[Intro]
Yo! SOSA mixtape!
It's HiiiPower! Can't fight the power!
It's Pryme and Vickers
[Verse 1 : Pryme]
I'm from a place where Hip Hop saw me as her saving grace
Rappers we're extinct, today we're part of an endangered race
My leap of faith I hope takes me over the cliff
As part of my attempts to end my losing streak
I was told last year I lacked the skill
Or swag required to spill the kind of verses you'd feel
The life I live is just like the Serengeti
I close my eyes and then I feel forces are out to get me
My shoes are worn out 'cause I'm still chasing a dream
The kind of dream seen by Martin Luther The King
I had to water down my flow to cause a ripple
It was the only way it could be heard by the people
Will my voice be on the radio, will I be radioactive?
But as the knots in my stomach tightens
The oasis is a mirage, most likely
The bright lights and the fame entices
But I can only stare throught the hole that is gaping
Dear Lord, may I not be forsaken
I hope in you, may I not be shaken
I kept my talent hidden away like the servants in the Bible
But I have got to sow it before the master returns
This ain't a message from Christ to his disciples
But I can only stare d hole that is gaping
Overlooked and ridiculed though I had the skill
'Cause without the dough, the baker is out of work
I'm running out of words
Talented talisman, that's a fact
Rap to me is more than an art
Chiselling away my imperfection
At 21 , I'm a scalar needing direction
I write from my heart every time that I spit
It's the reason why my heart got synchronized with the beat
This year I had to beg for a feature
But in the words of the Holy Scripture
The stone rejected shall emerge the Victor
[Verse 2 : Vickers]
This is the voice of a rebel ever ready to fight
I move with a group of lions, I'm an MC with pride
My lines give you the shakes, I'm your allergeen, it's bad
Then send a chill down your spine, tell your fave to watch his back
This is backgammon, music is a game of chance
Talent is just a facade
Ironic, lames are taking the stands
And making demands
On the younger generation to be like them
My answer is in negation
There is no negotiation like a supermarket
Music is used as a bait, hooks are full of maggots
Repulsive!, they disgust me!
Your fave only raps about money , bitches and how he flosses
In magazines, on the screens, posing as role models
Flaunting his wealth around like "nigga,get yo fortune! "
Know something, I'm gonna' add mo' volume
Till my shatters the glass of his Porsce and break his gold bottles
I'm just a teenager trying to make a name
I've got to tread softly or get discarded like a maiden name
There's million to compete against , it's the fight of the sperms
Your fave is just making pops like hydrogen test
"To make it to the top, ain't you gotta steer yo' flight?
Be creative, you'll be rated, do not fit no stereotype? "
Nah man, around here reverse is the case
I'm just here sitting and hoping these verses will take
Me to the point where I won't have to wrestle for big shows
Dumb it down or not, I'm really stuck in a limbo
Uh! Stop it! Profit!
To be honest, don't feel me, just fill my pockets!
Just so you know, that's the rash me talking
The real me only cares about the classics dropping
I'm crashing all the parties popping
I'm a speeding truck it's suicide if you try to stop me
No brakes!
[Outro: Alori Joh]
Every day we fight the system just to make our way
We been down for too long, but that's alright
We was built to be strong, cause it's our life, na-na-na
Every day we fight the system, we fight the system
We fight the system (Never like the system)
We been down for too long but that's alright, na-na-na