[Hook] I guess I got to do it all myself It's not a problem, no I'm prolly better off without you though Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working [Verse 1] I just had another phone meeting Felt like I was all alone speaking To the clones keeping, black music soul weeping I'm a new angel, and they only want the old demons Glorifying music, that's abusive and a threat to us And if you got a message in your records You collecting dust upon the shelf They selling us components meant to self-destruct To shelter us in skelter in disguise of something helping us So I'ma build a bunker now, in the underground Surviving with that other sound Clipping magazines, repeating this ain't had to be Self published, but we're still running for covers now Imagine me in pageantries, we branded as awards What's the difference 'tween them auction blocks and cooning for applause Even selling out, or buying something that you can't afford It ain't a plan to keep us poor, it's just a plan to be ignored But um [Hook] [Verse 2] Maybe I should collaborate and record with dudes Only thing they think important is some Jordan shoes Either that or conflicted rebels with sorted views Are you rapper or reporter with a point to prove? Don't ask me for a**istance in positioning agendas In the center of attention so your militance remembered If the cameras ain't in vision you gon mission in your venture to the capitol With pickets: A mission that never rendered I'ma help the people close to me They help the people close to them, and then hopefully Friends of their friends, friends heed the notion- We Started off locally, and now it's changed globally That's the way it's 'posed to be Single seeds only grow to trees if left alone to breathe So let's take some time to expose the weeds Feeding off the roots of the culture vultures are next to you Convincing you they saving the forest When they the wrecking crew [Hook] I guess I gotta do it all myself It's not a problem, no I'm prolly better off without you though Oh yeah, it's working I guess I gotta do it all myself It's not a problem, no I'm prolly better off without you though Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working Oh yeah, it's working