Yeah, my man Ralph from France from Paris said We're not just fans man We're not fanatics We just love the music We want be close to it We're attracted to it That really hit me Yo I know it's way more than fandom When we see our fans dancing We ain't just attractive at random It's not just our popular anthems Nah, our money ain't tall Our songs ain't dark And our checks ain't handsome Yet, for 30 years sold out France and London and Japan and had fans Shed a tear when they can shake my hand Here I stand With a stance still advancing Some artists from Atlanta Has painted all over hip hop's canvas  So Rollingstone owes y'all some answers In 93 they called us band of the year But look it here in 2022 They abandon us No surprise though No Egypt in em but denial We got no mirrors no smoke What we reflect has never been a joke Stereotype or trope And we don't snort no coke We don't bag up no dope I know that gets less promo So Everyday we rock And everyday we rise Hip-Hop saves lives baby Hip-Hop saves lives Yo You know I had to do this album just to prove something I couldn't retire the fans inspired When I land inside the muck and the mire I turn a 180 from hells fire And told the devil hey man F your desires He flees from truth I'm freed from the sins of my youth The devils a liar I'm a beacon of light A Deacon, a knight A thief in the night Cut loose the noose I'm seeking a fight From being strange fruit he can bite Leave the scene with new seeds that breed better roots For blacker berries & sweeter juice The facts are buried We needing to Do an excavation Hip hop nation they are deceiving you We're humans thru and thru but Let's just say, the vibe of the day Is love of man but the hate of hue The nigga factory Hip-hop can be blasphemy Not that you asking me Eut I say let's get back to peace Everyday we rock And everyday we rise Hip-Hop saves lives baby Hip-Hop saves lives And it don't stop and it don't quit Yeah we don't care if it don't fit Ahhhh Like spearmint Saving lives Fresh air arrives The great big experiment Show y'all what we gonna do Play it back to me Speech you got the first two Yep Now here we go Running to the medicine Call the next of kin cuz we love you and you Base powers be only what you'll need Turn up them highs until the sound bleed Get ready to listen hard to these beautiful songs Feels so right you could never feel wrong Right on Here's what we mean now watch em all So the crowd is seen heading to the dj Swim upstream put the needle to the green And hear the audience scream Everyday we rock And everyday we rise Hip-Hop saves lives baby Hip-Hop saves lives Hip-Hop Hip-Hop Hip-Hop saves lives Saves lives baby Hip-Hop Hip-Hop Hip-Hop saves lives Saves lives baby Hip-Hop Hip-Hop Hip-Hop saves lives Saves lives baby

This is about us (yeah) Huh Yeah Huh yeah Yo Some of y’all got passion but no patience (yep yep) Always had an irrational anxiousness (yep yep) When things got hairy between you and me I brushed it off like a pet groomer Why would you let the Grammys that we got get to ya? Why? The kings and queens of a outdoor festival Like lollapalooza (Thats us) But We Can't pack a club and that’s how they do’s us. Like Flo Rida The way you say things change's everything We spoke things that was ever green But the industry said Stop So hip hop lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize In the pop music scene man All these G’s are calling me And I’m looking at em like a Spam risk And I don’t trust these big wigs So I’m flaking on them like dandruff 4xs we platinum but they treating us like aluminum cuz we couldn't keep the heat on our hits Except for only a few of em Hey hey hey Lost my first brother at 22 (hey) Lost my grandma the same week (hey) Last time I saw em was in Tennessee (hey) And that’s way more than a song to me (hey) I keep ducking from the shots you're firing I don't think that's what they meant by having my ducks in a row What are yo desires? We went on before you it was packed for us but not packed for y'all mental therapy is a thing but this is a different approach to unpacking it all We see you dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world no more People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! Stop. Yeah, We would communicate a lot Yeah I was so fixated on the top Yeah You infatuated with a thot, Yeah We were Skip and Shannon from the start but you gave a Thot your heart, now we’re drifting apart Yeah I was away and shh You wasn’t ok with it I wasn’t paying shh You wasn’t saying shh. Stop. Stop STOP We going out on tours I thought you’d be happy for us but I bet.. But I bet If we talk about awards and the tours you’ll get upset You been hating way beyond 0 one in Gwinnett When we reppin’ where we from you start feeling disrespect If I’m sharing what we done, you get feelings of neglect If I mention having fun, you start lunging for my neck.. I deflect (whew) We got a couple Grammys So promoters got their panties in bunches… In bunches. Cause we’re screaming be United So we never get invited to the brunches Now I’m feeling slighted cause I really got the munchies You were unexcited when you heard what we accomplished It would be a fight if we decided to confront this…Punches. You don’t really want this. Stop Like MF Doom back in his KMD days Kausing much damage We stay true Motherland roots giving you the home advantage We put it on like a sweater on Mr Rogers They took our sense and gave us dollars That's how far societies got us from things that are actual and factual and rational yo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh I’m charged up like a Tesla Some playing pretend like a wrestler (hey) I'm just trying to bring out the best in us And they may divest - we invest in us Anything that's not about excellence we need to stop Let's not hurt each other no more We ain't got All the time in the world no mo people Dropping like flies Shouldn’t we realize that We need to…

This is about us (yeah) Huh Yeah Huh yeah Yo Some of y’all got passion but no patience (yep yep) Always had an irrational anxiousness (yep yep) When things got hairy between you and me I brushed it off like a pet groomer Why would you let the Grammys that we got get to ya? Why? The kings and queens of a outdoor festival Like lollapalooza (Thats us) But We Can't pack a club and that’s how they do’s us. Like Flo Rida The way you say things change's everything We spoke things that was ever green But the industry said Stop So hip hop lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize In the pop music scene man All these G’s are calling me And I’m looking at em like a Spam risk And I don’t trust these big wigs So I’m flaking on them like dandruff 4xs we platinum but they treating us like aluminum cuz we couldn't keep the heat on our hits Except for only a few of em Hey hey hey Lost my first brother at 22 (hey) Lost my grandma the same week (hey) Last time I saw em was in Tennessee (hey) And that’s way more than a song to me (hey) I keep ducking from the shots you're firing I don't think that's what they meant by having my ducks in a row What are yo desires? We went on before you it was packed for us but not packed for y'all mental therapy is a thing but this is a different approach to unpacking it all We see you dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world no more People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! Stop. Yeah, We would communicate a lot Yeah I was so fixated on the top Yeah You infatuated with a thot, Yeah We were Skip and Shannon from the start but you gave a Thot your heart, now we’re drifting apart Yeah I was away and shh You wasn’t ok with it I wasn’t paying shh You wasn’t saying shh. Stop. Stop STOP We going out on tours I thought you’d be happy for us but I bet.. But I bet If we talk about awards and the tours you’ll get upset You been hating way beyond 0 one in Gwinnett When we reppin’ where we from you start feeling disrespect If I’m sharing what we done, you get feelings of neglect If I mention having fun, you start lunging for my neck.. I deflect (whew) We got a couple Grammys So promoters got their panties in bunches… In bunches. Cause we’re screaming be United So we never get invited to the brunches Now I’m feeling slighted cause I really got the munchies You were unexcited when you heard what we accomplished It would be a fight if we decided to confront this…Punches. You don’t really want this. Stop Like MF Doom back in his KMD days Kausing much damage We stay true Motherland roots giving you the home advantage We put it on like a sweater on Mr Rogers They took our sense and gave us dollars That's how far societies got us from things that are actual and factual and rational yo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh I’m charged up like a Tesla Some playing pretend like a wrestler (hey) I'm just trying to bring out the best in us And they may divest - we invest in us Anything that's not about excellence we need to stop Let's not hurt each other no more We ain't got All the time in the world no mo people Dropping like flies Shouldn’t we realize that We need to…

This is about us (yeah) Huh Yeah Huh yeah Yo Some of y’all got passion but no patience (yep yep) Always had an irrational anxiousness (yep yep) When things got hairy between you and me I brushed it off like a pet groomer Why would you let the Grammys that we got get to ya? Why? The kings and queens of a outdoor festival Like lollapalooza (Thats us) But We Can't pack a club and that’s how they do’s us. Like Flo Rida The way you say things change's everything We spoke things that was ever green But the industry said Stop So hip hop lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize In the pop music scene man All these G’s are calling me And I’m looking at em like a Spam risk And I don’t trust these big wigs So I’m flaking on them like dandruff 4xs we platinum but they treating us like aluminum cuz we couldn't keep the heat on our hits Except for only a few of em Hey hey hey Lost my first brother at 22 (hey) Lost my grandma the same week (hey) Last time I saw em was in Tennessee (hey) And that’s way more than a song to me (hey) I keep ducking from the shots you're firing I don't think that's what they meant by having my ducks in a row What are yo desires? We went on before you it was packed for us but not packed for y'all mental therapy is a thing but this is a different approach to unpacking it all We see you dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world no more People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! Stop. Yeah, We would communicate a lot Yeah I was so fixated on the top Yeah You infatuated with a thot, Yeah We were Skip and Shannon from the start but you gave a Thot your heart, now we’re drifting apart Yeah I was away and shh You wasn’t ok with it I wasn’t paying shh You wasn’t saying shh. Stop. Stop STOP We going out on tours I thought you’d be happy for us but I bet.. But I bet If we talk about awards and the tours you’ll get upset You been hating way beyond 0 one in Gwinnett When we reppin’ where we from you start feeling disrespect If I’m sharing what we done, you get feelings of neglect If I mention having fun, you start lunging for my neck.. I deflect (whew) We got a couple Grammys So promoters got their panties in bunches… In bunches. Cause we’re screaming be United So we never get invited to the brunches Now I’m feeling slighted cause I really got the munchies You were unexcited when you heard what we accomplished It would be a fight if we decided to confront this…Punches. You don’t really want this. Stop Like MF Doom back in his KMD days Kausing much damage We stay true Motherland roots giving you the home advantage We put it on like a sweater on Mr Rogers They took our sense and gave us dollars That's how far societies got us from things that are actual and factual and rational yo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh I’m charged up like a Tesla Some playing pretend like a wrestler (hey) I'm just trying to bring out the best in us And they may divest - we invest in us Anything that's not about excellence we need to stop Let's not hurt each other no more We ain't got All the time in the world no mo people Dropping like flies Shouldn’t we realize that We need to…