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#CantBreathe
03:15
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Vs 1:
I ain't `never been shot, I ain't never been locked,
even though I get stopped, I never go through a lot,
but where I go when i shop, they think I've stolen the stock,
even in my best dressed with my bow in a knot.
And I'm with `holding a lot, from when they stolen the plots,
they reaping souls like the reaper but ain't sowed not a crop,
and they still reaping,(they still reaping) - from the gold and the cop-per
and I'm shook because I know if a patrolmen or copper.
^
Happens to `stroll on my block, and unload from his glock,
they'll let him go like no stop, while my soul’s in a box,
(cause the block is hot the block hot, ha ha)
and this beat is all good, but I know that it's not.
It's The `knocks of a hard life, the shots from a hard white,
the sticks, stones and the words, none of it's alright,
I'm withholding this stress, and^I^don't^wanna protest,
for men whose souls are at rest, this whole globe is a mess.
Chs: (can't breathe)
Vs 2:
Black `Prez in office, still a Dead man walking,
the head of the horseman, just a head that's talking,
night of the living dead,^my bed is a coffin,
I'm afraid of my own skin never said that often.
Dreams of Nooses, wake to cold sweats coughing,
no clue, how can I prepare these offspring,
when hands up's become a sign for hands up on me,
a step away from fighting back whatever the cost is.
Whom `ever your boss is, rebellious lawless,
could fill this page with words it'll never evolve him,
america the melting pot, hell in the cauldron,
not much has changed, shit is very appalling.
No Ex `celling and balling, from these elegant Baldwins,
instead I've been balling tears, several falling hairs,
whatever my calling, my celly is on ring,
cause my people still dying and it's very alarming.
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#Pose
03:49
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Chs:
Stand and pose (x3)
bask in the moment just
Stand and pose (x3)
waive to your fellow citizens.
Vs 1`
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-It aint always easy being the good guy, we trying though,
-at^times wondering what are we even trying for
suffering, searching for sustenance^they supplying more.
^
(Suffering),------still we strive for,
^a better balance between our living and our survival,
--a fair chance for our freedom that's what we ride for,
boots straps lifted but mummy wrapped in this blindfold.
Spun me round, spun me round, clouded my judgment,
made me think, made me think I had a say in my government,
made me think I was more than god, and god knows I loved it,
^got knocked down, back to earth, and that's when the sunlit.
That was the rebirth, when I understood my function,
bowed down till my knees hurt, that's when I got some gumption,
So who, SoSoon, I'm Something out of nothing,
I'm so you so when you see me coming,-better
Chs:
Stand and pose (x3)
You know that you deserve this
Stand and pose (x3)
You deserve to be appreciated
Stand and pose (x3)
Bask in the moment
Stand and pose (x3)
Waive to your fellow citizens
Vs 2`
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-We work to watch the dough pile,^but^you work to knock the dough down,
church is in the wild,--why you think its so loud,
^everything^seems^so fucked up,-but everybody seems so proud.
The cops on the prowl,-shot and pot smoke clouds, (pop^pop)
raise your hand^if^you^ever^had^a^cockroach as your pal,
that's urban warfare to some of us, but some of us have sympathy,
your politics are fucked up,-but at least you see the simile.
These cops think we bugs, they shoot cause they're afraid of me,
these bugs think we cops, lights on they running away from me,
we all one in the same,-we all lack the bravery,
but guess what I've^been^a^slave^once and I aint going back to slavery.
Keep blaming me, keep framing me, put your aim on me to keep aim with me,
-Its mortal kombat, I'm Raiden, this is just rain to me,
So who, SoSoon, Something out of nothing,
I'm so you so when you see me coming better.
Chs:
Stand and pose (x3)
You know that you deserve this
Stand and pose (x3)
You deserve to be appreciated
Stand and pose (x3)
Bask in the moment
Stand and pose (x3)
Waive to your fellow citizens
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SoSoon New York, New York
James “SoSoon” Gantt - a New York City Hip-Hop artist, producer, scholar and educator. The moniker SoSoon, an acronym for
Sound Of Something Out Of Nothing represents the heart of Hip-Hop culture, which was developed by people who lacked access to outlets for creative expression.
Sounds Like: J-Cole, Mick Jenkins, Rapsody, Kemba, Jay-Rock, Bas.
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