Savages (feat. Drezus)

War paint in the sunrise

Gettin' braided up as my paint dries

The blood falls from the red sky

My lady's singin' that war cry

We'll break 'em up like mannequins

Look 'em in the eyes, they panickin'

Draped up in a bear hide

We ain't Indians, we savages

Don't believe me? Check my status

This battlefield's my canvas

And it might not take us platinum

But that hand drum is my anthem

We go bang-bang on the 808s

You know we comin' when you feel the bass

No deal with the Devil, no soul to sell

We were red when we broke through the gates of Hell

Savages, savages

Native to the land you've inhabited

Home of the braves and the ancestors

Who walked the land you damaged

Man, we hail from a side of that atlas

That practiced throw weaves on baskets

Carved masks on cedar plaques

As we live by the law of the land

Don't take what you can't handle

Don't break what you don't understand

Goddamn, we back again

Kill the Indian, save the man

Put the knife on my back, and I go berserk

I don't make friends, I make feelin's hurt

Ill-behaved, man, I'm on my worst

No new friends, I put family first

Underneath the mask, I'm a monster

On my people's back, I'ma conquer

But before I reconcile, man

I'll add this to my profile

My grandpa was a savage

Before savage was in style

Savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's how they gon' label us

Thanks to all the cameras

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Forgotten languages

Goddamn, ain't that a bitch?

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's just the way we live

So my kids' kids

Will be some savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Do you know what a real savages is, boy?

I get strength from the spirits

My Uncle Bob's in the buildin'

He told me wake up and get 'em

And when you catch 'em, just kill 'em

My arrows hit with precision

My sparrow sing my tradition

Screamin', "Creator, come get me

This earthly body's like prison"

Till I am free

Show me all my enemies so I can see

I'll line 'em up like barber shops

They get this work for free

Get 'em, let 'em rinse off in the river

Breastplate covers up my heart

Programmed just to go and give 'em

Mama need me, I deliver

Papa quit, I ain't no quitter

Threw the war club from the right palm

Dropped the body in December

When the snow fell like some feathers

Minus twenty with no sweater on

Revenge kept my body warm

I offer it up as body to 'em

Savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's how they gon' label us

Thanks to all the cameras

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Forgotten languages

Goddamn, we dare to bitch

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's just the way we live

So my kids' kids

Will be some savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Do you know what a real savages is, boy?

No redneck with the red skin

Far from Cleveland, but an Indian

That's casino and them moccasins

With two braids my sister did

Look, rez boy, savage

Macho Man Randy with his glasses

Ice cold, I need a winter jacket

Matter of fact, I'm gettin' a little ashen

Even if the boat is sinkin'

I ain't never jumpin' ships

Some claim to be down with Minay

But you feel a certain type of way every single time that

That PureFlex on them pipelines

Look at the world through my eyes

This long hair to show my pride

And it's fuck you if you ain't like mine

Yeah, man, you don't want no problems

Why? 'Cause I get that from my dad and them

Oh, yes, indeed, when I'm in need

Of stress relief, I roll some weed

That's Indian M-E-Ds

When I chief, homie, can't you see?

We S-A-V-A-G-E-S

And P.S., my name Young D

Mess with the blood of my blood

And the flesh of my flesh

DMX, you can bet that we them

Savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's how they gon' label us

Thanks to all the cameras

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Forgotten languages

Goddamn, ain't that a bitch?

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's just the way we live

So my kids' kids

Will be some savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Do you know what a real savages is, boy?

Savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Yeah, man, you don't want no problems

Savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's how they gon' label us

'Cause I get that from my dad and them

Savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Forgotten languages

Goddamn, ain't that a bitch?

We savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

That's just the way we live

So my kids' kids

Will be some savages, savages

Homie, we them savages

Do you know what a real savages is, boy?