Release The Tension
Release the tension let that go
Release the tension let that go
Relax your mind and let your conscience be free
And get down to the sound of my peoples and me, come on
Release the tension let that go
Release the tension let that go
Relax your mind and let your conscience be free
And get down to the sound of Spacek and me, come on

Back at it again, the masses of men
Should all pause for the cause
To yearly atone so we can move on
Our period in time is not long
Ye Mothers of Earth, keep raising 'em well
And you can tell if they were raised right 'cause they'll be polite
And seldom strike u gotta think twice
Before you act or this could turn into one hell of a night

Release the tension let that go
Release the tension let that go
Relax your mind and let your conscience be free
And get down to the sound of my peoples and me, come on
Release the tension let that go
Release the tension let that go
Relax your mind and let your conscience be free
And get down to the sound of Spacek and me, come on

Hindsight Is 2020
But did ya or do ya ever think about the past?
I did that but yo them good times never last
I went back cuz uh Hindsight is 2020
And you know what right now the time is good as any
To blow up and save a little something for the winter
'Cause it could be a cold rainy day in December
You will go broke living beyond your means
It's no surrender in the real world scheme of things
Get me once it's your fault you threw the salt
But if ya get me twice I shoulda saw that you were faulty
So I pay the price for all the trust that I bestowed
I can't make it right just never walk down that road
Life goes on like me & Pigeon John in that song
You can't be sitting there tripping off of what you did wrong
Any angle I didn't see I peep it sharp & precise
If it's your area of expertise I'll take your advice

'Cause uh Hindsight is 2020
That's right you feel me Hindsight is 2020
It's true they say that Hindsight is 2020
You live and learn don't you (2x) (you just live and learn)
Hindsight is 2020
That's right you feel me Hindsight is 2020
It's true they say that Hindsight is 2020
We live and learn don't we (2x) (we live and learn)

Truckin'
Well written his Momma taught him the ghetto showed him
Well spoken he's uplifting not gun toting
But I'm not judging I'm not saying I'm not hustling
No held grudge 'cause I got love in this hot oven
God loves him when no one loves him his Momma loves him
His Pops was like he looks like me but kinda doesn't
The world drug him through hell heaven & LA gutters
Because of me somebody had to be a baby's mother
But my category is no sad story we made it through
Supported by all of the folks that we're related to
They made it easy for me 'cause they raised me with love
Told me knowledge is key, in a Baptist church a choir would sing
Of grace so amazing as true as can be for you and for me
No I is in team keep an eye on the dream
Let he who is without sin cast the stone
To each his own before we gone you just

Keep on truckin' Abbey
Keep Keep Keep Keep - Keep on Move on
Keep it classy while these rappers still thuggin
But to each his own do yo thang and leave me alone

I Know I'm Blessed
I see good people everywhere...
You gotta count your blessings

Never really had more than I was supposed to get now I got it
Been getting my life together
It's hard to see a good thing staring you in the face when you got it
We always want something better
Sometimes you gotta let go just so it can come back to you
No matter how bad I don't get sad or blue

'Cause I know I'm blessed
Just to have a roof over my head
I know I'm blessed
Yes let the truth be said I know I'm blessed
Just to have shoes on my feet
I know I'm blessed
Just to have some food to eat
I know I'm blessed
Blood in my veins and feel my heartbeat
I know I'm blessed
Air in my lungs and music on the streets
I know I'm blessed
Just to have clothes on my back
I know I'm blessed
If you ever helped or picked up the slack
You will be blessed

Our Guide
We seek 'cause we want to find
This mountain that we climb
And no technology can beat us if our conscience is our guide - ooh oh!
We seek 'cause we want to find
This mountain that we climb
And no technology can beat us if our conscience is our guide

Collect my thoughts know that I got game
The bredren never did ephedrine or rock caine
Walk my block a familiar sound rang out shots
I drink Tequila 'cause the pressure got me boiling hot
I'm often puffin' I was trying to get my tape to Geffen
Too much of a fornicator to be with Virgin
MCA wouldn't see MC A-B-stract
Capital had lower case plans for the whole pack
I'm out the trunk plus I'm in synch with ghetto funk
The producer got the instinct to let it bump
We roll with thickness 'cause of little shadys with 380s
Served with the quickness too many babies gon' be gangster
Shooters & shankers recruiters get anxious
Blades get sharpened - bullets in chambers
You're full of this anger bump bump bump to the sound
We hang 'em on high Zion
Plaques on the wall raps for yall til we die trying

We seek 'cause we want to find
This mountain that we climb
And no technology can beat us if our conscience is our guide
We seek 'cause we want to find
This mountain that we climb
And no technology can beat us if our conscience is our guide - ooh oh!

King IV A Day
Yo word up ugh ugh here we go

Since i was young i've lived life as a dred
The life i've lead is not for everyone though
I've seen youngsters get shot in the head
Innocent bystanding at the liquor store
My hood could turn a good kid bad
It bred killers where the dealers ran dope
Oh you ballin now they want you have
Try and rob him he gone let his gun blow
Lights and action all 9s and Mac 10s
All guns don't speak with the same accent
Some talk loud and some spit softly
With the silencer on or off they get it poppin
Places actors for the assassination
Clash of the races gun fascination
Fist fights to clappin youngins lack the basics
And shoot they ownselves in the thigh with heaters off safety

You don't need to carry a gat
'Cause when you hold it like you don't know how to act
Clap on (bang bang) you ain't the only one here strapped
You don't want drama someone ends up on their back
When it pop off (clap off) (pow!) murder the mean way
Dirty or clean way when you heard the machine spray
And now you're king for a day in this here town though
Heavy's the head that wears the crown

Poseidon
Poseidon...ooh ooh ooh
Ugh
You fell for everything they threw at you
When u gon' realize who is who and
What will u have when they're through with you
I ain't new to being exploited fighting demons I made choices
And always did it for the movement the voiceless
From Crenshaw to Croydon
Hear the continental the clairvoyant
My competition is so boyish bumping they gums
Listen to 'em my lyrics are more poignant
Join me in properly reppin the dedication
If you born free and gotta get yours we never waiting
They say don't catch feelings just break through glass ceilings
I never had millions but I'm grinding instead of hating
You hating instead of grinding
You might as well turn in your papers and resign then
Diamonds in the rough are not stumbled upon
With a weak foundation the walls are crumbling on ya

House of cards will fall
When the wind cries Mary the roof caves and down go the walls
Poseidon the waves are rising
The Earth is shaking
That hawk is biting
But a house that was built on the rock is where I stand
They playing for keeps and for kicks
But they building with Popsicle sticks instead of bricks

You chasing everything they offered you
If you feel like it's something you gotta do
Yet that offer's too good to be true

Monitors
It's always someone listening
It's always someone watching

He's always listening and watching
He's out there watching and listening too
Listening and watching what we say and do
But who is monitoring you

I always feel like somebody's watching me
My mind's playing tricks on me always a mystery
Is it real or am I letting stuff get to me
Getting too angry mentally physically
Or just concerned about the turn of the century
Or the return of a certain entity
Mentioned throughout history as the defining moment for all humans
While Big Brother's spying knows just what we're doing

He's always listening and watching
He's out there watching and listening too
Listening and watching what we say and do
But who is monitoring you

You'll Eat Those Words (Live)
Ugh
I set the table use napkins silverware
We dine fine China but 1st bless the food with prayer
And then we all eat dinner
Have a plate and conversate
About our lives and situations
And we could all relate

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Flambe etouffee Bay leave seasoning
Manifesting with the bredren reasoning
And we should bring it all to the cypher
When we all eating dinner
So we all can decipher
Any problems front and center
My heart's in something
I'm wanting you to approve
Love ones don't front when
They say what they think you should do
You should just get a job
Why are you underground
You should've finished school
When will you buckle down
Is this gon' ever stop
When will you cut your hair
Knock knock to the knock knock
Knock knock knock knock is someone there
Your youthful fire
It wants to prove them wrong
Burning desire
Part of what makes you strong
Don't you run away from truth Little Boy
You say you will but where's your proof that you'll make noise
You'll eat those words
I'm gonna make u eat them - agh!
You'll eat those you'll eat those you'll
Don't deny a man a try
You'll eat those words
You'll eat those you'll eat those
You'll eat those words
You'll eat - don't deny a man

My heart beats faster than a speeding bullet
Don't shoot me down quick or take the trigger pull it
Our blood runs thicker than the ocean water
Show 'em proper love from a mother father

Give N Take
Oh have you
Oh have you
Oh
Have you?
Have you been forced to balance what was want and need
Matters
Matters not if you took more than you gave to me

As much as I've loved I've never hated that much
As much as I've given I've never taken that much
And listening to music was like taking a drug
For every cigarette you smoked I lit up a Dutch
A Philly Swisher with crutch
Sometimes I think I'm blazing too much
Forever young I don't wanna grow up
But I swear Toys Ain't Us
No playing with it faking the funk
I stay committed to the ways of the under
Not just flave of the month
That fades away and never stays around here
You gotta know your peaks and valleys like a mountaineer
I'm speaking softly but the message rings loud & clear
Redefine and speak your mind before you outta here (gone, bye)
I plan to take it over in about a year
Yall thought I was sounding weird
Fuck around be a millionaire still aware with my ear to the street
The hungrier you are the better you get complacent when you're comfy

Have you?
Have you been forced to balance what was want and need
Matters
Matters not if you took more than you gave to me
I just
Hope I did not take more than I gave to you
Always
Know I always did what my heart said I should do
Don't cut yourself off from a blessing
Hush now
Let the music talk and learn a lesson