)))____◎◎◎◎█████ (Uneven Compromise)

Part I [Chorus] Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep [Verse 1: Lil Ugly Mane] Enter my chamber you never will leave Festering bodies will cover the streets Satanic prophecies, Christian hypocrisy Bury me deep in the filth and disease Open my mind and then hammer it closed Into the darkness I'm strangled and choked Tracing the patterns and numbers in smoke Blood on my dagger from enemies throats Crucify ghosts in a frozen abyss Ocean of planets in total eclipse Nowhere I wander wherever I drift Using a razor to open my wrists My body is vacant, my soul is enslaved To a hatred as ancient as Canaanites Ladder of Jacob, the devil awakened In hell I created, I pray tonight [Chorus] Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep [Verse 2: Lil Ugly Mane] Same wolf from that folklore Drinking blood right out of that goat horn I'm post-mortem, these boys want war I transport 'em, right to Hell In a trance when I write the spell Leave the blood on my hands cause I like the smell In the death business, you the clientele Motherfuckers can't win cause I'm trying to fail Flesh is the fabric that covers my robes Blood is the matter that built up my throne Nothing but shadows, I'm waiting alone Deep in my coffin, I call it my home Cowering and broken I'm a victim of my evil deeds But I don't need your sympathy I'm comfortable in misery [Chorus] Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Corrupted by the darkness, now you fall into an endless sleep Part II [Interlude: KRS] "Sure he's a gangsta on the corner, that's exactly what we wanted Does he have some sort of social responsibility? Should he change his style?" [Verse: Ralph Smart] "We are just the painting, we are the canvas, we are the artwork When we look at in the broader scheme of things When we realize that we are not our bodies That the building in front of you is nothing more than energy, just slowed down When we also realize that we are not seeing everything as it is Nothing is what it seems at all, a lot of the times this is liberating." [Refrain: Milk Dee, Gang Starr, & Common] Labels Feel no guilt Takin' yah money The reason, the reason that my people say they tired of rap Labels, labels Feel no guilt Takin' yah money The reason, the reason that my people say they tired of rap Labels, labels Feel no guilt Takin' yah money The reason, the reason that my people say they tired of rap Labels, labels Feel no guilt Takin' yah money The reason, the reason that my people say they tired of rap Labels, labels Feel no guilt Takin' yah money The reason, the reason that my people say they tired of rap Labels, labels Feel no guilt Takin' yah money The reason, the reason that my people say they tired of rap Part III [Verse: Lil Ugly Mane] Aye yo, I saw my man the other day he say he need a handout Said he had some live and some boy but it ran out His partner had a number, but connections didn't pan out And every other road he dialed was looking like the same route Told him he could blame it on the cocaine drought Since the boys got arraigned and all the names came out Now I don't know nobody dealing, sitting on the steps By the library building, busted him a short Then I asked about his children, told me he ain't seen 'em Since they momma tried to kill him, laughed and told the homie "I forgot about that shit, she caught you in the crib Rollin' off in a fat bitch, tried to pull the heater But you hid under the mattress and jumped out the window Butt naked, it was classic" I paused Cuz my homie wasn't laughing with me So I tried to switch the topic up casually He exhaled smoke and threw his hat in the street Said, "Playa, I don't understand what happened to me Remember how I used to live extravagantly White Jays, scuff free, with immaculate steez Stacked Gs, cop keys like they was practically free Now I'm scrambling these streets in this raggedy tee" I was puzzled by his feelings of inadequacy Then I saw the track mark when he pulled back on his sleeve Yeah, my homie got a habit it seems Sad, cuz I kinda wanna dap him and leave But I been down the same road so I put it on front street Then he stepped back like he wanted to punch me Told him, sit down, it's been a minute since we hung out Apologized for bringing up the fact that he was strung out Caught me off guard, and I know that life's hard But I really hate to see the homie in the graveyard Cuz all I wanna do is see my people live large I always try to see my people better than they are He told me he would clean up, said it was a promise Looked me in my eyes to imply that he was honest But I know that I would lie too, back when I was on it So even when I nodded I was feeling broken hearted He the homie though, regardless, so I know I gotta trust him Told him I won't bring it up in any more discussions Then I hit him with some ones, probably bout a dozen He told me he was staying with his auntie and his cousin But I saw the bitch later and she told me that he wasn't Told me if she saw him she would snitch him to the government Said he on some foul shit, she ain't even love him I was bugging, I know he on the needle How she talking hopeless, told me that he was evil, he didn't have emotions Said they found his babies with their throats slit, and he the culprit I'm like, oh shit, step back, how she go against blood like that? That's the homie from the way back Looking at the stars, "what the fuck could make you say that? Naw love, I can't even play that" It's hard to light a smoke when you trying to breathe Cuz deep down I know she ain't lying to me Cuz deep down I know she ain't lying to me Cuz deep down I know she ain't lying to me [Chorus: Lil Ugly Mane] Ayo, your homeboys change sometimes Ayo, the thoughts rearrange in their brains sometimes It's too hard dealing with the pain sometimes But you gotta let go, you can't save their lives Your homeboys change sometimes The thoughts rearrange in their brains sometimes It's too hard dealing with the pain sometimes But you gotta let go, you can't save their lives Part IV [Interlude] "What are you doing?" "I don't know" [Instrumental]