(Scratch: E-DuB)
Redeem for the culture, ya'll!
(Bridge: A-F-R-O)
Ya'll niggas know
Who I be
(Hook: A-F-R-O)
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
4 the culture
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
(Verse 1: EKYM1536)
Thinking back, how did I do? That Rez kid
Down to go through it, had to stay fluent, I studied & learned
Paved a new path while they waited for turn
Had to get over my youth!, before presenting my Proof
Evidence backed by the elements, turned a nobody to relevant
Riverside Boarding School killing shit, Oceanside Native Quest Regiment
Divided Funktionz, come & get some, Complex Unusuals era to fun
Had to over my ego, cerebral addicted, predicted to Fail
But now I set sail, with brothers & ale, blowin' smoke in the abyss
From the potent daze to my current ways
I've always looked out for the Krew
Miami to A-B-Q, they don't make 'em like me and my dudes
Or maybe they do? Sorry I missed it
EKYM in motion, building these bridges
Connectin' the coasts like Panama
See it my way, panorama, bruh
Used to be bitches like Damaja, but now they can't fuck with my manager
Family stay golden like the children of Odin
Nobody could hold 'em on planet earth
I eKspand like the FRO do! Reach like I'm like supposed to
Put on for the community, and all my peoples close to
Break through, what great news, I wish for you and yours
Sincerely, eK.Rek, see you all when we on tour
(Bridge)
Ya'll niggas know
Who I be
(Hook)
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
4 the culture
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
(Verse 2: SuperBrownBum)
I said, the importance of spirituality, I constantly reiterate
As the true me for the new me, I reinstate it
Present and past reflections has me and myself face to face
The evil's so easy to agitate
From a day's worth of waves of virtual vibration that I generate
Outsiders and doubt providers can't seem to penetrate
You lose your family!
Then wanna fly straight, but then it's late
Now what you oughta do, imitate the wise
And meditate on life, and I won't say love because I want the thugs to listen
The most common form of slavery, drug addiction
My soldiers stay high, won't remember what was they mission
Rappers keep it real but (?) survive because of fiction
A true brother tells truths when them brothers rhyme
Keep them business mind, never waste another's time
Praise to God he could prosper before his mother's time
The ladder of success, he couldn't care what color climbs
I'm chattin'
(Bridge)
Ya'll niggas know
Who I be
(Hook)
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
4 the culture
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
(Verse 3: A-F-R-O)
For the culture to craft
I’m the known to accomplish a code of a brother that go for the prize
A wonderful task to go for the audience ambiance
Hearing my people to clap
Deep in the mind where the cornea connect
To my sight when I be like The Butterfly Effect
When I breathe through lungs inside my chest
I’m eager to run for the Heisman trophy
I been coping through the commotion
Yes, I keep it cool, but don’t come close to me
Test my mood, don’t try me, I’m hopin' I
Bless my food before I go indulge in it
When I see an openin', I’m going fast forward
To the moment of my truth lIke Gang Starr tune
I make my moves, I speed right off
I paid my dues, I believe that I got what it takes
To commit to the journey of a lyricist
That gave all the full strength of a boulder
With the persistence, distance of a person that bringing a beautiful plethora
Of a beat and rhyme that put you in the mood
I gotta think of somethin' fly to loop it up
And fly me to Jupiter, tie it up
Why I am I even eyein' me the time to commute with the
Peasant that has him no passion
The present, and future, and past tense
Any rumor I can dance against
While maneuver their last breath
Peace I been along, he’s in the intercom
Trees I hit the bong, beats I bend upon
Peace I spend upon, no beef get along
FRO speak hella calm, home piece, step it off
Known to be hella boss, zone in the helicop'
FRO with the repertoire for the upper echelon
Like Neo in the Matrix, I decode with the greatest
Gift of em all!
4 the culture
(Bridge)
Ya'll niggas know
Who I be
(Hook)
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
4 the culture
We doin' all that we can
4 the culture
I save it with the palm of my hand
(SuperBrownBum)
And you too
To help us save the culture
Understand it is a culture
It's a way of life!
(A-F-R-O Outro)
Rest in peace
Sean P!
ODB
Prodigy
Gift of Gab
Big Pun
GURU
DOOM
Chino XL!
Rest in peace!
This project is dedicated to my Abuela
My Abuelita ... rest in peace