Strength (Redux)

[Verse 1]
To the three-thirty am waking up Paperboys
Hate the job, you'll hate it more when you ain’t employed
I say strength to you
This one is tailored for, all the night shift nurses at the hospital
Raise their families dressing up open sores
Niggas out of control messing up the neighborhood
Just an average boy till he got made a hood
Bad boys play for good, casket maple-wood
Shame when you bastards gotta face the music
He who pays the piper learns to play the tune
Strength to the guardians that pray for you
And bring a few packages to the prison too
The rat race claimed a few
That Mickey Mouse house trap made for you
To all them young ladies that made the news
Them charges don’t stick like paper glue
Blame a pencil skirt and take a number two
On a person’s worth what it’s coming to
Ey, strength to that dark nigga Mamadou
They burn rubber like Fast & Furious coming soon
Strength to that other dude
Lost a child to substance abuse
The cops don’t got a clue
She was Riri reading from the songbook
Did it for the kicks, got off on the wrong foot
This for the onlookers, living for the RTs
Steep fees, can't get schooled, so pricey
These chicks undressed nude y'all like it
E.G. Less IQ more IG
Strength for my auntie
Who is in a better place RIP
My nigga Shaan ain't with his family
Strength to Melissa and Tyreeq
Tshidi got pregnant at 19
Stogie T scared for the laaities
Strength to my country
We are now The Empire of...

[Verse 2]
Flight lands today, her man’s running late
She clears customs, the officer didn’t scan a trace
Palm touches face, the crown jumps a place
A near brush with a lady in a rush to her gate
Before she’s in the plane, the count sits at eight
A mere cough all it takes, to get more on the way
Beer bottle exchange, told him, "Here’s a taste”
They been friends since before they called ‘em college mates
A week later his date is blushing all is great
Takes a shot with the babe, fuck it, wanna get laid?
The cleaning lady ain’t safe, touching all of their waste
She brings it across the way, from taxi to home base
Happy warm embrace with family showcase
They blind to the slow-pace
Malady in those veins, one known case
Reports surface
Made in China, but this jumper wasn’t no Js
A ticking time bomb with no clock face
Everybody masked up from what came out the bat cave
We fight AIDS, what’s a flu to the old age?
Hotep niggas like, “It’s the food and the Colgate”
Snowflakes think the cure be in the toilet paper
I am stuck home-schooling a fourth-grader
But God’s greater
I say faith over fear to all patients and physicians out there
I’ma stay in crib
A Song maker, I make jams for your ear
We’ll talk later when the vaccine appears