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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sampa the Great
Sampa the Great
Performer
Krown
Krown
Vocals
Alejandro Abapo
Alejandro Abapo
Drum Programming
Kumar Shome
Kumar Shome
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Krown
Krown
Songwriter
Sampa Tembo
Sampa Tembo
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Alejandro Abapo
Alejandro Abapo
Producer
Jonwayne
Jonwayne
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Yeah
Time's up, motherfucker
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick
Yeah
It's the return black excellence
Don't sit next to us
Lay it down like scripture
Jah bless, God invest in us
Blackface industry
Lyin', don't invest in me
Only want the money off our backs like history
In the industry, I'm not a slave on a record
I rose brave, call it blessings
Acute angle out the rat race
I keep from goin' under
Time tickin' for families holdin' the spears
Deception is equity used to buy your melody
All I hear
I seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
I seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
I seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
I seen the industry scheme and it's a killer
I seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
I seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
I seen the industry scheme and it's a killer
It's a master plan to break you
I'm the scheme, you're the schemer
Ya
Time's up black republic
Want all my work republished
How many times I inspired your rhymes
And you redubbed it?
We the inspiration
We the motivation
Take our ideas then you resell it
In variations
The hour glass, I'ma crack it
The fatter the cream, the blacker the talent
I'm takin' matters in hands
I'd rather challenge the industry
Got no dignity
Puttin' my fam' up next to me
Searchin' for their diversity
All is I see is a bunch of mechanical breakdown
Do it 'til the planet'll break down
On a mission to free ourselves
Verbally medicated, put on a shelf
We're not for sale, neither askin' for help
And I ain't askin' for help
We not askin' for help
We not for sale, we not askin' for help
Not out to get you or in rage
We just searchin' for self
Go fuck yourself
Fuck the game
Fuck the playin'
Fuck the audience
Fuck the dance
Fuck the list
Fuck the ARIA's
'Cause I seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
'Cause I've seen the industry kill dreams and the dreamer
And I've seen the industry kill dreams of a dreamer
And I've seen the industry scheme and it's a killer
And I've seen the industry kill dream of a dreamer
And I've seen the industry kill dreams of a dreamer
And I've seen the industry scheme and it's a killer
It's a master plan to break you
'Cause I'm the scheme, they the schemers
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick, tock
Tick
Time's up
Time's up
(Tick, tock)
Time's up, motherfucker (Ha)
(Tick, tock)
(Tick, tock)
(Tick, tock)
Time's up, motherfucker
(Tick, tock)
(Tick, tock)
Time's up, time's up
(Tick, tock)
Time's up, motherfucker (Ha)
(Tick, tock)
(Tick, tock)
(Tick, tock)
Time's up, motherfucker
(Tick, tock)
(Tick, tock)
Time's up
Time's up, motherfucker
Ha
Written by: Alejandro Abapo, Krown, Sampa Tembo
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