Noir

[Verse 1]

A young inmate who knew his fate was truly great

Had to escape from the chains that brought him to the States

To save face he made more than a few mistakes

While back-tracing his roots like Henry Louis Gates

Respectfully, the trajectory, he remained in it

He tried to walk on water instead of wade in it

He went from cradle to grave, he's been a king of the slaves

The menagerie of America, he was made in it

Instead of waiting for Superman, his people had a plan

They were sticking it to the man whose energy was spent like solid gold

Uberman

'cause everything he did came back like a boomerang

A ruler without a throne, the ruins are not of Rome

Intruder without a home, a heart made out of stone

A blade made out of bone, the skin of a copper tone

A loner but not alone, the child that's got his own

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[Verse 2]

The wave took some time to catch on

The spade was grey, he wasn't afraid to press on

Neither was his child because he embraced the weapon

That aimed at the same prize, his eyes were kept on

Surviving on soup kitchens, bread lines and newspaper clippings

When he was in the headlines for being degradated

Segregated and red-lined

For blue-collar crimes that could've got him fed time

Where funds is critical and sons is killable

That unfulfillable 40 acres, untillable

To make it in general would've taken a miracle

I pray for the Earth the day the meek will inherit you

A singer that says a Joyce but couldn't lift every voice

Deciding your life and death is making a heavy choice

Lifting a heavy weigh with so much hella hate

That every day I await is a reason to celebrate

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