Double Negative - The Struggle lyrics

"We people who are darker than blue Are we gonna stand around this town And let what others say come true? We're just good for nothing they all figure A boyish, grown up, shiftless jigger Now we can't hardly stand for that Or is that really where it's at?" [Tabs] How long will we suffer, how long til we got a plan How much will we bleed before we reach the promise land For every honest man labeled a terrorist threat We will endure the weather, we will never forget Nevertheless we in the midst of the scuffle Huddled up, blazing a spliff, raising a fist for the struggle I spit through the muzzle, and it ain't about to stop Til I meet Martin, Malcolm and Pac on a mountain top But still it seems like a viper's pride undoubtedly They want to k** the dreams like sniper shots on a balcony These devilish demons, forever deceiving We bled for our freedom, the inheritance for American dreaming The more you talk about peace, the faster you know d**h But that's what it is to counteract the suffrage of the old press We make love so let it complish your ears And drown the Earth in a great flood of blood, sweat and tears [Hook - Tabs] Cuz we struggle, each day is a hustle We stay in the scuffle with no leeway if we stumble We struggle, we struggle, their control is subtle So my only rebu*tal is screaming freedom through the muzzle We struggle, we struggle, those cries are muffled Hate to burst your bubble, only a drop in a puddle We struggle, we struggle and work our fingers to the knuckles Tryna find the missing piece of the puzzle We struggle [Tones] It's hard to believe my eyes, to even trust in my sight Feel like I'm facing d**h during my struggles in life Something ain't right, whenever I look to the night And the book of life took the light and shined the book I write in How can my paycheck add up to less than my debt What else do I expect I won't accept when I'm stressed Even with nothing left I won't let the world get to me And infiltrate my mind, infect me with negative energy Only I hold the remedy to find my inner peace Outside of me ironically cuz I live for beats Flow melodically to drums with rhythms of the ancients That's how the struggle feel, weightless with testing patience Call out to Hip-Hop in my time of struggle Pouring soul is the jacket to cover the puddle Cuz my feet are already so I can lead the way Dodging raindrops will be okay when we see the day (Hook) [Coal Cash] ?? the better I get seems the harder to do it But I knew it would cost me troubles so I'm struggling through it Show a subtle improvement, stay prudent in the movement Exuberance is skewed when they misconstrue the ?? Student of truant, congruent to professors Expressions of the deeper, hardly used to the pressure Fester in a womb, then a cadaverous bloom My cocoon entombed the ravenous, a hazardous boom And I'll be out of this soon, run til the last fume evaporates ??? with fools, I was marooned as a basket case Fastest pace, I'm tryna race to where the casket waits Cremate my bait, safe to laugh when the ash escapes The last to break, I'll make the most of this monotony Though the progressions block, the oppression ain't stopping me Most possibly I will stumble through the gambit The verse was worth the trouble, you'll struggle to understand it (Hook)