[Hook (2x): Cee Self 7]
Ayo we strive
Make everyday progress
Just dealing with life's test
An everyday process
Ayo we strive
To conquer the madness
And all of this nonsense
The ghetto responses
Ayo we strive
[Salute Truth]
Yo I'm a First Born, that means that I'm the first one
The first Sun, responsibilities in the world that I do run
Cause everything is chosen, my mental ever rosen
Spittin' hot flames on the minds that be frozen
Zoom in on the enemy, they never get their blows in
They dumb, deaf, coastin', thinkin' I be boastin'
Mind over matter, got them leanin' off the potion
Like shark, Nova Scotian, got them wide open
With their third eye scopin', Vatican style
On the throne like the Pope and poverty is chokin'
My third eye open, the days lookin' dark like the end of a rope and
A Peter Tosh smokin'
Divine speech spoken, two swords up
With my third eye open, righteous crown holdin'
The legacy was stolen, keep my mind growin'
Love always showin'
[Hook]
[Cee Self 7]
I don't even know what you been through
If you Black, Brown, Yellow then you strugglin', simple
And can't forget my people on rez too
Yo its Black, Brown, Yellow and Red too
Babylon label us a gang in large groups
Unify the hood over wax, the God do
The ignorant don't wanna listen, its hard to
Looking at the babies, shit's crazy, I got to
We're taking a stand, speaking up might cost you
Martin got shot and The Father got popped too
The real hip-hop, this is more than a pop tune
Wear many masks, can't change my costume
Lookin' for work, yo employers is hostile
Off to the block, people do what they got to
COINTELPRO place pins to squash you
Struggle man shit, give me one on the spot, dude