Manifesto

Manifesto, this is what we want to see happen<br>for my peoples still breakin graf writin and rappin<br>I rock the mic right and exact my life`s my sacrifice<br>Take my mic and I`m like a Chinese man with no rice<br>Oh yeah we flippin through the pages of time, to find design<br>Like Vaseline on the faces of Black Georgia, we shinin<br>Deeper than petroleum jelly, we in the air like conversations<br>on celly and just appear like stretch marks on bellies<br>after givin birth you had to let go, you playin for life<br>The Manifesto, here comes the beat because I said so keep pushin<br>I got the cushion for the seat of your soul<br>Back in the day they stole our smile, so we clothe our teeth in gold<br>and we frontin, from nigga to kid, to Son of God<br>It`s wild dependin on labels for man woman and child<br>My style just is, all that`s seen and all that`s heard<br>God gave us music so we play with our words<br>So when Tek be in constant meditation like a monk<br>while Kweli speaks in tongues to get your intellect drunk<br>yo we bound to take over the 90% of your brain that you ain`t usin<br>To us it`s life or death we keep you chosin<br><br> Every shook eye ain`t seen, every goodbye ain`t gone<br> Ain`t no rest for the weary yo forever it`s on<br> The Manifesto, establishes a hip-hop order<br> Movin upon the face of the water, like Reflections<br><br>Aiyyo all the real MC`s can meet me outside<br>So we can decide how we gonna change the tide<br>like the moon we on the Earth takin a ride around the Sun<br>Now Son we only just begun, and the journey`s far from done<br>We all miss you, what your brain gone fishin like Walter Mosley?<br>There`s an MC that can hold me, supposedly?<br>No one could come close to me, only, the family really know me<br>Hip-Hop`s last hope like Obi Wan Kenobi<br>Through your tunnel vision I`m shinin light like a train<br>Comin out like earthworms when it rains, bringin it<br>like the C.I.A. be bringin in crack cocaine bailin out of planes<br>with the George Bush connections, I push Reflection<br>like I`m sellin izm, like a dealer buildin the system<br>Supply and the demand it`s all capitalism<br>Niggaz don`t sell crack cause they like to see blacks smoke<br>Niggaz sell crack cause they broke, my battle lyrics<br>get concious minds provoked and ghetto passes revoked<br>cause we surrounded by the evil, you know that the people`s minds<br>is feeble they believe in it, even if it don`t make sense<br>This makin dollars shit, don`t take a scholar to<br>see what`s goin on around you, either you widdit or you ain`t <br>is what it comes down to, have you forgotten?<br>We pickin 100% designer name brand cotton<br>They still plottin, my Third Eye is steady watchin<br><br> Every shook eye ain`t seen, every goodbye ain`t gone<br> Ain`t no rest for the weary yo forever it`s on<br> The Manifesto, establishes a hip-hop order<br> Movin upon the face of the water, like Reflections<br><br>(Yeah see that`s what I`m talkin about, it be the slaughter man<br> We need to break it down because these heads<br> they don`t know what they talkin about<br> Frontin all this nonsense, yo break it down)<br><br>From open mics to solutions I got a collage of answers<br>and a ten point program, just like the Black Panthers<br>One: First respect yourself as an artist<br>If you don`t respect yourself then your rhymes is garbage<br>Two: Make sure your crew is as tight as you<br>cause when them niggaz fallin off they gonna bring you down too<br>Three: Understand the meaning of MC<br>The power to Move the Crowd like Moses split the seas<br>Four: Know your shit and don`t ever be blunted<br>If you don`t know what your words mean then your rhymes mean nothin<br>Five: Kick facts in the raps, and curse with clarity<br>What`s a curse when language is immersed in vulgarity<br>Six: We gonna fix industrial poli-tricks<br>Shit they made an artform out of ridin dicks<br>Seven: We soldiers for God needin new recruits<br>So if you rhymin for the loot then youse a prostitute<br>but Eight: Acknowledge that you need food on your plate<br>In order to say your grace make sure your business is straight<br>Nine: We buildin black minds with intelligence<br>and when you freestyle, keep the subject matter relevant<br>Ten: Every MC grab a pen<br>and write some concious lyrics to tell the children<br>I`ll say it again, every MC find you a pen<br>And drop some concious shit for our children<br>The Manifesto!