[Verse 1: Raw Poetic] Sometimes I listen to you and won't let my mouth speak Some information in my ears I pray that God leaks Don't wanna keep it but when looking around I see that people that surround are so happy you're down What a trick word that disturbs the people that thinks Caught in a world of smoking cigarettes that keeps on the brink A race of people like the Natives coming close to extinct-tion Endangered species, I then slowly blink I let my eyes slowly open to a scene in which I'm scoping Where it's kids k**ing kids religious wars that will go on From now til' it hits the last man but time goes on And something coming next since time was made to flow on As the world turns, it turns old We start warm, then turn cold Start half then turn whole, so crying to God I try to understand the place I'm at Is this all inside? Made to fly I listen to my heart and tell it with pride They say the soul of Black folks lives eternally through the music So when I'm doing it, this is what my heart is speaking [Bridge: Raw Poetic] It's uncontrollable but I am dedicated This is bright as summer mornings but gray as the sky that shades it A city of my feelings that's way overpopulated Contemplate it Girls try to get it but it's overrated Dated back to the 70's it gave me a beat This deep melancholy sound won't stop until it's complete I got a lot of things to think in The loving that makes me Eliminate the mental states of venom and hate Not to my people nah, I'm for preventing the spread Instead, I give to God what's in the back of my head Discrimination of all kinds Effects on Blacks from slave times We make time to understand self So when I state rhymes I'm speaking to unite us how out black hearts will Never drown in our sorrows just one day grow gills I need patience by my ain't still It's at a place where your jaw can feel [Hook: Raw Poetic] It's yet a script forever writing some sh** A permanent tick Picks up the pitch but won't ever switch It's black and silent means inhumanly good Misunderstood, the engine running beneath the hood [Outro: Narrator] Pain, a lot of heartache, blood sweat and tears So many nights you lie awake crying wondering Will the day ever come you'll be able to rest? Will the day ever come that you'll be able to just take life easy for a while?