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Royce Da 5'9"
Royce Da 5'9"
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sy Ari Brockington
Sy Ari Brockington
Songwriter
R. Montgomery
R. Montgomery
Songwriter
CYDEL CHARLES YOUNG
CYDEL CHARLES YOUNG
Songwriter
Clifford Harris
Clifford Harris
Songwriter
Bobby Jefrey Yewah
Bobby Jefrey Yewah
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Carlos Broady
Carlos Broady
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Royce Da 5'9"
Royce Da 5'9"
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Denaun Porter
Denaun Porter
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Carlos Broady
Carlos Broady
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yeah
I ain't your average rapper residin' in Calabasas
Mashin' the Aston through Malagasy and Madagascar
I don't believe in your white Jesus and Last Suppers
I place value on brothers who never had justice
[Verse 2]
I am the black savage
Ali and Foreman in Zaire fightin' for black magic
Rifles and flak jackets
Mama was suicidal
Papa had bad habits
Product of true survival
Rocker like Black Sabbath
Hoppin' up out the Chevy
Pac, Biggie, Machiavelli
OG like Nas and Reggie
Culture like Ox in Belly
Vulgar like Akinyele
Focused like Dr. Sebi
We did it your way
But now the culture is boppin' to our Sinatra medley
[Verse 3]
I'm limitless energy
They gimmicks and imagery
Kendrick, Cole, and the Kennedys
Lyrical holy trinity
General of the city
They into promotin' silly beef
Keepin' it Willie D
Weezy on the 'A Milli' beat
Dream Chaser facin' the enemy like my **** Meek
Tyler Perry writing my winning speech like it's Emmy week
Heart of gold, never sold my soul
Glock weighs a ton
HOV tellin' Lori Harvey, "No" at Roc Nation brunch
[Verse 4]
One life to live, just don't settle
One life, I'ma live forever
Stand for somethin', fall for nothin', no
Rest in peace the dead, that's on my soul
You only die once and then you gone
Who thought we'd be fightin' all alone?
Who don't know the rights from the wrong?
Truth comes to the light, behind it all
[Verse 5]
How much more do you want?
You want to send us back to where we came from
'Cause we just savages
Well here's my ass to kiss, yeah-yeah
I'm made of gold, my ****
I go back home, I'm a goldmine ****
We're takin' all the land back they stole, my ****
'Cause what you reap now is what you sow, my ****
Where your soul my ****?
Goddamn
[Verse 6]
One life to live, just don't settle
One life, I'ma live forever
Stand for somethin', fall for nothin', no
Rest in peace the dead, that's on my soul
You only die once and then you go home
Who do we be fightin' all alone?
Who don't know the rights from the wrong?
Truth comes to the light, behind it all
[Verse 7]
If I ruled the world
I would go return all of the gold that was stole
Reupholster the nose on the Sphinx, it's a world war
Huh, they tryna take the soul out of soul
**** say I sold out, I never sold out a show
Even though people drove out in droves
Plus a whole lotta hoes
I suppose on the road to success
You gotta pay the toll I was told
I don't hang with pawns, I'm Genghis Khan
Slang with a gang of cons that game wiwth guns
Who speak the language from the ancient ones
Dangerous, huh? We shinin' ****, shame the sun
Do I move Dior or stay a St. Laurent
'Cause y'all fashion week and this ain't Milan
Calusa to your Juan Ponce de León
Make sure it's peppercorn sauce on my filet mignon, my ****
[Verse 8]
One life to live, just don't settle
One life, I'ma live forever
Stand for somethin', fall for nothin', no
Rest in peace the dead, that's on my soul
You only die once and then you gone
Who thought we'd be fightin' all alone?
Who don't know the rights from the wrong?
Truth comes to the light, behind it all
[Verse 9]
My first action, raise my hands up along with my antenna
Sinnin' 'cause we born sinners
Killer 'cause we want dinner
Try to warn a ****
Better keep on growin'
Try to stay away from foreign ****
Better recognize when the devil show his horns
He enjoyin' his whores
Like Donald Goines
There's a different 'tween your one and Tomeka and Lauren
Young Warren Buffet in his prime, you ain't even know it
How she supposed to get thick? He just be feeding her corn
With your corny ass, get robbed
While she fuckin' on your horny ass
Go to jail, tell it all 'fore you ask your attorney, yeah ****
But you could never be me
Knew who I was 'fore I got out the trap to sell a cd
I've been shoulder to shoulder with gangstas facin' LAPD
Felony after felony still to be yellin' me free
Now my philosophy
Is no possession, no apostrophe
'Cause they know you used to be in their prison, you ain't got to be
[Verse 10]
Ironically we dodgin' crazy cracker with hammer
Just how they used to dodge ****
With braids and bandanas
Man, it been more mad killings than the days in a year
Wonder if fightin' for it worth as much as leavin' it here, I'm sayin'
[Verse 11]
One life to live, just don't settle
One life, I'ma live forever
Stand for somethin', fall for nothin', no
Rest in peace the dead, that's on my soul
You only die once and then you gone
Who thought we'd be fightin' all alone?
Who don't know the rights from the wrong?
Truth comes to the light, behind it all
Written by: Ayub Ogada, Bobby Jefrey Yewah, CYDEL CHARLES YOUNG, Carlos Broady, Clifford Harris, Denaun Porter, James Mbarak Achieng, R. Montgomery, Sy Ari Brockington

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