Verse:
Now you may live the life that I live to inspire
And if not my soul wouldn't live through this wire
I'm indited from the city with the light sin but while
I write with this pen I think of roller coaster nights my life took a spin
Feelin dizzy hard to look back if I wanted to
Pop n Mama feud the drama grew mission impossible
For the life of simplicity, it was gut kickin me
You gotta be shittin me, it all kidnapped the kid in me
I did nothin to this degree if karma exist
Takin life for what it partially is cuzz I know I was
Destined for better than this so I, grab me a spliff
Knowin that every great martyr started like this
With a story to tell informin my self how much
Glory they felt, suddenly feelin the love to prevail but hell,
I love what I do and when what I do can sell
Its like livin in wells, ain't no choice but to look up
Life can be as crooked as the cops when Lucas had
It all hooked up But like a 2nd blunt, I'm back to the good stuff,
besides the fact the hoods rough I stood up
After some push ups I grab the mic and decided to cook up
The struggle can kill life isn't over but
I got the of will my power instilled by the weakness
of feelin ill....I'm Hungry, In the belly of the beast
but I won't forever stomach me, Trust in me I'm comin up
So never say u been through it all if u haven't
Done enough cuzz unlike u I guess my sense for immortality
Is strong enough to bend the laws of gravity refusin to be
A casualty...My main man Jermaine explains
Ya gotta build ya dignity in the face of calamity
So I built this strategy to break through all the tragedy
I'm Free now....try it for ya self
Bridge:
We in the land of the oppressa'
They won't confess sir
They beat the man who lecture
Then go create proffessa'
We in the land of the little mind
They try to play u like a fiddle but I'm here to read u mind
I'm.....Swiflo!!!
credits
released March 3, 2014
Recorded @ The Area Recording Studios
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