[VERSE 1]
Y'all already know, not too long ago
How my days begun, use my own quote
Oakland, sober, my n***as doin blow
When I was down wit them n***as that be movin coke
Was down wit them n***as, never truly spoke
We was truly broke, unruly rogues
We joked like this sh** was all we know
Lookin' back and reminisce and think my souls revoked, damn
Oh God, we kickin' it, Cro-Cop
Smokin' weed plus for the heat we gathered round the stove top
Cookin' Cs and cookin' speed you'd think we in a work shop
A stream replete thru our deceit plus we stay discreet so no cops
Will come around, while my n***as comin' down
Took me in from the lost and found, what's profound
Is a n***a like me that ain't from the streets
Stayed in the town, started packin heat
Knew better but we were young and dumb
Soon I succumbed, started growing numb
To the d**, violence, all that crazy sh**
Ain't a thug till you survive the blast radius
Of oakland, warzone, fast tracked
To be afghanistan, or bagdhad
How i'm 'sposed to feel in my first drive by
See a stranger's life flash befo' my eyes
Got blood on my hands, try askin' macbeth
Took my girl by the hand when i'm back in the flesh, like
[HOOK]
Baby can you feel me?
Baby can you feel me?
My darkseid but it's still me
X2
[VERSE 2]
Flow apocalypse, the new genesis
If I said this sh** then I meant this sh**
n***as talkin sh** never witnessed sh**
That's why fake b**hes, my nemesis
Lil n***a without a pot to piss in
Look in the mirror see my pops reflection
In n out my life I forgot to mention
Couple times locked up in the penitentiary
Tell me whatchu believe in
n***as ain't truly free since
They still lock us up thru profilin
Jockin' us, steal our styles and
All the while they just smile and
George zimm walked off that isle and
No justice, so f** this
And they wonder why n***as wildin
Goin over the wall like the wildings
What would I know as a half breed
“you barely black, you aniseed”
Tell that to the kids back in 3rd grade
Back when racial slurs used to hurt me
But what cut deeper than a hacksaw
They threw me in the pool to quote wash the black off
Their words echoed I couldn't swim
A true story from a pseudonym
A n***a rhyme like an elohim
My n***a doin' time for a pair of rims
Yousaf said I get the benefit
Of doubt, cuz after everything
I been thru, I should be more f**ed up
I remained silent, so they won't be more dumbstruck
[HOOK 2]
Can you n***as feel me?
Can you n***as feel me?
It's my darkseid but its still me
Or is my darkseid the real me?
[VERSE 3]
Wake up in the morn and I ask myself
Is life worth livin should I blast myself?
Do it on my own never asked for help
Say what I want and f** what you felt
Not an atheist, just a godly sinner
Bumpin gangsta gibbs, might rob me a n***a
Think we on some gangsta sh**, so unbefit
Winners manumit but we can't resist
Spittin' jolly jargon but we hardly spartan
None of us missin' end up on that carton
Smarten up, or be a fan of regret
Shotty sparkin', demandin' respect
Live life with no caption or text
Boxed in like where matches are kept
Runnin' wit them n***as grabbin' the teck
Quick to damage your set, abandon yo' rep
In a world black and white like apartheid
This an insight to my darkseid
I swore on the woman that birthed me
If I'm deemed worthy, if I deserve to breathe
I'd do better, hit another spliff
Atone one day – leviticus
Astagfirallah for all my sins
Thought I heard the devil let a snicker slip, heh