Black Ice - Def Poetry 1

Black Ice on Def Poetry

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I barely black ice
yes on question when you look about
brothers
what's your first impression was decided
us leave you guessing no do you
understand stressing the aggression the
look of no hope for my niggas face is
like the Lord overlook this when he
handed down his Grace's you see embraces
far short on the num tips of street
entrepreneur fingers stuck in the walls
in a project halls with a coke smell
still lingers external blinkers is all
we can be is on the inside we've been
given up on the shine off and a gig hard
at getting cold so niggas get the grind
all because the TV tells us
aim high nigga may call girls lateral
but that takes paper that we don't have
some niggas put these Souls up as
collateral now
some niggas reclaim some blame or make
an excuse to seller but when a nigga
goes from not doing - doing what can you
tell them not to be a nigga shit I've
got to be a nigga that's how I pay the
bills not gonna do that when i got the
sling is Coco exploit these rhyme skills
see America makes you an opportunity and
at the same time the institutionalizing
so the fact that niggas get these big
record deals big money and then go to
jail shouldn't surprise you guess what
lies -
and most of these guys do have raw
talent just infantile education
so the business feed them all the weed
ecstasy in the little bit of paper to
provide some pacification from all the
bullshit frustration they serve you mean
while they corrupt your perception of
what the real is they've taken a lot of
businessmen and made him drug dealers
took all my messages made a rap is just
flapping their jobs afraid to admit
their treason took all I soldiers with
the cars make them killers for no reason
and being fucked up
well thats in this season so if you're
negative you're positive and if you're
positive you called the hater but I
maintain control of my soul because i
know it gets greater later not told you
last so i'm no hater
I just know what the truth is I've been
in a client is put in for a year now so
I know where the proof is it lies news
midtown Manhattan skyscrapers where
former husband sign papers and do
fucked-up capers about 16 from the stars
at a time
got him chopping bag and serving as shit
niggas 16 bars at a time and the crime
is undetectable by the fair's because in
the heads of our kids where the track is
and music shoot straight to the soul is
so potent so it's much more addictive
than crack is now the high is just an
illusion
lies and confusion but just for that
rush just once these young bucks to go
through it
so in essence they're still flooding our
streets would solve drugs and killing
they just you
these record labels to do it taken off
taking our heartfelt demos putting us in
limos trying to fuck about direction and
most niggas is trained to chase money
and pussy so we fall victim to our own
direction that convinced ourselves that
we're on our way somewhere we're not
going but ignorance is bliss and niggers
love this so niggas take pride not know
what we not growing big of a fuck how
slick you flow and if you ain't showing
these kids nothing more and nothing
positive to the earth
you have been definitely touched this
world since the day I was born to be
honest
fucking deal God gives me what I'm worth