Intro: Sniper

Lyrics

[Intro: Shad] Yeah so I wrote this poem about About clever men and our violence And it starts out with this young boy That wakes up on a desert floor And all around him are the sights and the sounds of war Soon he learned that the whole world was a desert And in fact the whole world was at war Everyone frightened to their core And so he trained and became a sniper Eventually climbing to the top To the highest status, highest income brackets Highly skilled Quiet skills [Verse 1: Shad] I was taught not to love the land Never trust the land Live on a higher plane You're above the land: Penthouse suite Oversee: Don't need to understand That man is dust Man is of the land Motherland I never touched I had to run from it young Began to see the only safety Was gun in hand I didn't get to plant seeds or feel the sands They can seize where you stand I had to leave it, now I fear the ground That's where bodies lay That's where bones are found You gotta own the ground Who controls the ground? Sniper From a higher up elevation: Hire and firing power from a higher education Higher up the corporate ladder The higher your social station Always training your sights Ready, aim and then strike Gotta stay on top Hide your wealth Hide yourself High and stealth See those fighting below And try to help them but The land is dirty Their hands is dirty And man is dirty It's kill or be killed, have mercy [Interlude] You get told that from school, and Definitely grow up and you're in the business world and They tell you if you wanna be successful You gotta step on people You gotta crush people You gotta destroy people [Verse 2: Shad] I was taught you always take the shot when you got it And pay the costs from your pockets And take the losses like a boss And make the profits too Trust no one Gross sums and hold guns And I don't run And I don't miss And I don't miss no one No diss But I'm focused Like my scope is From my crow's nest Low-risk Tie no strings No close kin Stay close-lipped And I leave no prints And no hints And no doubt: When I go out I goes in then I'm ghost And they're ghosts when I (Gunshots) A sniper brought up to the height of the stakes Told only the soul is sacred And any spot that's vacant you can take And above all no place is safe Unless you're stationed above all And stay in that space Hovering over I was taught everyone is a soldier Life is a fight Keep money and people tight in your holsters Yo it's kill or be killed The land is dirty Their hands is dirty And man is dirty That's all I ever learned Have mercy