R.E.A.L.I.T.Y.

[00:00.71] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[00:03.06] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[00:08.88] These are the streets
[00:09.49] Shit is real out here
[00:13.77] This ain't no fuckin' joke
[00:16.30] I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects
[00:19.33] The original, criminal minded, rap topic
[00:21.91] With twenty cents in my pocket, I saw the light
[00:24.41] If you're young gifted and black, you got no rights
[00:27.18] Your only true right is a right to a fight
[00:29.90] And not a fair fight, I wake up wonderin' who died last night
[00:32.85] Everyone and everything is at war
[00:35.55] Makin' my poetic expression hardcore
[00:38.25] I ain't afraid to say it and many can't get with it
[00:40.85] At times in my life, I was a welfare recipient
[00:43.58] I ate the free cheese, while the church said believe
[00:46.02] And went to school everyday, like a goddamn fool
[00:48.92] Well anyway, here I am, chillin' at the party
[00:51.73] Brothers lookin' at me like they wanna kill somebody
[00:54.38] A cypher manifested in the center of the jam
[00:57.03] I got to show these wack rappers really who I am
[00:59.80] It's me against them, so, I clear the phlegm
[01:02.32] And wage the war, hardcore to the end
[01:05.03] For someone lookin' inside, yeah, from the out
[01:07.68] It seems like disrespect is what rap is all about
[01:10.57] But hip-hop as a culture is really what we give it
[01:13.05] But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it
[01:15.89] 'Cause every black kid lives two and three lives
[01:18.43] The city's a jungle, only the strong will survive
[01:21.17] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[01:23.86] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[01:26.45] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[01:29.23] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[01:32.05] Every single day, I hear lie after lie
[01:34.54] Like, "Black people don't die, we multiply"
[01:37.20] So, when I kick a rhyme, I represent how I feel
[01:39.96] The sacred street art of keepin' it real
[01:42.87] Why I gotta listen to somebody else?
[01:45.41] How they got wealth, let me talk about myself
[01:48.08] But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock
[01:50.75] The results are obvious if I'm confined to my block
[01:53.41] Occasionally, in the city I'm released
[01:56.13] To meet other beasts, lookin' for the feast
[01:58.91] We grunt and growl, on the prowl, as the air gets thinner
[02:02.47] "Yo, yo, there he go, him", there's the dinner
[02:04.49] White meat, carryin' a bag of some sort
[02:06.99] Life is short, white meat is quickly caught
[02:09.59] A scuffle, a muffle, yet none of us hesitated
[02:12.32] Like Mother Africa, white meat is violated
[02:15.23] We quickly disappear like Santa's little elves
[02:17.78] And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves
[02:20.45] We say, "Peace" 'cause that's what we really want
[02:23.14] A piece of the pie that America flaunts
[02:25.70] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[02:28.59] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[02:31.13] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[02:33.98] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[02:38.95] Oh, shit
[02:47.32] The truth is that police must serve and protect
[02:50.11] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. is, black youth is shown no respect
[02:52.82] The truth is, government has a war against drugs
[02:55.99] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. is, government is ruled by thugs
[02:58.17] With all this technology, above and under
[03:00.85] Humanity still hunts down one another
[03:03.74] Rappers display artistic cannibalism
[03:05.91] Through lyricism, we fight each other over rhythm
[03:07.75] Through basic animal instincts, we think
[03:11.20] So, the battle for mental territory is glory, end of story
[03:19.88] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[03:22.56] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[03:25.28] R.E.A.L.I.T.Y. ain't always the truth
[03:27.94] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth
[03:31.38] Yeah
[03:35.42] These are the streets
[03:37.85] Shit is real out here
[03:40.86] This ain't no fuckin' joke
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