous free clinics is the sickest shit |
| [01:39.67] | It make me think what the hell they clean they syringes with |
| [01:42.05] | Everybody bleedin |
| [01:43.77] | The cops are the demons |
| [01:44.88] | Courtrooms full of goons |
| [01:46.07] | Jail buses leanin |
| [01:47.32] | Handcuffs squeezed too tight |
| [01:48.66] | On youth life |
| [01:49.96] | If u fight they just give in |
| [01:51.27] | People used to do sit ins |
| [01:52.56] | They got Nigeria and Niger two different countries |
| [01:54.88] | Somehow Niger turned to nigger |
| [01:56.81] | And shit got ugly |
| [01:58.23] | The problem is we started thinking like the colonists |
| [02:00.17] | ‘Til Noble Dru Ali |
| [02:01.46] | Started droppin that consciousness |
| [02:23.69] | My father was not a banker |
| [02:24.65] | Neither was my neighbor when it came to getting paper |
| [02:26.76] | Who the hell was gonna train us |
| [02:28.41] | A pressure couldn't escape us through the ages |
| [02:30.67] | We changed the basis of derogatory phrases |
| [02:33.05] | And I say it's quite amazing |
| [02:35.72] | The use the ghetto terms developed our own language |
| [02:38.30] | No matter where it came from |
| [02:40.81] | It's celebrated now people are mad if they ain't one |
| [02:46.19] | Every word we use- It has a capacity |
| [02:50.49] | And if you don’t understand the word you’re using and understand the capcity of it |
| [02:54.68] | You are using words that is creating a destiny for you |
| [02:58.40] | that you don’t even know or even conscience of |
| [03:26.97] | Too late I'm engraved in history |
| [03:31.87] | Make sure y'all never forget me |
| [03:37.03] | Whether to be accepted or disrespected |
| [03:46.47] |
| [00:00.58] | We use the word everyday |
| [00:02.46] | Now if we don' t know the capacity of this word |
| [00:05.18] | Are we headed for conflict or not? |
| [00:08.49] | Because we did not breakdown the capacity of the same what? |
| [00:13.68] | Brothers and Sisters this is why we' re still hung up in consciousness |
| [00:18.65] | we' ve been taught wrong. |
| [00:20.53] | Find a room to lock yourself in and close the door |
| [00:22.80] | It' s some heavy concepts that we gotta explore |
| [00:25.33] | We gotta strip the word down rugged and raw |
| [00:28.03] | The rhetoric of martin king just aint around no more |
| [00:29.71] | Dave bowie ain' t here james baldwin neither |
| [00:31.96] | They all were leaders |
| [00:34.07] | But they ain' t help me get this Porsche two seater |
| [00:35.77] | A lawyer left the hood he never looked back |
| [00:38.24] | To be a fortune 500 ceo it took rap |
| [00:40.57] | So what if my pants sag with my hat turned back |
| [00:43.31] | The same swag got our merchandise flying off the rack |
| [00:45.86] | Marketing companies that' s hiring blacks |
| [00:48.50] | Fresh hip hop lingo for your campaign ads |
| [00:50.94] | The controversy surrounds who could say it and when |
| [00:53.58] | Some niggas are full time some play and pretend |
| [00:56.05] | So f k that no apologies on the issue |
| [00:59.06] | If it offends you |
| [00:59.80] | It' s meant to |
| [01:00.56] | It' s that simple |
| [03:25.01][03:02.70][02:03.14][01:01.66] | Tryin to erase me from y' all memory |
| [03:06.28][02:05.27][01:04.17] | Too late I' m engraved in history I' m here my niggas |
| [03:29.17][03:09.25][02:07.95][01:06.41] | Speak my name and breath life in me |
| [03:11.59][02:10.17][01:09.07] | Make sure y' all never forget me cuz y' all give me life |
| [03:34.50][03:14.26][02:12.92][01:11.09] | Cause y' all use my name so reckless |
| [03:16.65][02:15.15][01:13.87] | Whether to be accepted or disrespected and I love it |
| [03:39.56][03:19.20][02:17.53][01:16.47] | And I love it especially when y' all do it in public |
| [03:42.21][03:21.88][02:20.44][01:19.18] | And I' m the subject |
| [03:44.09][03:24.19][02:22.17][01:21.08] | Cause y' all my niggas |
| [01:22.44] | Yo I was thinking a little bit what would it take |
| [01:25.52] | To authenticate my nigganess |
| [01:27.04] | Ball ridiculous |
| [01:28.22] | 26 inches when I call up the dealership |
| [01:30.00] | Ahh that' s some nigga shit |
| [01:32.06] | We only out for our own benefit |
| [01:33.45] | We havin' too many kids |
| [01:35.49] | We Claudine' s welfare recipients |
| [01:36.96] | The infamous free clinics is the sickest shit |
| [01:39.67] | It make me think what the hell they clean they syringes with |
| [01:42.05] | Everybody bleedin |
| [01:43.77] | The cops are the demons |
| [01:44.88] | Courtrooms full of goons |
| [01:46.07] | Jail buses leanin |
| [01:47.32] | Handcuffs squeezed too tight |
| [01:48.66] | On youth life |
| [01:49.96] | If u fight they just give in |
| [01:51.27] | People used to do sit ins |
| [01:52.56] | They got Nigeria and Niger two different countries |
| [01:54.88] | Somehow Niger turned to nigger |
| [01:56.81] | And shit got ugly |
| [01:58.23] | The problem is we started thinking like the colonists |
| [02:00.17] | ' Til Noble Dru Ali |
| [02:01.46] | Started droppin that consciousness |
| [02:23.69] | My father was not a banker |
| [02:24.65] | Neither was my neighbor when it came to getting paper |
| [02:26.76] | Who the hell was gonna train us |
| [02:28.41] | A pressure couldn' t escape us through the ages |
| [02:30.67] | We changed the basis of derogatory phrases |
| [02:33.05] | And I say it' s quite amazing |
| [02:35.72] | The use the ghetto terms developed our own language |
| [02:38.30] | No matter where it came from |
| [02:40.81] | It' s celebrated now people are mad if they ain' t one |
| [02:46.19] | Every word we use It has a capacity |
| [02:50.49] | And if you don' t understand the word you' re using and understand the capcity of it |
| [02:54.68] | You are using words that is creating a destiny for you |
| [02:58.40] | that you don' t even know or even conscience of |
| [03:26.97] | Too late I' m engraved in history |
| [03:31.87] | Make sure y' all never forget me |
| [03:37.03] | Whether to be accepted or disrespected |
| [03:46.47] |
| [00:00.58] | We use the word everyday |
| [00:02.46] | Now if we don' t know the capacity of this word |
| [00:05.18] | Are we headed for conflict or not? |
| [00:08.49] | Because we did not breakdown the capacity of the same what? |
| [00:13.68] | Brothers and Sisters this is why we' re still hung up in consciousness |
| [00:18.65] | we' ve been taught wrong. |
| [00:20.53] | Find a room to lock yourself in and close the door |
| [00:22.80] | It' s some heavy concepts that we gotta explore |
| [00:25.33] | We gotta strip the word down rugged and raw |
| [00:28.03] | The rhetoric of martin king just aint around no more |
| [00:29.71] | Dave bowie ain' t here james baldwin neither |
| [00:31.96] | They all were leaders |
| [00:34.07] | But they ain' t help me get this Porsche two seater |
| [00:35.77] | A lawyer left the hood he never looked back |
| [00:38.24] | To be a fortune 500 ceo it took rap |
| [00:40.57] | So what if my pants sag with my hat turned back |
| [00:43.31] | The same swag got our merchandise flying off the rack |
| [00:45.86] | Marketing companies that' s hiring blacks |
| [00:48.50] | Fresh hip hop lingo for your campaign ads |
| [00:50.94] | The controversy surrounds who could say it and when |
| [00:53.58] | Some niggas are full time some play and pretend |
| [00:56.05] | So f k that no apologies on the issue |
| [00:59.06] | If it offends you |
| [00:59.80] | It' s meant to |
| [01:00.56] | It' s that simple |
| [03:25.01][03:02.70][02:03.14][01:01.66] | Tryin to erase me from y' all memory |
| [03:06.28][02:05.27][01:04.17] | Too late I' m engraved in history I' m here my niggas |
| [03:29.17][03:09.25][02:07.95][01:06.41] | Speak my name and breath life in me |
| [03:11.59][02:10.17][01:09.07] | Make sure y' all never forget me cuz y' all give me life |
| [03:34.50][03:14.26][02:12.92][01:11.09] | Cause y' all use my name so reckless |
| [03:16.65][02:15.15][01:13.87] | Whether to be accepted or disrespected and I love it |
| [03:39.56][03:19.20][02:17.53][01:16.47] | And I love it especially when y' all do it in public |
| [03:42.21][03:21.88][02:20.44][01:19.18] | And I' m the subject |
| [03:44.09][03:24.19][02:22.17][01:21.08] | Cause y' all my niggas |
| [01:22.44] | Yo I was thinking a little bit what would it take |
| [01:25.52] | To authenticate my nigganess |
| [01:27.04] | Ball ridiculous |
| [01:28.22] | 26 inches when I call up the dealership |
| [01:30.00] | Ahh that' s some nigga shit |
| [01:32.06] | We only out for our own benefit |
| [01:33.45] | We havin' too many kids |
| [01:35.49] | We Claudine' s welfare recipients |
| [01:36.96] | The infamous free clinics is the sickest shit |
| [01:39.67] | It make me think what the hell they clean they syringes with |
| [01:42.05] | Everybody bleedin |
| [01:43.77] | The cops are the demons |
| [01:44.88] | Courtrooms full of goons |
| [01:46.07] | Jail buses leanin |
| [01:47.32] | Handcuffs squeezed too tight |
| [01:48.66] | On youth life |
| [01:49.96] | If u fight they just give in |
| [01:51.27] | People used to do sit ins |
| [01:52.56] | They got Nigeria and Niger two different countries |
| [01:54.88] | Somehow Niger turned to nigger |
| [01:56.81] | And shit got ugly |
| [01:58.23] | The problem is we started thinking like the colonists |
| [02:00.17] | ' Til Noble Dru Ali |
| [02:01.46] | Started droppin that consciousness |
| [02:23.69] | My father was not a banker |
| [02:24.65] | Neither was my neighbor when it came to getting paper |
| [02:26.76] | Who the hell was gonna train us |
| [02:28.41] | A pressure couldn' t escape us through the ages |
| [02:30.67] | We changed the basis of derogatory phrases |
| [02:33.05] | And I say it' s quite amazing |
| [02:35.72] | The use the ghetto terms developed our own language |
| [02:38.30] | No matter where it came from |
| [02:40.81] | It' s celebrated now people are mad if they ain' t one |
| [02:46.19] | Every word we use It has a capacity |
| [02:50.49] | And if you don' t understand the word you' re using and understand the capcity of it |
| [02:54.68] | You are using words that is creating a destiny for you |
| [02:58.40] | that you don' t even know or even conscience of |
| [03:26.97] | Too late I' m engraved in history |
| [03:31.87] | Make sure y' all never forget me |
| [03:37.03] | Whether to be accepted or disrespected |
| [03:46.47] |
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