Battlecries

Savage…

[Verse 1]

Savage language

I languish amongst strangers

Reprimanded behavior

Championed by those I deem saviors

Sustained by the refrains of Coltrane

Find solace in phrases exhaled by Ian Curtis

Only hope to travel further

Young Black males murdered at unforgivable rates

As I state my musical preference

Assemble each sentence with meticulous precision

The world I envision may never come to fruition but listen

This path has allowed me to subsist in parallel dimensions

Harmonics resonate at bases levels

Prepared to battle these racist devils

[Chorus]

Recite the battlecries of Leroi Jones

We agonize over the unknown

I need a microphone

[Verse 2]

Cognitive of what history tells us

Not interested in what these airwaves sell us

There is a Jackie Wilson for every Elvis

Don’t need religion to know what Hell is

And Heaven ain’t interstellar

I once found Eden Downing deuces in a dark cellar

Angelic demons of cypher

20 plus in, ain’t much brighter

Our story’s been scribed by the Graff writer

Eternal pathfinder

Profound meaning lost until you remove last blinder

[Verse 3]

Whole understanding of sonics shifted in an instant

Very few have bared witness to true potency of linguistics

There is a vast difference between originators and mimics

Substance versus gimmicks

Those who might have heard

Versus the ones who truly lived it!

[Chorus]

Recite the battlecries of Leroi Jones

We agonize over the unknown

I need a microphone