It began Many years ago on the african sands God blew the breath of life Came forth created man On two legs he'd stand The world he could command He could make love and war with the same two hands And he did Erected pyramids in his honor Forgot the face of his father Wicked ways to his daughter Started wars Put his brethren to the slaughter His soul he bartered with evil To make life harder Wealth greed and envy For self we never stingy Gently we be giving ourselves to these enemies Never timidly We go bold for the night Forgetting the light That needs to shine forever bright But we didn't So now our souls turning acidic Our hope is hidden behind Lies So now we finished Our mind blemished We need to understand the truth God help the youth Get it together before we through Fathom that How we get back to self righteousness Writing this made me realize We blind, sightless As we walk through life, lifeless Sitting in the dark, lightless We need fight this Greed turning us all Midas Instead of romance Its finance Children without no guidance Roaming the streets Looking for hope But can't find it Instead they fight it Embrace a hell and hate righteous Curse and spit Slant they eyes and yell f** this Existence Where nobody will even listen They just follow tradition cause they conditioned to just do it Turn a blind eye america Cause the truth is scaring ya It just might bury ya Lies infecting like malaria Can you handle that penalty box Cause you on top You going stop Dead in the street Getting ya knot popped Burning from heat Can't even sleep Scared of defeat Out of control Alternate delete n***a we deep And losing the sleep Well earned from 400 years Of blood sweat tears Deferred dreams and fears Fathom that How we get back to self righteousness Writing this made me realize We blind, sightless As we walk through life, lifeless Sitting in the dark, lightless We need fight this Greed turning us all Midas f** the k**ing The huallah star he want a million So we can have a city filled with black owned buildings For the women and children until we grossing a billion Mob mentality keeping the funds like sicilians Can you fell it Hell ya n***a we did it The cyne rip it War committed Walk it and live it Talk it and sh** it Everyday life is so vivid Cursing the senate cause we need more blacks represented We need a new edition of government politicians And policies Cause the police politely causing atrocities High velocity Keeping my bank full of broccoli Buying all of ya property until I have monopoly Word Fathom that How we get back to self righteousness Writing this made me realize We blind, sightless As we walk through life, lifeless Sitting in the dark, lightless We need fight this Greed turning us all Midas