Organized Noize - 14th Floor (The Gift In The Curse) lyrics

[Intro] *96 gone be that year* Yeah Doo doooom, turn my mic up a little bit, one more Doo doooo doo, yeah that's good! [Verse 1: Vice Carter] Aye what's up with ya? f** n***as posing like they the realist Only those who really go through it off in the field gone feel this When I say, the time is now that we start taking action This thang we think we calling life is steady moving backwards I wonder how long we got before the clock, stop and unwind? And we look God up in his eyes, & he ask remember them times? Where you could've did everything, but didn't do a damn. Homeless man asked for a quarter on payday we couldn't spare em? It hurt my heart to look on tv, seeing all these lives Being. taken away, like everyday Chicago kids like flint they learn to shoot and be a savage, fore' they write essays to get up in school, and pa** all of they cla**es I guess that's what we made of it, and taking it cause it ain't sh** That we can do but see a thief or two take off with baby's. Who Got just enough courage to stand up? n***as don't man up Way too hard, so they can't cry when they get hurt Feelings buried in the dirt deep where they mama and they daddy in Wanted to post about Michael Stringers d**h but, I'd rather grab this pen Step up in the booth, hit the lights and I let my heart pour. My lil brother tried to k** his-self off in that psych ward I missed the message he sent before he checked in f**ing with this rap life got me missing From my fam' again Told me n***a, I just wanted your help, I just wanted to hear you tell me It was o.k before they jailed me, it's just like you to be bailing. In a sense he might be true, at least from his point of view. But when I ain't answering the phone, I'm in the booth for me and you I'm tryna' get you out these streets and pave the way for all our kids To live so they ain't gotta come up just as f**ed up as we did So it's a must that when I see the youth, I hug em hard, don't shake hands, cause It's love like that Plug em in and get em a job, cause they ain't thugs like that. Dumb motherf**ers, that's how we keep em from the d** like that! Just Give that gun right back I guess I'm wondering through the rabbit hole, like Alice and that rabbit Unaware of that snake at the bottom, who convinced Adam. Through Eve, how can I leave this world and not see that I did my part? If we ain't wanna see a life end, why we let trouble start? It's like we down for doing wrong, but when it come to right we torn apart I don't wanna be 2Pac of sh**, I'm cool with being the mind he sparked That made the change we needed right after every great leaders pa**ing How many times we let em down, let em die, and act like it ain't happen? Too many times, truth be told I'm sick of rapping I just wanna take some action so some change can f**ing happen Wanna get this water right so kids can live without dehydration Get these schools open, like f** a bag, secure yo education. Secure yo reservation for success. Just because we from Flint don't mean we cursed, baby it just mean we blessed. One love [2Pac Phone Conversation] "I remember when i was poor, i hated myself! Now i love myself So i see what the curse can do, and i see what it takes to get it off of you It just takes a little confidence. And that's what we're missing as black people. We let them make us feel like, you know, quiet Again, just being quiet. I gotta say this again, it's not black against white When i say WE it's the GOOD against EVIL, you know what I'm saying? And what i mean by it, we can take anything we want, we can have anything Because it belongs to you. If you're right, and you got good on your side, i really and truly believe that nothing can stop you."