L.I.F.E. Long - “Move! Get Up!”

[Emcee(s): L.I.F.E. Long]

[Producer(s): Black Panther]

[Intro: Sample from [?]]

[?]: Hello! We’re standing on a street corner in New York City. Few moments, you’re gonna hear all the sounds of this street through binaural reproduction

[Interlude 1: L.I.F.E. Long]

Yeah, yeah. Come on. What? [?] word, word. Yeah. Jah bless, y’all. Yeah, Jah bless, y’all. Jah bless your life

[Verse 1: L.I.F.E. Long]

It’s just

Another New York story of pain and struggle felt

Worldwide. Shout-out to those who hustle to get their

Name up productively, staying alive, survive

Through whatever you do, working to survive. Some get

Caught up in 9-to-5’s, wasting time. Plus bills

Unpaid and other talents can’t shine, so I’ll

Balance both like I’m supposed to. Long nights

In studios. Can’t sleep—rent’s due. Twenty-

-four hours, seven days a week walk the streets

Even without a disc, man, I’m hearing beats

At my job, on the low, crafting rhymes. Knowing now’s

My time. [?] defined. My exact

Calculation of coordinates of my movements

Improvement is my daily task, traveling on cement

Of foreign grounds, leaving marks, putting it down

Proper like no stress, arrived lost, now found

[Hook: L.I.F.E. Long]

This is my presentation. No time wasting

Forget turning back. There’s much more facing

Get up, move. It’s time to show and prove

Balance your scale, never quit, never lose

This is my destination. No time wasting

Forget turning back. Yo, there’s much more facing

Get up, move. It’s time to show and prove

Balance your scale, never quit, never lose

[Verse 2: L.I.F.E. Long]

This is my

Autobiography of my views seen. Letting the

Listener hear the message in between. The concept

I converse with hip hop fiends. Truth is

Days getting shorter as we move. Destined to create

Hits to show and prove. Many verses rocked

That left impressions to few. Holding it, never quitting

Studying lessons, paying dues. We all got

Blues sung in different tones. I’ve grown to under-

-stand negative unfortunately blown out of

Context, searching for rites of existence. I’ll pump

My fist as a reaction against foolishness

This government stay with their politricks, corruption, lies

Trillion-dollar missiles built to blow up skies

There’s no question that these are the time we got

To go out for yours and mine, stay organized

We can’t be stopped if combined

[Hook: L.I.F.E. Long]

This is my destination: hard work and dedication

No time wasting. There’s much more facing

Life’s lessons given for reasons—no choice

To each his own, shine like expressed voice

[Verse 3: L.I.F.E. Long]

This is the

Sequel to the end story. Not televised or

Seen on VHS or DVD. Definitely

Far from many unsolved, fictitious mystery

This country was built on bloodshed. It’s stormy

Confusion in the paragraphs taught to student bodies

This whole world economy fluctuates off the minority

Putting in works and shackle to steal slavery

We’re corporate now but to a working-class society

The main priority is for Babylon to get richer

We stay poorer while problems be getting thicker

The sick even sicker ‘cause we can’t afford healthcare

So many negatives seen, the eyes can’t bear, so I’ll

Stay close to God with no fear, move each

Day, reacting on actions brought forth, travel

Like a guiding star from the north, feeding on

New grounds, directing people towards that next-level course

[Hook: L.I.F.E. Long] (x2)

This is my presentation. No time wasting

Forget turning back. There’s much more facing

Get up, move. It’s time to show and prove

Balance your scale, never quit, never lose, yo

This is my destination: hard work and dedication

No turning back. There’s much more facing

Get up, move. It’s time to show and prove

Balance your scale, never quit, never lose, yo