Do Away With You

The Deity Complex & Hip Hop U.N. (ft. Z Poorman, Jade P, L Waxo, Mayhem, and Cevas) - “Do Away With You”
[Emcee(s): Z Poorman, Jade P, L Waxo, Mayhem, and Cevas]
[Producer(s): The Deity Complex]

[Verse 1: Z Poorman]
Set your
Mind at ease, let go of stress and anxiety
Invest your time and energy in defining your life and dreams
Take it from a sore sight to a sight to see
Fuck a lease and the light, shine vibrantly
Paranoia attack, the world’ll void into black
You feel the pressure of the flow? Craft a buoyant raft
To float the path ‘cause my boys’ll manage to destroy the map
Plans of taking back our soiled land from these spoiled brats
Hands dirty like I clean them off with oil rags
That’s why I’m always paranoid when po is rolling past
But I refuse to forfeit or let it hold me back
If I give in, then I’m no better, and they hope for that
(“Away”)
With you (“With you”)
Don’t wanna see you here
The ones in place to protect and serve, we seem to fear
Three simple words of wisdom: police is evil
Just one of many hard lessons that the streets’ll teach you

[Verse 2: Jade P]
Land of the free, home of the brave
Separated souls who misbehave and drink wine
‘Til the night meets day, gold, oil
And drugs and Christ and thugs
Kicking in doors just because their ribs poke
Now they want what you got. It’s nothing to send
Your life away in smoke. Pocket change
Could get you robbed and shot more times than not
It’s the people that you least expect to take off
With your dignity, have you pay those costs, but I
I no longer live on the block, thought the
Damage that I took caused my thoughts to rot. Another
Transition wasn’t easy to start, but I
Stuck to the script, did away with the plot. I’ve been
Saved too many times to just regress
In the way that I shine, you can see that I’m blessed
Four words of wisdom: slow down, watch yourself
If you don’t guard your thoughts, you’ll become someone else
A negative force from previous times of constant battle
When you fight yourself inside of your own mind
(“Away”) Do away with the hurt from my past
(“With you”) The way that I was living, I would never last
I was blessed with change—it ain’t gotta be exact
I still got the same drive on a better path
And I know, with time
I’ma prove I was built to last. Until
I light up again and burn back out
Dust to ash

[Interlude: Sample]
“The spring does not become the summer, and the summer does not become the autumn. No one would say that spring becomes the summer. There is spring and then there is summer. When you burn wood, there are ashes, but the wood does not become the ashes. There is wood and then there is ashes”

[Verse 3: L Waxo]
Goodbye fear, the main weapon used against us
Stood right here, I slay venomous henchmen
I’m doing away with self-doubt and division
Feel blue, feel gray, shed clouds with precision
I’m turning my back on all things that restrict me
It’s curtains for flack, it’s gonna be an extinct thing
A brand-new start, sun breaks through treetops
Through branches and bark, trunk breaks, it’s soon leafless
The circle of life that is endlessly repeating
I float like a kite, I’m steadily weaving
One cell, two cells, on goes the process
Some tell blue tales along winded notice
(“Away”) Do away with hate and breathe deeply
(“With you”) Rue daily mistakes and sleep seething
I love the world and I don’t understand racists
I run from cold words, flows stand, then I face it
I used to think that I was losing my mind
I move on the brink, I groove with some wine
I can do whatever this body will allow me
Pen tunes forever, kiss bodies, lips astounding
Nothing political, view this as a diary
Something critical, point of view, it’s fiery
Stoke the ashes and sing another song
Float through the static and bring another bong
(“Away”) Open my arms and embrace my fellow
(“With you”) Bloated with charms, my face is mellow
Motion like a ninja, but I’m not
Devotion that lingers frightening and cold
Tread silent and softly, leave no footprints
Spread rhymes, no stopping. Keeping low, I’m hoodwinked
Reach out and stretch, I’m holding my loved ones
I speak out of breath, I’m rolling through dungeons

[Verse 4: Mayhem]
This is how I do away with you. Say your prayer by the
Moonlight, dance around these demons with no sight. I was
Born to breathe fire through the mind of madness. Out the
Asylum of a caged beast, mind gradually reached the
Death of evil prowlers, a dark, dingy vow, state of
Being living, portrayed as a calm aggressor
Understand I’m quick to snatch your soul, weather’s destroying
Antibodies, premeditated cold murder
(“Away”) Holding mentals, intelligent instrumental
(“With you”) I’m trapped in the sadistic, saints are predictions
Surviving through the catacombs of these trenches, this night-
-mare is my invention, your resistance is the main reason
I’m different. My veins is filled with disgust from the lack of trust
Must I pray to repent? These intentions are intense
Intensely holding suspense whether to do away or save
The drama for a darker day. This is the mark of death
In a violent way, yet it hasn’t turned physical
It’s just traveling through the fog I call my mentals
Is this an illness or a passion to do away
With you?

[Verse 5: Cevas]