Jacob's Trouble

Jacob's trouble, we gotta fight our way out of this bubble
They got us locked in their sights, scope as big as the Hubble
But we don't peep it, people lackin' knowledge, it ain't no secret

Look at the climate, shots firin', niggas dyin' every weekend
Lotta disciples, but don't none of them follow what Christ do
Babylonians move like the Romans, quick to crucify you
Don't get confused, it ain't just the dudes brandishin' tools

It's them hypocrites behind the pews who worship Tammuz
Sunday service, pull out these verses it make them nervous
It's folly in these churches, wonder why we still sufferin' curses
My people wicked, I'm just tryin' to endure

Remain pure and follow the Torah, before the fan hit the manure
The choice yours, dating back to when Moses hoisted the laws
We been off course, now we gotta face the force majeure
Two-thirds should be cut off to die, thus sayeth the Lord
The one-third should be put through the fire, tried as gold

Jacob's trouble, the rose that grew from out of the rubble
Petals laced with melanin and adamantium skeleton
A rebel, which is why we reside at the bottom
Every socioeconomic problem, we got em
A bevy, of generational baggage

Post-traumatic stresses, plus depression, plus a misguided adolescence
Recipe for disaster, friends turn into Casper
By shorty blowin' a 40 with a heart colder than Aspen
If you askin' yourself how we got the cards, we was dealt

Deuteronomy chapter 28, go read it for yourself
It's easily to see that we the reason we in hell
Self-awareness, the first step to reversing our travail
Then we balance the scale, gaining knowledge of self

First shall be last and last shall be first is how we prevail
It was written, I wish I can change this wicked condition
Who am I kidding, unless Esau's spittin, they not gonna listen

So from 7 o'clock last night until 6-11 this morning, 11 hours and 11 minutes

45 people were shot
That's more than 4 people per hour
And if anybody doesn't think that Chicago, the south side, the west side
are war zones at this point in time, they need to look at the numbers again



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Writer(s): J.a.c.k Vendetta
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