How Da’ hell?!
I woke up Saw a
free man.
I playbook notebookz
With da’ game plan.
I wordplay notebookz --
Lyrical inkstand -My
playland...
Da’ SWEATBAND grits
With every hour hand.
Record.
Spit.
Press kit.
Legit contraband.
Swore not to split da’ chip$
On another’s table.
Store hitz.
Go legit.
Imma businessman.
Billboard recordz --
“BLACK ONLY” Is da’
branded label.
Roundtable da’ houndz.
Ground a stable.
TIMETABLE
A dead-
PLUS SIGN
A goal-Line.
Turn da’ tablez
Like turntable
And earn a table.
Grapevine Da’ SOUND...
EQUALz
Showtime!
Time to grind.
HOE da’ streamline.
GROW da’ pipeline.
MOW da’ MINUS SIGNz.
Lo! Da’ bottom line With
ROWz of DOLLAR SIGNz.
Voicemail da’ record deals -My
recordz sell.
Legal mail --
From dat appeal
To holdin’
cellz.
Post bail.
Da’ case sealed.
A grand gesture.
Prayin’ with Haitian Mani;
Thankin’ my Ancestorz.
First meal --
My Granddaddy
Smokin’ da’ grill.
Grandma say,
“Boi, go smoke
In da’ field.”
Me and Momma,
What an honor!
We all chill.
But da’ drills don’t stop As we march UPHILL...
“How you gon do all dat?”
“You got LIFE!”
“How you give dat back?”
“With yo’ plight --“
“How you start from scratch?”
“You ain’t white!”
“How you still be BLACK?”
“How you nice,
But you got no statz?”
“You just HYPE!”
“You ain’t got no micz.”
“How da’ hell You still write in jail?”
“How you foretell record salez?”
“How you make hitz from a cell?”
“HOW DA’ HELL?!”
“BLACK ONLY FILMz”
-High brow emperor.
Life into a FILM -Call it
“Crown Conqueror”.
OPE
N
on
a
STEM
Loose
Limbz
Need
a
Trim.
Our younger come asunder
From DA’ ROOTz
Down
Yonda.
I do it all for ‘Dem.
Imma hunter in da’ gym.
Been CALLED in to swim
With da’ Vodou hymnz.
Da’ mojo sheathe All
da’ Hudu leavez...
Subdue fugus.
Heal our mildew tree.
TEACH FUBU.
PREACH in Bantu.
REACH all physiquez.
Athlete da’ ZULUz.
Here comes POLICE!
We COMPETE against da’ beast!!
CLEAT up da’ feet.
No repeatz of defeatz!!!
CHEATsheet dey key.
So, we look out EAST --
PRIEST
DRUMBEATz
RELEASE
OUR DECEASED!!!
Deathrow da’ streetz Then
SEIZE da’ box seatz!!!
Race War 4 peace.
Qualify.
Win da’ heat.
Retreat da’ thief,
Yet we want dead meat.
New Afrikan feast.
This CLIFFHANGER
Shall be major...
Like its FILMMAKER,
Await
Da’ TRAILER
In THEATERz...
How you gon do all dat?
You got LIFE!
How you give dat back?
With yo’ plight, How
you start from scratch?
You ain’t white!
How you still be BLACK?
How you nice, But you
got no statz?
You just hype.
You ain’t got no micz.
How da’ hell You still
write in jail?
How you foretell record salez?!
How you make hitz from a cell?!!
HOW DA’ HELL!!!