Hate Me Now

Narration by Koname Florah Mphahlele INTRO I Am Mas You can hate me now But I won't stop now VERSE 1 Don't hate me, love is the language I speak Some would like to actually see Mas anguish in grief Nightmares of reality ending tragically Overnight success don't happen magically Lavish dreams don't cost much of an imaginable fee I engage rationally and live passionately Don't player hate fashionably Hate the game that I love A man of character, life's a movie, playing my part My name and the art, as separate apart Things change with a charge And fame is drug I came from the dust My brain was carved And shaped in the mud The destiny of stars Riddled with envy and lust A mile in my steps and toes They'll decide to turn they souls Diamond in the ruff In the grind and dirt there's gold There's a lesson in the journey of life As was destined we'll gladly arrive No person was hating with pride In the seconds I barely survived Wrong answers or fairly as right Dawn is passing, early I rise Mourn the friendless and family that died My cause that I seek for the cross that I bleed It cost me a piece as the course of my peace In the eye of the storm, there's sun and the rain A patient, dark with no aid in the rush of my pain That could only be described by a brush and a paint Goddess Son, in the shame felt the touch of her grace Behind the story there's a life If it's lofty there's a climb There's his glory and her shine Years in Jozi for the grind Man I'm only getting mine I ticked that as marked with a kiss and hug Hate is a myth in a hut when you addicted to love The easier job is to be a critic and judge The home of crime, title deeds of a thug Walked through fire, and learned at a degree of my scars Quench my thirst by swimming deep with the sharks CHORUS You can hate me now But I won't stop now VERSE 2 I make a difference that counts and count the change That's the instant of counter shame those around come strange Aim for the opportunity, it found one in range Paid my dues with credit, it left me in debt All the time that I wasted, the second he spent Twice bitten by those a landed a hand Once was asinine, and ended that turn Hate on demand still under provision Life as great as it spans attached to contradictions Added layers of rejects with adjusted meaning Left more detached in darker suspicion The pastor is swearing How insulting a sermon Curses summed up with blessings Face value isn't much impressive Go beneath and under the surface Faithful walk in dangerous storms Double-edged razor and sword Accept the praise and the scorn From the grave I reborn With a new name and reformed Great and evolved Exclude me from where hate is involved Pride killed many while beating their chest Lies breed envy from the secrets she kept Miles trip anyone's feet that is swept Many would lie be aware Who rely on you fear Some booing right in the cheers Wishing you might disappear But I’m blessed truly as I'm here Purified by the tears CHORUS You can hate me now But I won't stop now