Quality of Life (Xplicit)

Kwite Def - “Quality of Life”
[Emcee(s): Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
[Producer(s): GM Web D (AKA X-Ray Da Mindbenda)]
[Sample (Drums): Stanley Clarke - “Slow Dance”]

[Verse 1: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
Yo, what’s the
Quality of life? I can’t call it
The things that turn a young shorty into an alcoholic
Down the toilet. “Forgive me,” what they’re saying. Is it
Real or a dream? Yo, it’s lost all the self-esteem
It’s the same thing that make a dime piece go out
For the blowout, I want to see jack, but
The dough out. Yeah, she got a 9 to 5, but
She gotta do what she gotta do to survive
This shit is live. You know she got a kid
Yeah, he got a father, but he up on a bid for some
Bullshit, another making shorty buck-
-wild. They nail up the king, sacrifice
A child. Incarceration only solve problems for
The rich. Nowadays, they want to hit the switch
They call ‘em out for protection and service
I see ‘em in the streets, yo, the situation’s nervous
You might find this impossible, but they’ll
Build up a jail, yet torch another hospital
You got to work hard for your slop, but
Would you do the same when you finally reach the top?

[Interlude 1: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
And what it is

[Hook: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
It’s quality, quality, quality
It’s quality, quality, quality
It’s quality, quality, quality
It’s quality

[Interlude 2: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
Rolling through life

[Interlude 3: Sample]
Study ‘cause the first thing a black must have is respect for himself. Respect his body and his mind, quit taking the white man’s poisons into his body, cigarettes, his dope, his liquor, his white woman if he’s poor

[Interlude 3: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
That’s right, son, and we’re all guilty

[Verse 2: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
Times ain’t changing, rivers keep flowing
You know what I know, yo, you got to get growing
Brothers all out for some mass appeal, but
The war is on, son, it’s all real. Ayyo
He used to tap 40’s, now he’s sipping Cristal
Motherfucker, what is this now? “Wipe him off
The list now,” like my cuz Dave say
His quality of life is just the Martin-day slave way
And you next in line for rotation
Face incarceration or assimilation. Word
To mother, emcees get on the mic and just brag about
The papes they got, but they can all get bagged
Off the rehab, they’re toxified. It’s dan-
-gerous and unlawful where we occupy. I’m for-
-tified and run through the tracks with my rebels, getting
Higher than the trebles while we bounce through
The levels on some “Quality of Life” type
Shit. Yeah

[Hook: Kwite Def (AKA Kamackeris)]
It’s quality, quality, quality
It’s quality, quality, quality
It’s quality, quality, quality
It’s quality