chain link

i try to always buy final call from the f.o.i

even though that's not what islam always signify

y'all gotta love the struggle in 'em

they would get on their knees and shine shoes

'fore they ever let the drugs afflict 'em

makin taco's and fuckin with mcdonald's

nickel and dime broke

but dignified with high hopes

some people shoulder the weight of the median

make it look easy

even though they walkin the tight roads

immigrants

twelve deep in one bedroom

i'm too cool

i look at 'em like fools

those fools combine forces and put the resources

and guess who the new owner of the corner store is

shit

what's stoppin me from doin that?

i probably could with drug smugglers approve of that

because if one dime sack in the time can climax

into a billion dollar industry

then look at my abilities

but i'm a dreamer in alotta ways

i feel if you believe in god that you believe in brighter days

keep my son's heartbeat in my sleep

i'ma walk the planet earth with his name carved deep in my feet like

children growin

women producin

men go workin

but what's the use

when the real strive hard and stress about the rent

and can still die poor and in debt without a cent

born again christian creatures from the suburbs

tryin to save souls on broadway

they got some nerve

comin here unaware that the one's with no material gifts

sometimes most spirits leave rifts

lazyness got me spare the stand back and what was that

that can't hold me back

my man vast told me that

harlem got all that on a bigger scale"