"The homie Sharp had sent me a beat tape that this instrumental was on and I was super into it. I remember playing the beat for IMAKEMADBEATS for the first time and him just losing it. And he's not an easy producer to impress. We (IMAKEMADBEATS and I) connect on our love for production that sounds like this. Dirty soul, very mysterious. melodic. And I just did my thing. #BEAST
lyrics
would you listen
most my niggas shook for living
booked in prison
40 acres and mule was promised to us
look whats givin
yeah they ears closed
so i appear old
although im young
sippin beers cold
on unclear roads straight to the sun
we didnt listen
when malcolm was explaining to us the mission
just proffessor x
not handing respect
if you change the vision
whats exchanged for guinness
our livelyhood
we drink it it kill us
but we aint concerned
we working to earn
millers that fill us
was labled as niggas
back when the man was strangling niggas
arrainging them niggas
now we shake hands and hang with them niggas
they gave us them triggers
them blickers
that penetrate our livers
we took em
never remembered
then fuck it
aimed em at niggas
whats the sense in that
most times i question the common sense of blacks
squinting at them niggas who ask me where common sense is at
when you you should know
instead you quote me the rising price of blow
ice and clothes
but if you listen you sure to grow
i'm hardly better
i barely listened
was clearly missing
not only the top prize
but a piece to share in the winnings
i cared yeah
and then moms said my caring was injured
what you too hard for getting a job wearing suspenders
motherfucking right
probably the reason my futures nothing bright
trying to play the bigger man to listeners
cuffing mics
practice what i preach well thats odd ock
im armed cocked
the same contradictions as nas got
and tupac
explain them
no its not true that people can change skin
how he wrote dear mama and same hoes with the same pen
i dont know
and i dont condone
but i feel him tho
he was trying teach sometimes
sometimes hed feel a hoe
your goals to separate
the featherweight from the hard hitting
the heavy chest shit
thats breast milk for the lost kittens
i just try to pay attention when theres positive thoughts in it
and walk with it
theres enough to spread if we'd all listen
credits
from The New 52,
released January 2, 2014
Written by MidaZ The BEAST
Produced by Sharp
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