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A young man died today What have we to show? A country split in two A left wing and a joke What remains when we tear away the mask? Who will be around to face the coming task? Never someone I knew Hardly show up on time To the party yes we the tardiest Never good at chronology I measure time in memories Where were you when the towers fell? I was 7 Sitting at home Aunty bust through the door in a frenzy Face in horror shocked Yelling at moms in the kitchen I pretend I wasn't listening but still paying attention Life is a gift and if God wills it, live it Inshallah we don't face the world with a stigma Where were you when you first held a gun? I was 5 Playing hide and seek in my parents room SongtexteWent under the bed the perfect spot for me to hide Dark brown mahogany handle on my hand like camouflage Where were you when Michael Died? I was 15 The singer I idolized Immortalized in my mind Living with my cousins In a foreign land Sitting in living rooms wishing My spin move could hang My nose used to look like his Maybe gods a magician and we'd look like twins Maybe one day, I'm taking off the run way Floating with the Sun rays around Though my tongue weighs me down My mind roaming cuz I'm fly homie In and out of states I done spent too much time zoning I try to look up to skies with my eyes open But I'm blindfolded by the lies that they all told me Goddamn It was someone I knew But he died for me and you How much longer till we're through How much longer till we're How much longer till we're How much longer till we're through Far from Religious Close to his intuition Praying for forgiveness from the patron saint of sinners Left hand on the scripture Right hand to the heavens This vision was God giving It's worked on in the shadows We the 04 Pistons No stars just winners (winners) No TayShaun's just princes Kings Cuz Legacy builds bridges Tryna be the best man I can, can you Taye Digg it? Not a pawn in no military state prison Paid off piglets Treat men like villains that's based off pigment Gotta be kidding Aww man we on war times Sometimes I ask myself Am I an artist or an archive of hard times? Seen life long ties Split apart like apartheid Fuck outta hear Got me wondering where the light Ain't no light at the Ain't no light at the Nah Fuck a light at the end of the tunnel homie I am the light Exposing tarnishing promise You really ain't half as bright Me and homie ain't nann alike No more vigils by candlelight See em slipping banana like Mission splitting banana like They been tricking us all our life And I'm moving to get it right... We're through (It was someone I knew But he died for me and you How much longer till we're through How much longer till we're How much longer till we're How much longer till we're through) Aus Songtexte Mania