Six The Don - Essence lyrics

{intro: nipsey hussle} The definition of being a man That's a long one But i think what it boils down to is just um… Being thorough And um… You know i read in the bible That women and children can be careless You know what i mean Men can't be careless So i think being thorough and um Whatever the opposite of carelessness is Defines what being a man is At the core Streams What you know about us? (uh) {verse one: six the don} Insane in my membrane I’m off my rocker Need to shock my chakras My sister goes to hofstra I wish i went to college I could of been a doctor The way i chop rocks up What you know about us?! On my sons momma We flourished in the drama Sinning from the start up But ni**a god got us Now i’m a father You gotta think farther What you know about us?! fu*k the gossip I’ll tell you all about her My last girl missed the target ni**a i’m a marksman fu*k all the nonsense Peep all the progress That i got in progress fu*k you know about us?! Too busy slinging o’s To shoot a video And have my face all in it Nah, i never did it Imagine hustling for whips Just to limo tint them So the boys can’t See who’s sunk up in them ni**a What you know about us?! Ignorance is bliss Thought i was living Half my crew is dead The other half the was in prison I Escaped the system Shots skinned him fu*k algorithms I swear i could feel the world spinning ni**a What you know about us?! When in doubt Kill the doubters May the strongest one in the room Be the loudest Jewelry shouting They gon’ whisper about us anyway Might as well Go and take their power ni**a fu*k you know about us?! You let the news tell it We in a noose fellas Whats a cool sentence Without a few felons? That’s how they do fellas That’s how these fools dead us We got write the ending fu*k you know about us?! I say, let there be light Means the darkness is... Is the essence in Which all is started So Let’s go start sh*t Let’s tear apart sh*t To gain knowledge We must go retarded fu*k it What you know about us?! Uh What you know about us? Uh {verse two: atm} Who i am is rather complicated And why’s that? What i do is a different conversation Besides that I’m a man in a timeless matrix A big heart, a big chip I speak soft And carry a big stick A brooklyn mind With a queens heart And bronx gat I’m the pirate manifest I’m captain hook in the flesh Cause time took a chunk from me But above that Being aware is this luxury And what it gave me back Was the wisdom to proceed Knowing i can fall flat Sailing these concrete seas But ain’t no looking back My inner child Has seen too much to smile In fact The chief i am Had to heel him And bring my conscious back To this god like stature The creator himself The elohim for my children I’m branding them well Letting my inner light shine Boys Soak in that And let your melanin glow You know Kings are black At my essence i’m the father himself As i strive to be more like him everyday Which keep me hotter than hell And it’s harder to fail When you a father of males You me bartering well I freed my heart from its cell And connected it with my intellect As i’m networking it now Through this internet I’m in tune on these tunes Feel these tidal waves I sing my bqe blues Through the night and day The righteous way By speaking truth to my bias face At my essence i’m a judge I got to light my way Corona, queens on my face Say, fu*k out my way Queens king all day What more can i say? What you know about us?!