Gift Raps 2.0 - Substantial/Funky DL.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Stanley Bryan Robinson/Naphta Newman
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Stanley Bryan Robinson/Naphta Newman
[00:02.73]Gift raps for folks trying to keep their lives intact...
[00:05.73]Until our backs give we’ll continue to give back
[00:09.36]Y'all stay strong!
[00:11.34]Listen...
[00:12.36]Underappreciated
[00:13.62]Concealing my feelings while my lenses are becoming jaded
[00:16.38]From the straight and narrow path where many have deviated
[00:19.32]Internal conflicts, God since has mediated
[00:22.71]Before my self-esteem depreciated
[00:24.72]You saw yourself in me ‘fore my luster completely faded
[00:27.54]And chose to show me love which I had secretly awaited
[00:30.18]Dangerous to deny it, cause others try to feed you hatred
[00:33.18]Love feeds my soul when I come up with these poems
[00:35.76]And treat people how I wish they treat my people here at home
[00:38.49]Every song is a blessing or a weapon when we need it
[00:41.28]We lose ourselves within it, finding hope when we’re defeated
[00:44.13]We don’t always get a thank you but we’re thankful nonetheless
[00:46.83]For the few that show us gratitude, when giving you our best
[00:49.62]‘Nother one from us and ours, humble bars over Winter Breaks
[00:52.56]Rocking out your interface or riding down the interstate
[00:55.35]Anyway, we pray the state we're in isn’t permanent
[00:58.08]Hard to make room for anything that isn’t pertinent
[01:00.75]To life, some escape through art, music or tournaments
[01:03.51]As an alternative to these politicians and journalists
[01:06.24]Not at all how I saw my year but had to work with it
[01:09.00]Through racism and a pandemic, I’m still encouraging
[01:11.76]Got a gift for finding strength when life be trying to weaken me
[01:14.64]Amplify compassion when others can’t find their decency
[01:17.25]Ain’t gotta wait til Christmas to get it, I share it frequently
[01:20.07]Think I’m all talk, but I’m all ears when people speak to me
[01:22.98]I’m just trying to vibrate on a higher frequency
[01:25.62]And show the world why my folks believe in me, believe you, me
[01:28.62]This weight I carry is heavy but keeps me balanced
[01:31.14]Never one to cower and run when I see a challenge
[01:33.96]Eating what I kill and then clean my teeth with my talons
[01:36.54]Teach my people the trade as I feed my fam with my talent
[01:39.30]But people try to put you in boxes like mail-in ballots
[01:41.97]After failing at it, watch me do what they never imagine
[01:44.70]But I'm saddened even though I make a living off my passion
[01:47.58]Thinking I'm rising, watching the world as it slowly crashes
[01:50.25]This year’s been a battle, leaving so many rattled
[01:53.04]Planet growing more fragile, prayers fill up the chapel
[01:55.83]Nowhere to run or to travel, safety nets unravel
[01:58.53]With my purpose I grapple, questioning what my rap do,
[02:01.29]People looking for hope and I’m hoping I can supply’em
[02:04.14]I’m a doer, only thing I don’t be doing is trying
[02:06.78]Winter’s coming, I look within for something that can hold’em
[02:09.60]Bare my soul while hoping it help’em get thru this moment