[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:32.78]The ghost of Mandela  hope my flows they propel it [00:35.32]Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every message [00:38.22]As I lead this army make room for mistakes and depression [00:40.91]And with that being said my ni**a  let me ask this question: [00:44.46]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [00:47.30]When sh*t hit the fan 'one two  one two' [00:50.07]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [00:53.02]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [00:55.51]The ghost of Mandela  hope my flows they propel it [00:58.19]Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every message [01:01.03]As I lead this army make room for mistakes and depression [01:04.00]And with that being said my ni**a  let me ask this question [01:07.16]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [01:10.05]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [01:12.54]Want you look to your left and right  make sure you ask your friends [01:15.65]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [01:18.13]Do you believe in me  Are you deceiving me [01:20.66]Could I let you down easily  is your heart where it need to be [01:23.49]Is your smile on permanent  Is your vow on lifetime [01:26.37]Would you know where the sermon is if I died in this next line [01:29.23]If I'm tried in a court of law  if the industry cut me off [01:32.04]If the government want me dead  plant coc*ine in my car [01:34.90]Would you judge me a drug kid or see me as K  Lamar [01:37.88]Or question my character and degrade me on every blog [01:40.68]Want you to love me like Nelson  want you to hug me like Nelson [01:43.55]I freed you from being a slave in your mind  you're very welcome [01:46.44]You tell me my song is more than a song  it's surely a blessing [01:49.36]But a prophet ain't a prophet til they ask you this question [01:52.93]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [01:55.84]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [01:58.25]Want you look to your left and right  make sure you ask your friends [02:01.57]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [02:04.12]The ghost of Mandela  hope my flows they propel it [02:06.76]Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every message [02:09.56]As I lead this army make room for mistakes and depression [02:12.34]And with that [02:15.27]Do you believe in me  How much you believe in her [02:17.89]You think she gon' stick around if them 25 years occur [02:20.69]You think he can hold you down when you down behind bars hurt [02:23.57]You think y'all on common ground if you promise to be the first [02:26.30]Can you be immortalised without your life being expired [02:29.39]Even though you share the same blood is it worth the time [02:32.17]Like who got your best interest  Like how much are you dependent [02:34.99]How clutch are the people that say they love you and who pretending [02:37.89]How tough is your skin when they turn you in  do you show forgiveness [02:40.77]What brush do you bend when dusting your shoulders from being offended [02:43.69]What kind of den did they put you in when the lions start hissing [02:46.48]What kind of bridge did they burn  revenge or your mind when it's mentioned [02:49.48]You wanna love like Nelson  you wanna be like Nelson [02:52.24]You wanna walk in in his shoes but you peace-making seldom [02:55.05]You wanna be remembered that delivered the message [02:57.59]That considered the blessing of everyone  this your lesson for everyone  say [03:01.50]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [03:04.32]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [03:06.78]Want you look to your left and right  make sure you ask your friends [03:10.08]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [03:12.74]The ghost of Mandela  hope my flows they propel it [03:15.29]Let these words be your earth and moon you consume every message [03:18.02]As I lead this army make room for mistakes and depression [03:20.88]And if you riding with me ni**a [03:23.93]I been wrote off before  I got abandonment issues [03:26.72]I hold grudges like bad judges  don't let me resent you [03:29.49]That's not Nelson-like  want you to love me like Nelson [03:32.16]I went to Robben's Island analysing  that's where his cell is [03:35.15]So I could find clarity  like how much you cherish me [03:37.75]Is this relationship a fake or real as the heavens be [03:40.51]See I got to question it all  family  friends  fans  cats  dogs [03:43.73]Trees  plants  grass  how the wind blow [03:46.12]Murphy's Law  generation X  will I ever be your X [03:49.08]Floss off a baby step  mobbed by the mouth of [03:51.53]Pit bulls  put me under stress [03:53.32]Crawled under rocks  ducking y'all  it's respect [03:55.84]But then tomorrow  put my back against the wall [03:58.07]How many leaders you said you needed then left 'em for dead [04:00.82]Is it Moses  is it Huey Newton or Detroit Red [04:03.71]Is it Martin Luther  JFK  shoot or you assassin [04:06.69]Is it Jackie  is it Jesse  oh I know  it's Michael Jackson  oh [04:10.15]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [04:12.90]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [04:15.43]That ni**a gave us Billie Jean  you say he touched those kids [04:18.80]When sh*t hit the fan  is you still a fan [04:21.23]The ghost of Mandela  hope my flows they propel it [04:23.84]Let my word be your earth and moon you consume every message [04:26.65]As I lead this army make room for mistakes and depression [04:29.45]And if you riding with me ni**a  let me ask this question ni**a [04:48.14]I remember you was conflicted [04:50.55]Misusing your influence [04:53.03]Sometimes I did the same [04:55.60]Abusing my power  full of resentment [04:58.49]Resentment that turned into a deep depression [05:01.73]Found myself screaming in the hotel room [05:05.17]I didn't wanna self destruct [05:08.00]The evils of Lucy was all around me [05:11.58]So I went running for answers [05:14.37]Until I came home [05:17.01]But that didn't stop survivor's guilt [05:20.40]Going back and forth trying to convince myself the stripes I earned [05:24.96]Or maybe how A-1 my foundation was [05:28.17]But while my loved ones was fighting the continuous war back in the city [05:32.48]I was entering a new one [05:35.16]A war that was based on apartheid and discrimination [05:41.42]Made me wanna go back to the city and tell the homies what I learned [05:45.57]The word was respect [05:48.52]Just because you wore a different gang colour than mine's [05:52.34]Doesn't mean I can't respect you as a black man [05:56.35]Forgetting all the pain and hurt we caused each other in these streets [06:00.67]If I respect you' we unify and stop the enemy from killing us [06:07.31]But I don't know' I'm no mortal man' maybe I'm just another ni**a [06:16.34]Sh*t and that's all I wrote [06:18.60]I was gonna call it Another Ni**a but' it ain't really a poem' [06:22.04]I just felt like it's something you probably could relate to' Other than that' [06:26.59]Now that [06:26.90]I finally got a chance to holla at you' [06:29.10]I always wanted to ask you about a certain situa--' [06:31.87]About a metaphor actually' you spoke on the ground' [06:37.02]What you mean 'bout that' what the ground represent [06:41.03]The ground is gonna open up and swallow the evil [06:44.34]Right [06:45.17]That's how I see it' my word is bond' [06:46.87]I see and the ground is the symbol for the poor people' [06:49.71]The poor people is gonna open up this whole world and [06:52.00]Swallow up the rich people' [06:53.40]Cause the rich people gonna be so fat' [06:55.76]They gonna be so appetising' you know what I'm saying' [06:57.81]Wealthy' [06:58.73]Appetising' The poor gonna be so poor and hungry' [07:02.45]You know what I'm saying it's gonna be like [07:05.79]There might be some cannibalism out this mutha' [07:08.84]They might eat the rich [07:10.54]Aight so let me ask you this then' do you see yourself [07:13.90]As somebody that's rich or somebody [07:16.40]That made the best of their own opportunities [07:20.22]I see myself as a natural born hustler' [07:22.13]A true hustler in every sense of the word' I took nothin [07:24.97]I took the opportunities' [07:26.15]I worked at the most menial [07:28.34]And degrading job and built myself up [07:30.52]So I could get it to where I owned it' [07:32.41]I went from having somebody manage me [07:34.27]To me hiring the person that works my management company' [07:37.20]I changed everything [07:37.99]I realised my destiny in a matter of five years you know [07:41.11]What I'm saying [07:41.60]I made myself a millionaire' [07:43.13]I made millions for a lot of people now [07:45.28]It's time to make millions for myself' [07:46.37]You know what I'm saying' [07:47.59]I made millions for the record companies' [07:49.00]I made millions for these movie companies' [07:50.93]Now I make millions for us [07:53.97]And through your different avenues of success' [07:57.50]How would you say you managed to keep a level of sanity [08:01.23]By my faith in God' by my faith in the game' [08:04.01]And by my faith in all good things come to those [08:07.78]That stay true' You know what I'm saying' [08:09.90]And it was happening to me for a reason' [08:11.88]You know what I'm saying' [08:12.57]I was noticing' sh*t' [08:14.62]I was punching the right buttons and it was happening' [08:17.49]So it's no problem' you know [08:19.22]I mean it's a problem but I'm not finna let them know' [08:21.48]I'm finna go straight through [08:23.73]Would you consider yourself a fighter at heart [08:26.92]Or somebody that only reacts [08:30.51]When they back is against the wall [08:34.03]Sh*t' I like to think that at every opportunity [08:36.65]I've ever been threatened with resistance it's been met with resistance' [08:42.17]And not only me but it goes down my family tree' [08:44.86]You know what I'm saying' it's in my veins to fight back [08:47.16]Aight well' how long you think it take before niggas be like' [08:53.27]We fighting a war' I'm fighting a war [08:55.06]I can't win and I wanna lay it all down [08:58.45]In this country a black man only have like 5 years [09:01.52]We can exhibit maximum strength' [09:03.49]And that's right now while you a teenager' [09:05.12]While you still strong [09:06.14]Or while you still wanna lift weights' [09:07.57]While you still wanna shoot back' [09:09.22]Cause once you turn 30 [09:10.14]It's like they take the heart and soul out of a man' [09:12.15]Out of a black man in this country' [09:14.18]And you don't wanna fight no more' [09:15.66]And if you don't believe me you can look around' [09:17.23]You don't see no loud mouth 30-year old muthaf**kas [09:20.54]That's crazy' because me being one of your offspring of the legacy you left behind [09:25.57]I can truly tell you [09:26.91]That there's nothing but turmoil goin' [09:29.16]On so I wanted to ask you [09:32.02]What you think is the future for me and my generation today [09:36.04]I think that niggas is tired of grabbin' [09:37.73]Sh*t out the stores and next time [09:39.48]It's a riot there's gonna be' [09:40.62]Like' [09:40.77]Uh' bloodshed for real' I don't think America know that' [09:44.73]I think American think we was just playing [09:46.22]And it's gonna be some more playing [09:47.25]But it ain't gonna be no playing' [09:49.38]It's gonna be murder' you know [09:50.71]What I'm saying' it's gonna be like Nat Turner' [09:52.87]1831' up in this muthaf**ka' [09:55.61]You know what I'm saying' it's gonna happen [09:59.04]That's crazy man' In my opinion' only hope [10:02.66]That we kinda have left is music and vibrations' [10:07.31]Lotta people don't understand how important it is' [10:10.89]Sometimes I be like' [10:12.51]Get behind a mic and [10:13.36]I don't know what type of energy I'mma push out' [10:16.26]Or where it comes from' [10:19.18]Trip me out sometimes [10:20.97]Because the spirits' we ain't even really rappin'' [10:23.28]We just letting our dead homies tell stories for us [10:25.80]Damn [10:28.88]I wanted to read one last thing to you' [10:31.80]It's actually something a good friend [10:33.22]Had wrote describing my world' It says [10:40.63]The caterpillar is a prisoner to the streets [10:42.60]That conceived it [10:45.01]It's only job is to eat or consume everything around it' [10:49.07]In order to protect itself from this mad city [10:52.55]While consuming its environment the caterpillar begins to notice ways to survive [10:57.24]One thing it noticed is how much the world shuns him' but praises the butterfly [11:02.54]The butterfly represents the talent' the thoughtfulness' and the beauty within the caterpillar [11:08.84]But having a harsh outlook on life [11:10.32]The caterpillar sees the butterfly [11:11.80]As weak and figures out a way to pimp it to his own benefits [11:17.33]Already surrounded by this mad city [11:18.69]The caterpillar goes to work on the cocoon [11:21.33]Which institutionalizes him [11:24.49]He can no longer see past his own thoughts [11:26.99]He's trapped [11:28.63]When trapped inside these walls certain ideas [11:30.39]Start to take roots' such as going home' [11:32.80]And bringing back new concepts to this mad city [11:36.06]The result [11:37.39]Wings begin to emerge' breaking the cycle of feeling stagnant [11:42.34]Finally free' the butterfly sheds light on situations that the caterpillar never considered' [11:48.72]Ending the internal struggle [11:51.33]Although the butterfly and caterpillar are completely different' [11:55.13]They are one and the same' [11:58.36]What's your perspective on that [12:02.42]Pac  Pac [12:06.83]Pac