Tradition

Yeah
Swendaloso
Bro

This sh- is tradition (S-Class on the beat)
Yeah, this sh- is tradition
Them young n- gripping
Since kids, been with the business
Nah, we ain't tripping
Trying to fix the fixing
On the block making dividends
Run you off the block up in
(There that b- a- n-, go right there, chase that n- down, man)

Run you off block again
For my n- that don't stop, won't stop, can't stop
Everyday, be up on the same block
F- cops and mo- opps
Firearms go pop-pop! (Boom!)
Then the body drop
Better do the body rock

When n- come tryna knocky knock
Tech N9ne millimeter or a Glock
Hell nah, it'll never stop
Sometime, we catch cases
Nothing to a soldier, gladiator training
All you found n- get done flagrant
Get free shots at your mo- cranium

N- pop shots like sh- Crisco
Got some for you f- crackers like Nabisco
Got bad bad b- is licking my cream, feeling like a Oreo
But it's double stuffed, you gotta lick, chick, it's more to go

Tradition (tradition)
Some see it as essential to maintaining stability in a rapidly changing world
While others see it as a senseless anchor
Holding back the tide of progression
Which is it?
Is tradition important?

In the Western world
And in particular, in the English-speaking world
There has been over the past 30 years
A very considerable loss in the value of tradition

The modern context of our society seems to be
One that wants to recognize and embrace
Cultural change and elements drawn from everywhere
Other than that from which the English-speaking world takes its roots
In England and the English conduct
There is similarly an embarrassment about teaching our history
And the elements of culture that produced the English language
English literature, the modern system of parliamentary democracy
Common law and many other things the rest of the world wants to emulate

Education officials are reticent
To unashamedly teach this heritage
Fearful that it would be called bigotry
Yet a nation that forgets its past
May well be a nation that will eventually exist only in history
Only in history

Retaining valuable aspects of our culture
Is critical to developing a proper pride
In one's country and its achievements
This does not equate to disrespecting other nations or cultures
But valuing one's own
It is however difficult to ignore the erosion in the Western cultural bank
And all manner of things from the work ethic
Simple rules of politeness, protocols when meeting people
Actions of respect to elders, how we dress for school
Or even how teachers or persons of authority are addressed

The decay in traditional values is evident
The veneer of civilization is very thin
And traditions, protocols and accepted
Established expressions of polite behavior
If lost or not respected
Hold ill for the future of such a society

Yeah
And n-, I'm the future
Driver and the shooter
Ain't nothin' new about this game, I'm the newest doer
Ain't nothin' new about this name, I came out manure
Seven degrees of separation, your friends will do it to ya
This sh- is tradition