Zoot

It's the summer of 1943, and zoot suits are all the rage
Mostly being worn by Black and Latino men
The look is unmistakable, mistakable, mistakable, mistakable

We all wear the mask, metaphorically speaking
I just took a half and I'm peaking
Obama runtz in a Dutch, I'm smoking
Elements 2, I'm reloaded

Behind the mask, dreams and fears collide
It's a facade if your face card decline
Acting like another nigga, have some respect for yourself
How you gon' chase another nigga's wealth?

Yo, we all wear the mask
If you were to go, it'd be one less nigga with a podcast
If I was not the GOAT, my flow would not provoke
You hoes to blow, get overthrown
They couldn't go toe to toe, they tried to buy me out with TV shows
I told them no, I am the one that dropped the bomb
They wanted some, I my flash the Tommy gun I'm holding
And what you do? You sold your soul
You folded, ha

Which one's the show? Which one's ya hoe?
Which one's your bitch? Which one's your beer?
Which one's your throwaway?
Give 'em here when ya go away

I'm honored, it's an honor
When I keep getting stalked by the blogs, getting calls, it's an honor
I say it's an honor
Like the saying goes, if you can't come in her, then you gotta come on her
It's an honor, honor, honor

We all wear the mask, metaphorically speaking
I just took a half and I'm peaking
Obama runtz in a Dutch, I'm smoking
Elements 2, I'm reloaded

This is a world that I can't take seriously
I just think differently
All the ones you call leaders got low integrity and low bone density
It don't make sense to me
When they go low, I go lower
I can act like a hard eater
Playing good guys, never eatin' nerve, fizzy
Deep immersive lyrics, overthrowin' physics
Is it flat? This ain't even nerve, is it?
Why debate on the shape of the prison?
Elevate and then escape, fuck the system
I'm not from outer space, I'm from space-time
When you fit my style, you're child of mine
Brutalize the game like from out the hive

Round the holes, you be actin' like a tough guy
Like a bust shots, mean you must not
Actin' like a kingpin, like you Pablo, like a drug lord, pss, a'ight
Tell them niggas tell fiend songs, album cover might as well be a mug shot
You niggas softer than some teddy bears in a bathtub
'Bout to burn this shit down, rest in peace to Left-Eye

We all wear the mask, metaphorically speaking
I just took a half and I'm peaking
Obama runtz in a Dutch, I'm smoking
Elements 2, I'm reloaded

And I'm peaking, say she wanna link, is it sneaky?
Stuck with a kid, kinda kinky
Throw me the butt, I'ma slide to the pink
And I'm peaking, say she wanna link, is it sneaky?
Stuck with a kid, kinda kinky
Throw me the butt, I'ma slide to the peak

Them 80 years later, LA County is apologizing
The Zoot Suit riots have been one of Los Angeles' most shameful moments in our history
I am a classic car driver and a vintage enthusiast
We are so grateful that this is being recognized
And are all in favor of denouncing the injustice as we see it
Targeting Chicanos, Blacks, Filipinos
And we're very grateful for the opportunity to be heard and seen
And the opportunity to speak for the past, present, and future
As my great-grandfather was a zoot-suter and experienced the riots

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