[Intro: Lukah]
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[Verse 1: Lukah]
It's a war zone where I'm from
Everyday and night I brace for impact
Before we learn reading and writing we're trained for combat
To bodily interact with each other
The village is the [?]
For every gun clapping is another baby that's born trapped
With damaged nerve tracks yeah we're lost and drowned in incompetence
For some reason I fail when it comes to attaining consciousness and emotional continеnce
Kill for nothing in search of opulencе
And these days we don't fear changed nor a sarcophagus
A bottomless pit we found an innit, we chose to linger
The mighty fist we once held high has become a middle finger
With demon-type demeanors, heat slingers with reckless blind leaders
And underachievers, false brother-keepers and below average readers
Snake feeders, they feed intel so we can be repressed
Its mental walls that blocks us in to our struggle to regress
Denied access to the tools that can help the oppressed
We find ways to push things forward then be forced to regress
The problems are unaddressed
Resources, there's still a major shortage
It's obvious to see we're left out and that's the true reportage
Education and overall health is lacking in importance
The land of opportunity, how? Today we still the poorest
Building a fortress, that takes time, I admit I lack patience
There's many like me, if no change, I'm opposite of gracious
Still audacious, it's rough being true when the world appears mendacious
Cuz being courageous can get you maltreatment and thrown in their cages
Seems outrageous, you ask what I feel I simply respond anger
A little bit of fear everywhere, I see the face of danger
The odds ain't in my favor, mistreat me brings out my ape behavior
Was told it gets greater, I ain't waiting cuz I won't beat the nature, word
Sometimes I feel shame, some moments I'm out of pride
And terrified, don't wanna be victim of another fratricide
But all aside, the reason I'm here has now been clarified
Within a circle it's safe to strive and peace is personified
Word
[Chorus: Lukah]
This place seems so unreal, and now I know how to feel
Cuz I ain't never seen this before, I come from ain't nothin but war, yeah
And I ain't never feel this safe
Who would have thought we could find peace this way?
Cuz I ain't never seen this before, I come from ain't nothin but war, yeah
[Verse 2: billy woods]
Swirling frankincense, one knee bent I'm Coptic
Dry ice in the tropics, [?] price, USD not oxen
Right hand drive on the [?] how we ready rockin'
[?] war straps of oxygen
The head nigga nibble little squares of bitter chocolate
Indian ocean breeze through Barbadian cotton
These same parasites squeezing in Mercedes
Rows of tiny teeth, rotten bits of meat caught in between
They shouldn't hook worms in opulence
Everyone thought whichcraft but it was neurotoxin
Libyan life raft the last option
Chameleon when they boxed in
Shock Doctrine on her shelf, Chimamanda on the nightstand
Yeah, we on and poppin'
Bantustans wanna be like Compton
Chester McLaughlin middleman it
Three point stands for the rundown
Land grab when his hand touched ground
Fly through shanty town
Land Rover windows half lowered so I can be with the people
People rushing to their fate bruv, don't let me keep you
[Chorus: Lukah]
This place seems so unreal, and now I know how to feel
Cuz I ain't never seen this before, I come from ain't nothin but war, yeah
And I ain't never feel this safe
Who would have thought we could find peace this way?
Cuz I ain't never seen this before, I come from ain't nothin but war, yeah
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