Give Me Not Control

Lyrics

[Intro] I feel like the people that are in control of what hip-hop does They don't give a fuck about what the culture and craft and what it really is about [Chorus: Canibus] Give me control of all the world's media And I care not who they choose to let entertain them Radio, audio, television, video Satellite, streaming, download, digital Give me control of all the world's media And I care not who they choose to let entertain them Radio, audio, television, video Satellite, streaming, download, digital [Verse 1: Canibus] For the Phoenix to rise, life must die And that's just how it is sometimes The narrow path is not always clear cut but don't fear nothing Good karma will amount to something The 1990 era was the most special We took this art form to a whole 'nother level We had Supreme Knowledge, hip-hop Temple Stone Pilots All-seeing eyes with the gold iris The material world is not always truthful Everybody can't be a business management guru Give me Guinness stout, I sit around the table and Google Meditate, learn the Metu Neter language from, YouTube Raw talent force multiplier enforcer The Universe bleeds from every orifice, I absorb it Silver garments smell like garlic, camp-fire concert performance My Last Supper was a cup of cornmeal porridge The horizon is dark orange, the Phoenix rise, close orbit I see armies of 9-foot Wookies in the forest Transcendence, this is artificial dependence The future is present, my name is Johnny Depp Junior [Jetson] [Chorus: Canibus] Give me control of all the world's media And I care not who they choose to let entertain them Radio, audio, television, video Satellite, streaming, download, digital [Verse 2: Canibus] Jupiter Ascending through beautiful hues and color spectrums The imagery is in the essence I need not to be reminded how weak the flesh is When I am hungry, under pressure, distracted and desperate I say sing for your suppers you miserable tone-deaf motherfuckers 'Cause all you do is fight with each other You misogynist maggot, fifth columnist faggot You make promises but take the dishonorable passage I'm like Little Lord Fauntleroy, the honorable boy Who became a gentleman, time flies, now I'm 40 You feel me? What is it really? What is life really about? Once you're in it there is only one way out At the moment the Phoenix rises from the ashes, magic My quantum cycle continues in infinite patterns But who knows? I sure don't Because in The Symphony of The Celestial, a nigga barely mastered one note White water, black tightrope snap, kayak through tight gap No map that exists can tell you where I'm at Kite surfing over the Earth, always dropping in early for work And keep connecting to the listeners through the verse 'Cause for the Phoenix to rise, life must die That's just how it is sometimes The narrow path is not always clear cut but don't fear nothing Good karma will amount to something Wait for the Phoenix to rise, open your eyes Time flies, it'll be here before you realise Signature signs of the end times, one through centillion rhymes The Phoenix rise, run for your carbon-based lives [Chorus: Canibus] Control the whole world's media Why would you care who they choose to let entertain them? Radio, audio, television, video Satellite, streaming, download, digital Give me control of all the world's media And I care not who they choose to let entertain them Radio, audio, television, video Satellite, streaming, download, digital Give me control of all the world's media And I care not who they choose to let entertain them [Outro] These old ass punks, you know, in the powerful positions That dictate what the black community hears and listens to You know what I mean, I fucking hate that shit Like, that shit pisses me off Like there's no fucking way that you can tell me that it's not a conspiracy If you gave a fuck about this culture in any shape, form or fashion