[Verse 1: Cise Star] Spanish Fly line for line as I'm ripping the rhyme Precise styles and Akin Yai now, we be the CYNE Showing you hope out of life's slippery slopes Adolescent teens turn from God and raise coke That ain't the answer. Stress of the world giving me cancer But f** that. Moving through streets like Black Panther The world stands still, black youth living in landfill No way to pay the bill so it's now k** or be k**ed But that mind state is irate, raising up all the crime rates We need to sit back, let the mind revelate Regulate hate of self and get immaculate wealth Releasing your delf, pull that knowledge off of the shelf ‘cause [Hook: Cise Star] (x2) Life ain't no crystal stair. We just here Ignorance is on the rise and n***as just don't care Ain't fair how we living. Money is just spending We need to slow down and meditate for a minute Cause life ain't no crystal stair, we just here Ignorance is on the rise and n***as just don't care Ain't fair how we living, money is just spending We need to slow down and meditate for a minute [Verse 2: Akin] I let my light beam, dodging and weaving life's scheme Meet the mic fiend. I'm a**a**inating pipedreams Hunger for war. A revolution's at your door When can we all just get along? Say I'm boring We want freedom—real freedom, that's all there For what me and my comrades we here to blast off. My shots echo I'm bringing it back like retro ‘Cause centuries of memories I can't let go Most of y'all heard of us, the Jim Crow murderers
Black activist with a black active fist Ignorant fools catch a back slap and fist It's been a long time. CYNE, we shouldn't left you You're without a conscience rhyme to step to Just pop it in your Sony and all Babylonians Behold this son of a gun that's not phony and [Hook: Cise Star] (x2) Life ain't no crystal stair. We just here Ignorance is on the rise and n***as just don't care Ain't fair how we living. Money is just spending We need to slow down and meditate for a minute [Verse 3: Cise Star] As I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of d**h I sidestep ‘cause you never know when your time is next So I calculate my thoughts and put ‘em on ca**ette So my future seeds can hear me on tracks I bless Nevertheless, I progress against darkness A one-man army without the use of technology Quite possibly my words spawn philosophy But philosophical thoughts, evening can't follow me [Verse 4: Akin] Nothing's pretty and Akin spread love without Hasideans Westerners are trying to be God like Branch Davidians I can't respect that. My mind just neglect that Bullsh**. I bring this pistol, the full clip I can't tire. With God I plan higher I start a civil war, Confederates catch fire ‘cause [Interlude: Sample from [?]] It's a cold world. This is a paradise, boy [Hook: Cise Star] (x2) Life ain't no crystal stair. We just here Ignorance is on the rise and n***as just don't care Ain't fair how we living. Money is just spending We need to slow down and meditate for a minute