[00:20.27]Peacemaker
[00:21.94]Son of a violent man
[00:23.30]Dream chaser
[00:24.34]Raised on divided land
[00:25.80]Where thieves raped us
[00:27.16]Treated like I’m not a man
[00:28.42]Our behavior
[00:29.25]Like rebels without a plan
[00:30.82]Step false get offed by a coward’s hand
[00:33.22]Life’s shorter than an hour hand
[00:35.94]But the least of my worries is the Taliban
[00:38.03]Or hopin’ that they’ll pass an assault rifle ban
[00:40.43]Most guns where I’m from aren’t licensed fam
[00:43.04]The ones that are
[00:44.19]Usually held tight in hands
[00:45.55]By the cops and so called authority figures
[00:48.16]Cringe at my black skin while calling us nigga
[00:50.78]But 6 letters can't define me I'm so much bigger
[00:53.28]The path I walk
[00:54.33]Most people can’t endure the rigor
[00:55.90]Back up talk
[00:56.94]By displaying so much vigor
[00:58.30]Mastered art
[00:59.24]The blind just ignore the picture
[01:00.91]Passed a tart
[01:02.06]But of course my portion’s bitter
[01:03.63]That or starve
[01:04.47]Cause round here they don’t deliver
[01:06.03]Grabbed a quart
[01:07.08]Rather be engulfed in liquor
[01:08.64]Lacked support
[01:09.69]And I wasn’t born a winner
[01:11.26]An afterthought
[01:12.20]These know-it-alls won’t consider
[01:13.66]A man of God
[01:14.60]Who sits upon a throne of wicker
[01:16.38]Who scratched & Clawed
[01:17.53]To reach the very point I’m sitting
[01:18.99]After-all
[01:19.83]That’s what fuels the poems I’m spitting
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[01:21.91]I’ma take this pain I’ve been dealt with and use it
[01:24.42]This ship can’t reach the stars if I don’t fuel it
[01:26.62]Without my music and art I’d be useless
[01:29.12]I always knew
[01:30.48]I got to do so...
[01:31.95]I’ma take the pain I’ve been dealt and use it
[01:34.24]This ship can’t reach the stars if I don’t fuel it
[01:36.96]Without this music and art I’d be useless
[01:39.57]I always knew
[01:40.62]What I had to do 'cause...
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[01:42.29]You can’t hide from who you are
[01:47.10]You can’t hide from who you are
[01:52.32]Not even the highest peak
[01:53.58]The lowest place
[01:55.04]In every space
[01:56.08]You always leave a trace
[01:58.49]You always leave a trace
[02:01.20]Always leave a trace!
[02:03.29]
[02:03.71]Blood pressure high
[02:03.61]Self-respect low
[02:04.86]Could be cancer inside
[02:06.64]Am I’m scared to know
[02:07.68]Lucky to be alive
[02:08.73]At the age of 34
[02:10.19]Livin’ in fast times
[02:11.23]Still manage to die slow
[02:12.59]IV pumping morphine in my bloodstream
[02:15.10]Woke with a scratchy throat & groggy what a rough dream
[02:17.50]Something’s
[02:18.24]Not right, nurse can you help me sit up
[02:20.32]Felt like I was stabbed
[02:21.79]Every time I try to get up
[02:22.83]Hurt so damn bad
[02:23.98]I can’t even cough this phlegm up
[02:25.34]Pain every minute
[02:26.59]Every moment that I been up
[02:27.85]When I told the fam
[02:29.21]They looked at me like I’m finished
[02:30.36]Huh! I’ll be damned
[02:32.13]If anything we’ll make me give up
[02:33.07]Wishing I was home in my chair
[02:34.54]Anywhere but here
[02:35.79]Baby girl completely unaware
[02:37.25]Lives without a care
[02:38.30]It ain’t fair
[02:39.13]When your child, you can’t even pick up
[02:40.70]But I did it for her, so I’ma keep my chin up
[02:43.21]
[02:43.73]I’ma take this pain I’ve been dealt with and use it
[02:45.82]This ship can’t reach the stars if I don’t fuel it
[02:48.43]Without my music and art I’d be useless
[02:51.15]I always knew
[02:52.40]I got to do so...
[02:53.34]
[02:53.66]No matter what happens today
[02:58.36]Tomorrow the sun will rise
[03:03.37]We'll be there
[03:05.36]We'll be there
[03:08.08]We'll be there
[03:10.27]To greet the sun
[03:13.72]Good Morning
[03:15.60]Good Morning
[03:18.32]Good Morning
[03:20.82]Good Morning
[03:24.06]
[03:24.48]You can’t hide from who you are
[03:29.18]You can’t hide from who you are
[03:33.78]Not even the highest peak
[03:35.35]The lowest place
[03:37.12]In every space
[03:38.27]You always leave a trace
[03:40.89]You always leave a trace
[03:43.29]Always leave a trace!