Royce Da 5'9''

Black Savage
We don't know what this world is coming to! Yeah, I ain’t ya average rapper residing in Calabasas Mashin' the Aston through Malagasy in Madagascar I don’t believe in your white Jesus and Last Suppers I place value on brothers who never had justice I am the black savage Ali and Foreman in Zaire fightin' for black magic Rifles and flak jackets, mama was suicidal, papa had bad habits The product of true survival, rocker like Black Sabbath Hoppin' up out the Chevy, Pac, Biggie, Machiavelli OG like Nas or Reggie, culture like Ox in "Belly" Vulgar like Akinyele, focus like Dr. Sebi We did it your way but now the culture is boppin' to our Sinatra medley I'm limitless energy, they gimmicks and imagery Kendrick, Cole and the Kennedys, lyrical Holy Trinity General of the city, they into promoting silly beef Keepin' it Willy D, Weezy on the "A Milli" beat Dream Chaser facin' the enemy like my nigga Meek Tyler Perry writing my winning speech like it’s Emmy week Heart of gold, never sold my soul, Glock weighs a ton Hov tellin' Lori Harvey "No" at Roc Nation brunch One life to live, just don’t settle One life, I'ma live forever Stand for something, fall for nothing, no SongtexteRest in peace the dead, that’s on my soul You only die once and then you gone Who thought we’d be fighting all alone? Who don’t know the rights from the wrong? Truth comes to the light behind it all How much more do you want? You wanna send us back to where we came from Cause we just savages Well here’s my ass to kiss, yeah yeah I’m made of gold, my nigga I go back home, I’m a goldmine, nigga We taking all the land back they stole, my nigga Cause what you reap now is what you sow my nigga Where your soul, my nigga? Goddamn One life to live, just don’t settle One life, I'ma live forever Stand for something, fall for nothing, no Rest in peace the dead, that’s on my soul You only die once and then you gone Who thought we’d be fighting all alone? Who don’t know the rights from the wrong? Truth comes to the light behind it all If I ruled the world I would go return all of the gold that was stole Reupholster the nose on the Sphinx, it's a world war Huh, they tryna take the soul out of soul Niggas say I sold out, I never sold out a show Even though people drove out in droves Plus a whole lotta hoes, I suppose "On the road to success, you gotta pay the toll," I was told I don’t hang with pawns, I'm Genghis Khan Slang with a gang of cons that came with guns Who speak the language from the ancient ones Dangerous huh, we shinin' nigga, shame the sun Do I move D or stay in Saint Laurent? Cause y'all fashion week and this ain't Milan Collusive to your once Ponce De Leon Make sure it's peppercorn sauce on my filet mignon, my nigga One life to live, just don’t settle One life, I'ma live forever Stand for something, fall for nothing, no Rest in peace the dead, that’s on my soul You only die once and then you gone Who thought we’d be fighting all alone? Who don’t know the rights from the wrong? Truth comes to the light behind it all My first reaction, raise my hands up along with my antenna Sinner cause we born sinners, killas 'cause we want dinner Try to warn niggas, better keep on growin' Try to stay away from foreign nigga Better recognize when the devil shows his horns He enjoying his whores like Donald Goines There's a difference 'tween yours and Tomeka and Lauren Young Warren Buffet in his prime, you ain't even know it How she supposed to get thick? You just be feedin' her corn With your corny ass get robbed while she fuckin' on your horny ass Go to jail, tell it all before you ask for your attorney ass Nigga, look, you could never be me Knew who I was 'fore I got out the trap to sell a CD I been shoulder to shoulder with gangstas facin' LAPD Felony after felony, still they be yelling me free Now my philosophy is, "No possession, no apostrophe" 'Cause ain't no use in being in prison, you don’t gotta be Ironically, we dodging crazy crackers with hammers Just how they used to dodge nigga with braids and bandanas Man, it been more mass killin' than it's days in the year Wonder if fighting for it worth as much as leaving it here I'm sayin' One life to live, just don’t settle One life, I'ma live forever Stand for something, fall for nothing, no Rest in peace the dead, that’s on my soul You only die once and then you gone Who thought we’d be fighting all alone? Who don’t know the rights from the wrong? Truth comes to the light behind it all Truth comes to the light behind it all Aus Songtexte Mania