Keep it Going - Intellectual

[Produced by The Backspin The Vibe Chemist]

[Verse 1: Big Squig]

This jam is dedicated to brothers like me

It's not a mystery; we're dealing with reality

I was young and everything was going cool

But then I graduated then I went to high school

It was alright despite the drugs and fights

The ignorant teachers that spoke to us impolite

The ninth grade was the last grade I saw

I was off to school then I stopped at the front door

I saw my peoples in the front rolling dice, smoking blunts

Forget about school; let's go to lunch

It wasn't only me so my mind said "Hey"

We rolled twenty deep and did the same things everyday

In the front, the back, the girls with the fat

Then we stayed fresh and get our money stacked

It went from days to months to years

We're still in the front watching our graduating peers

Now I know and understand that there would be others

That's why I dedicated this jam to my brothers

[Hook]

Let's keep it going, Big Squig - you don't stop

I'll keep it going, Big Squig - you don't stop

So we can stack up cinderblocks and take it to the top

[Verse 2: Big Squig]

Things got worse; I dropped out totally

I chilled for a year; tried it go back for my GED

But I was lost; my mind fell off course

Tried to jump on my horse

My mind couldn't stand the force

To get me motivated to be on school grounds

Instead of that I'd rather chill with a girl and lounge

Feet kicked up watching videotapes

And fronting to myself like everything was going great

It wasn't great; I hate my mistake

I faked to chill while i was getting told life is real

I didn't comprehend or understand my mother's plan

Life is hard in the ghetto for a black man

She tried to make me hear so I could prepare

To get a career because the time's almost near

To situate my life have some kids, a wife

And maintain things in the world that's nice

I'm her son; her oldest one; I've got to earn

She did her part and now it's my turn

To take care of her, just like she did me

But that's impossible in the penitentiary

Day by day I always see others

That's why I dedicated this jam to my brothers

[Hook] x2

I'll keep it going, Big Squig - you don't stop

So we can stack up cinderblocks and take it to the top

[Verse 3: Big Squig]

Get your education; it's very necessary

It can save you from jail or even the cemetery

Be smart; don't follow your friends

'Cause in the end, they laugh at independent men

Lucky me; finally face reality

Change then rearrange my life so I can be

A better person with a better way of living

Stop all the drama, going back and forth to prison

I got wise, opened my eyes and realized

I can't survive if my mind ain’t made to strive

And do right and elevate two planes of height

And ignite and I must win in the fight, check it out!

[Hook]

I'll keep it going, Big Squig - you don't stop

So we can stack up cinderblocks and take it to the top