Rawderves

Lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, uh-huh (Yeah) [Verse] I'm chemically unbalanced, meat is off the charts Peep these hand-written conjurations, I cast 'em after dark Aristocratic art, I convey the raw what's on display The shit you can't portray let me state: real niggas won't decay, It's greater powers in this array see how I lead the way Ain't shit about the God cliché keep thinkin' shit sorbet I might have passed on but you can find me your rare [?] A lost protégé forced to immigrate, causin' much melee I waylay y'all, let us pray in name and embrace Laugh as the brain purees, the battle's underway I outweigh thosе in place that keeps us blacks astray The areas of gracе, still I stand in the middle of the fray Spit powerful sounds with the impact of a twelve-gauge Whenever enraged, find peace in tree and this burnin' sage If it wasn't for my Cs, I'd probably be on a rampage [?] music's how I assuage Moms bred a renegade, settin' fires to masquerades Explode through barricades with grenades, attack with a fusillade I'm at war with all brigades, it's a must I pervade Through the system's hate, but remain grounded like palisades Thy enemy's tucked in the glades, I warned them I was made I deprecate from all of the fake and move with legiti-mates I've been betrayed, scarred, and blazed and I ain't cry for aid Don't mourn over my ashes or grave, hit the streets and parade Celebrate the brave through airwaves, yeah, I freed the enslaved These hymns that I relay were passed down from prisoners, not slaves My people didn't submit, they fought back and many of 'em were slain Others taken away for those ropes and chains, the war I wage Don't think this shit is vain, that ripped flesh on their backs was not in vain Some land was stolen from me and mine and I will soon reclaim And stand under the trees where the twisted mouth, bulgin' eyes hang And by the waters where they would sing and pray for the freedom chains See further past the money and fame, need ways to sustain Be holdin' on to plenty of shame when proudness should retain The truth was written in ancestral blood now travelin' through my veins Once the brains no longer contain, our strength we will regain I never been afraid of the rain, I thrive when it pours Any [?] removed from the culture, through me we shall restore You ever seen a thug nigga soar, ascendin' evermore? I see the people drownin' in aquas, I help 'em come to shore And furthermore, the fallen will rise and start the dissemination Injectin' science into the stream, improvin' the circulation Starvation we will reverse, along with the dehydration Healin' inflammation with raw skills, this dedication Rawderves, nigga [Outro] We've been "rapping," quote-unquote, for a long time James Brown had a song "Brother Rap" Jesse Jackson raps, Farrakhan raps Preachers rap in the pulpit with call-and-response It's a part of African oral tradition Rap is John Coltrane Even though there are no words, he's rapping with his horn