Top Songs By Lowkey
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lowkey
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lowkey
Songwriter
Nutty P
Composer
Guy Buss
Composer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's been a long time coming
Too long
Too long
It's been in the making a quarter century
But it's here now
It's here now
If by the time you hear this album
I'm not here
You'll know why
[Verse 2]
Tell ya, so me say
Too many suffering, too many tears
To see a youth die, I'm a know him for years
When me look around, nobody care
The people are living in fear
[Verse 3]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
You no see the bigga heads a gaze right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Whoa, oh
[Verse 4]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
You no see the bigga heads a gaze right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 5]
My music is my natural resource, now I want it back
Till I severe every single chain, I will not relax
Just constant attack, till my world looks like Monserrat
Contact my comrades for combat, what's conscious rap
When you say the truth, they attack like a Sabertooth
Thinking clearly make you disappear like you hate the fruit
Don't need more Boeings, we don't need more Rebors
Weed, or Lyor Cohens
They tell us 'bout terrorism and tell us bout terrorists
Look up the definition and tell us what terror is
Only know the definition if the television tell us it
Public Enemy number one, they treat me like Professor Griff
This album has been in the making a quarter century
Born to bless the beat and rap over recorded melody
I knew the truth since I was a small little boy
I am a product of the system, I was born to destroy
[Verse 6]
Me can't believe I saw them cheat people
Them de ya fi protect and them a beat people
And me no see no system fi the street people
Can't believe that money lead people
[Verse 7]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
You no see the bigga heads a gaze right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Whoa, oh
[Verse 8]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
You no see the bigga heads a gaze right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 9]
On the news they glorify their own henchmen
Support the troops, but won't mention Joe Glenton
It's funny 'cause the rappers are posing as the gangsters
While the government taking money as bonuses for bankers
In life you learn to close your eyes and hold your tongue
But together we will overcome, there's never been a chosen one
Still tryna understand the land I stand on
I'll probably die from cancerous anger like Franz Fanon
Never give up, I will never just quit
I will never give in, I will never submit
The reason that I came is bleeding from the veins
Of the people 'cause we equal, only freedom is the aim
This album has been in the making a quarter century
Born to bless the beat and rap over recorded melody
I knew the truth since I was a small little boy
I am a product of the system, I was born to destroy
[Verse 10]
Me can't believe I saw them cheat people
Them de ya fi protect and them a beat people
And me no see no system fi the street people
Can't believe that money lead people
[Verse 11]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
I know si the bigger is a give right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Whoa, oh
[Verse 12]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
I know si the bigger is a give right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 13]
If you're subordinate to corporate, guys supplying your order
You're fighting fire with fire, I'm fighting fire with water
When they kill me, know I'll die with a focused mind
Plus there'll be millions of me ready to multiply
Don't just mention, acknowledge me, remember to honor me
My pen and this honesty, defending equality
Declared a republic and ended your monarchy
Your corporate dictatorship, pretends it's democracy
I hold your bloodline, accountable for every crime
Adam Smith to Rothschild, it's all been a clever lie
Two choices now, revolution or genocide
But thanks to Rupert Murdoch neither one will be televised
This album has been in the making a quarter century
Born to bless the beat and rap over recorded melody
I knew the truth since I was a small little boy
I am a product of the system, I was born to destroy
[Verse 14]
Me can't believe I saw them cheat people
Them de ya fi protect and them a beat people
And me no see no system fi the street people
Can't believe that money lead people
[Verse 15]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
I know si the bigger is a give right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Whoa, oh
[Verse 16]
The system need to change right now
Too much youth a go down in a grave right now
I know si the bigger is a give right now
After ghetto people a no sleep right now
Yeah, yeah
Written by: Guy Buss, Lowkey, Nutty P