The Message (Aura Check)

[ VERSE 1: Tragedy Khadafi ]<br>When I die, lay me in the earth with Armani linen<br>And send apologies out to all the women<br>That I ran through, thought I was the man cause I fucked em<br>But was less of a man cause I didn`t instruct em<br>Could it be the lack of love that I had for self?<br>Too preoccupied with material wealth<br>Maybe I was just as weak as them lookin for help<br>What goes around comes around, only time`ll tell<br>My hood is paradise but the D`s is hell<br>Just waitin to burn a nigga if my shit don`t sell<br>Some say that I`m weak, some label me a genius<br>My mind`s deep, get up in you like a intravenous<br>Diseases, too many of us thinkin with our penis<br>Killin the bloodline, the seeds is anemic<br>Abortions, coulda killed off the next leader<br>Aura check, step your game up, nigga, the seeds need us<br><br>[ CHORUS ]<br>Now every ounce of blood in me gon` live for struggle<br>Platinum on the street, nigga, triple and double<br>What a thug do? I don`t know, time`ll tell<br>These cowards hug the sky, some die in a cell<br>We came up off the streets but some of us fell<br>In the struggle now, goin out, gunnin in hell<br>What you live for? Money and power, we all ride, nigga<br>Till they lay me down in the earth, we gon` rise, nigga<br><br>[ VERSE 2: Tragedy Khadafi ]<br>I`m still holdin my head, still reportin<br>One foot is in the hood, the other`s up in a coffin<br>The devil want my soul so bad, he make me nauseous<br>But I`m usin my head, proceed to movin with caution<br>Can`t get caught up in what these niggaz is lost in<br>The best kept secret is best kept sacred<br>The hatred, whole rap industry is Matrix<br>Raped what we created, leave us starvin and naked<br>We need more strong independents and less majors<br>Hit us with weak advances, try to enslave us<br>Then charge a small interest on the money they gave us<br>Take the same mentality I had on the street<br>But more advanced like CD, enhaced, I`m deep<br>Born alone, never die alone, nigga, never sleep<br><br>Born alone, never die alone, nigga, never sleep<br><br>[ CHORUS ]<br><br>[ VERSE 3: Tragedy Khadafi ]<br>Better run, muthafucka, like the D`s is comin<br>Better write the illest rhymes like life depends on it<br>What you gon` do when they change the currency of money?<br>It`s one world, one government and one country<br>We plagued with media propaganda, they plannin<br>To take away your right wisdom and overstandin<br>Right action, comrade, blowin my canon<br>Movement through this music, we bear the struggle<br>On the grind with these rhymes, CDs I hustle<br>Moms taught me how to be a warrior, in fact<br>If you don`t stand for somethin then you die on your back<br>But fuck that, all my livewires overreact<br>It works like it`s the first and we movin them packs<br>This story`ll be repeated if we fall off track<br>Fast forward to the future, niggaz can`t look back<br><br>[ CHORUS ]