Citizen Kane is a Canadian Hip-Hop Duo and this is the briliant song from their glorious EP “The Epic”. Year: 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCJkcIuMTdU
[Verse 1: Jeff Duke]
You see at times I recline way back, puff stacks, revelations
Direct my conversations about the devils we be lacing
In the revolution, Vietnam is how I'm groupin'
Minds been in battle since birth
That's why I'm puffin L's and juicing
Like your men in arms troopin''
Planning my attack on the sounds of waters, twins be loopin''
Inspiration for my soldiers at night
Mad brothers holding corners
Selling shit that burn right
I be sparkin' like a sniper on sight
Watching shifty niggas through my optic range
Life's a bitch, now she got me acting strange
So I maintains with ill proposes
Rhymes will send a message like the burning bush to Moses
Child that never chose this life
Shit is trifer than the devil's anger
So I reload my mind in every chamber
Clips of danger
Infiltratin' strangers with the ill precision of a green beret
To sacrifice your whole division
Niggas follow me like right religion
Envision Kane, the rain majestic
Mans are vigilantes on some next shit
Profanity attack shit
My sanity reflects my life in hell, surviving hell
I reside in hell
Feed corruption through my clientele
Seen for making dreams, ill production schemes
The man is rollin' in hell, swing of pro rebels, one time
So feel me rain from behind
[Chorus: Jeff Duke]
Black rain, peace to the niggas in the game, black rain
Through the struggles and the strain, black rain
Elements of mind, so feel the rain from behind
Black rain, peace to the niggas in the game, black rain
Through the struggles and the strain, black rain
Elements of mind, so feel the rain from behind
[Verse 2: Down To Erf]
I'm sort of like a killer, devil rebel
Getaway cars are the sounds of the bass and the treble
'Cause I get into mine, able and ready
So keep the hi-hat steady, and we could be jetty
'Cause yo, I'm similar to Richard Petty, in Indy five-hundreds
To retire with wins in abundance
But never to amass riches
'Cause when you die, the hands of your money switches
Now let's move on to mental oneness
And I say to false facts let's done this
'Cause we all function as one, under the sun
We'd be fools to make Armageddon come
You see, my perspective to be highly elective
Goes far beyond any previous accomplished objective
I'm here to maintain respective
And no I'm never neglecting
Sounds that my partner still raw selecting
My musical tactics we strive and perfecting all
And the next thing
You get me vexed when you're looking to control small turf
'Cause yo, you need to know that I’m Down to the Erf
And so I amplify my international worth
[Verse 3: Jeff Duke]
See at times my mind be running like a brother gunning crazed
Army fatigues
Every day, hunting justice like a cure for aids
Swing a spade, rhyme crazed
I move strategic, lyrics blaze
Whenever heated on point
And flame an MC like joints
A man of action
Reactions like ya packin'
State of minds positioned like a prison
Soul's attacking
Using streets to camouflage, verbal entourage
Rhymes bound with militant sounds
L's are blessed by God
No more frustrations
Face the endly death is chasing dough
Showing fears like perspiration's dripping down they nose
Leave your whole crew exposed to
Fight like man's supposed to
With the desperation of a soldier
My lyrics told ya, feel my heart beat even colder
Fighting for my right, stalking alleys like guerrilla warfare
Now I plan assassinations
'Cause the western nations
Keeps us in ghettos, like an urban reservation
I'll attack at red dawn
No time, remaining on point
Military missionary's how I vary
My mind is scary, preparations from crime, one time
[Chorus 2: Jeff Duke]
Feel me rain, so feel me rain
Black rain, black rain
Citizen Kane, talking black rain
Black rain, peace to the niggas in the game, black rain
Through the struggles and the strain, black rain
Elements of mind, so feel the rain from behind
Black rain, peace to the niggas in the game, black rain
Through the struggles and the strain, black rain
Elements of mind, so feel the rain from behind
Elements Of Mind (Black Rain Remix) was written by Down To Erf & Mathematik.
Elements Of Mind (Black Rain Remix) was produced by Down To Erf.