Ascendancy

Nigga kill a nigga
Black on black crime
Kill our own kind
And we hardly surprise
Niggas that played the middle
They be parting with sides
But when a cop kill a nigga
We starting a riot
That's why my heart so cold
Eyes full of that pain
Niggas selling their soul
Do it all for the fame
On the mound in that field
Still pitching that cane
Being injected with poison
Our minds stuck in them chains
In other words
I'm spitting that crack
It's genocide
Smoke screens, selling us dreams; we civilize
The media telling us lies
To keep us blind
Distorted manipulation
Keeping us televised

But it seems we'll never pay attention
The sad part about it
It don't cost to pay attention
Control with religious premonition
Should I mention
An educated fool
That's a suicidal lynching, for real

I played dumb
But I'm never the fool
They tryna wipe us out
How they did with the Jews
The ones who make the rules
They break the rules
I'm just sharing my thoughts
These are valuable jewels
From the prison
To the churches
They are corporates
Even down to the babies
Kill us early like abortions
Growing up rebellious
Running around with them torches
Stray bullets kill them old ladies
On them porches
We casualties of war it's the truth
But it's unfortunate
40 acres and a mule
Them reparations worth a fortune
Sitting in the dark praying to God
I'm hearing voices
Back against the wall
Feel like I'm running out of choices

Hold up
Let the beat breathe for a minute

Yeah
Uh
Dedicated, determinated
Never complacent
I think the world would've been better
With segregation
We living in our last time
The book of revelations
Romantic war feels like my spirit
Dancing with Satan
Racial discrimination
Convicted off allegations
Where human sacrifices
Becoming an occupation
Opioid meds
They got us under sedation
To my brothers back home
Assalaamu 'Alaikum

Uh
Niggas voted for the Anti-Christ
Got me thinking, like this can't be life
I done seen
Niggas get left because
They ain't living too right
I heard them say life is cheap
Til you paying the price
But my calls were unanswered
Now teardrops fall
Feel I'm running out of time
But I managed to keep stalling
Manage to keep calling
Standing but keep falling
He voice in my head
So now I listen when he talking
$hy Money

I can never sell my soul
Melanin's worth more than gold
That's facts
We are Kings and Queens
Therefore we are naturally attracted to the finer things in life
At least I am anyway
The OG's never told us nothing
I'm just doing my duties
Uplifting fallen humanity
Stay woke
I try to make sure
My good deeds outweigh my bad deeds
At the end of the day.
I mean, how you say you real
If you don't give back to the community, the young ones
Wealth is in the mind
And not the pockets
That's facts