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[Intro]
Yeah, uhh
Thank you for joining me
If you here, that means you persevered
We all been through some hard times
But through it all
We gotta persevere
[Verse 1: Sun Of El]
Praise Allat, praise Allah
I take the game to the next level, raise the bar
The original family's God, you like beg your par
Anyone who disagree man wave your arms
And we can have a formal debate
Any emcee wanna battle he'll get formally ate
I'll kick in your door, drive a tank through your gate
Perseverance the album, well worth the wait
Allow me just a minute to talk
Let me claim my rightful spot as the king of New York
Allah's got my back, ain't no need for support
Y'all are 85 and reeking of pork
Dip diver, civilize a
Savage with the teachings of Elijah
Give a beast a chance they might just surprise ya
What will it take for my people to rise up
We're messed up that's the reality
What we lack is nationality
We keep on waiting for Jesus and his cavalry
But do the reverend love God as much as his salary
Would he stand at the pulpit for free
Like I've done for years as a starving MC
Let me tell you what's sacred to me
The teachings of Timothy Drew Ali
He taught me that black is an adjective
And our history is filled with lavishness
He taught me the truth about slavery
Killed the fear instilled bravery
Now let me make this one thing clear, anything you want in life you gotta persevere yeah
Now let me make this one thing clear, anything you want in life you gotta persevere, yeah
[Chorus: Gorgeous]
Let me make this once thing clear, anything you want in life you gotta persevere
Let me make this once thing clear, to make it through this life you gotta persevere
Let me make this once thing clear, anything you want in life you gotta persevere
Let me make this once thing clear, to make it through this life you gotta persevere
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
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[Intro: Chorus]
Woooh oooh oooh
Aww yeah yeah, aww yeah yeah
Aww aww yeah
I said I'm looking for a change
[Verse 1: Sun Of El]
Live by the gun, die by the same put one in ur brain
The fucking system got a nigga insane
And as long as blood is blue in my veins
I'ma maintain and keep giving all my hood niggas a story of pain
The stories the same, innocent man shot no weapon on him
Forty-one shots, they came without a warning
Another man dies, another mom cries family mourning
The cops work for the son of the morning
Instead of blasting pigs we steady blasting each other.
We should be banging on the pigs having em running for cover
I pray to the most high, that when a nigga leave the crib he don't die
Study the holy tablets from Malachi
Peace to those that perished it those that we cherish the most
To all my live niggas busting they toast
Make sure that you busting your shit off at the right niggas
The system ain't right but live your life niggas
[Chorus: Sun Of El & Chorus]
I often wonder when things gonna change
They say the sun gon shine tomorrow but then it rains
The cops shot another man, another brother slain
It's hard out here, we trying to maintain
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Oooh, oooh, oooh
[Verse 2: Sun Of El]
Okay this is what it sounds like when the doves cry
The cops keep letting them slugs fly me, no know why
Got to maintain, man the struggle is real
Fall on my face say a prayer while clutching my steel
Cause these pigs ain't playing man, they aiming to kill
But I'm from cop killer Queens, I got a thuggish appeal
Shit is rough out here on these roads that I travel on
Sodom, Gomorrah, the modern day Babylon
That's why I keep a gun in my chariot
Put the work in then tubman like Harriet
I'm talking the pigs nigga
Shit is fucked up in the city that I live nigga
I pray that I'll never have to bust a pig
Lay on them bastards outside where they live
They say two wrongs don't make a right
Another nigga murdered, who's gon ride tonight?
[Chorus: Sun Of El & Chorus]
I often wonder when things gonna change
They say the sun gon shine tomorrow but then it rains
The cops shot another man, another brother slain
It's hard out here, we trying to maintain
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Oooh, oooh, oooh
[Outro: Chorus]
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Tell when things gonna change
Oooh, oooh, oooh
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3. |
Freedom
03:16
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[Chorus]
Freedom
Free-dom
Freedom
Free-dom
[Verse 1: Sun Of El]
Hey yo freedom is not here but I think I hear it knocking
They give us foul doctrines and somehow we adopt em
We wanted to be equal but that brought us down
Many levels our integration with the devil
Has proved to be fatal, the story's been spun just like a dreidel
To keep our state of mind neonatal
But God's on our side, so we shall survive
The return of the beys and els, the black mans' rise
I think the sleeping giant awoke he opened his eyes
I fall on my face thank God, it's about damn time
We went from titles of nobility to mental disability
Release your greatness, show your pineal glands' agility
Eat the right foods and get it working
There's a beautiful light shining, just pull back the curtain
And I'm certain of these things cause I freed my dome
America is our home, let's reclaim our throne, let's get it
[Chorus]
Freedom
Free-dom
Freedom
Free-dom
[Verse 2: Sun Of El]
It's what the U.S. claim they fight for when they invade other nations
It's foul what the Dominicans did to the Haitians
We thinking that we free and have become too complacent
Too much work to do so I can't think about vacation
My job is to build while the devil destroys
Innocent lives are lost when the troops are deployed
But we keep on sending them, eyes on the oil
There's an epic battle ahead, and to the victor the spoils
Wars are fought and lost, no matter what the cost
The the Potus is a puppet, ever wonder who's the boss?
To defeat the giant we gotta attack the head
Study moorish science cause that's the shit that they dread
An awoken mind is more powerful than a gun
This is age of the fake, where the real get shunned
I am the light at the end of the tunnel known as sun
Biding you all love,truth, peace, justice and freedom
[Refrain]
Now throw your hands in the air
Grab a hold of freedom it's right there
Throw your hands in the air
And grab a hold of freedom it's right there
Throw your hands in the air
It's right there
It's right there man
Come on
Hands in the air
Grab a hold of freedom it's right there
Throw your hands in the air
And grab a hold of freedom it's right there
[Chorus]
Freedom
Free-dom
Freedom
Free-dom
Freedom
Free-dom
Freedom
Free-dom
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[Chorus: Gorgeous & Sun of El]
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
(I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to)
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
Girl I really love you please believe in what I say
(I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to)
[Verse 1: Sun of El]
Hey yo, the heart is a very hard thing to repair
At times it's filled with joy, at other times despair
Because people play games with other people's' emotions
Saying they love em when they really don't, false devotion
And sex is the love potion
All in the love zone like Billy Ocean
You know he gonna cheat but you really hoping
That he don't because the playboy gotcha open
This is the ballad of a broken heart
Broken promises, no more walks in the park
In your vows you said till death do us part
Your heart was filled with love but now it's just a dark
Cold place that's been shattered with lies
Looks like it's about to crumble , just a matter of time
Some people know what I'm talking about
No more tears you all cried out
[Chorus: Gorgeous & Sun of El]
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
(I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to)
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
Girl I really love you please believe in what I say
(I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to)
[Verse 2: Sun of El]
Love shouldn't hurt, love should be painless
You're dangerously in love with a man who's ain't changing
But in his defense the media persist
To bombard men with images of ass and tits
Then there's the harlots of Babylon, singing their seductive songs
And all the while a man's supposed to stay strong
They trying break the black family structure
The media pushing eugenics, trying to mind fuck ya
It seems like they've succeeded
A generation obsessed with sex and getting weeded
Love songs don't even exist no more
Dudes call they lady bitch, forget mi amore
They say the days of chivalry is done nigga
I say no they ain't but I'm just one nigga
Correction I'm a noble
I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to
[Chorus: Gorgeous & Sun of El]
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
(I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to)
You say that you love me , but love should not feel this way
Girl I really love you please believe in what I say
(I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to)
[Outro]
I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to
I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to
I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to
I guess that's why I treat a lady like I'm supposed to
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[Chorus: Tone Jonez]
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore ( more, more, more, more, more, more)
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore ( more, more, more, more, more)
[Verse 1: Sun of El]
The elohim from outer space holding on to the tail of a comet
Christ-like but my auras Islamic
And I'm trapped in a world where fiends fly and dreams die
Before they're even born, it's foul
Luckily that's not my story, God has blessed the child
Strive to uplift humanity, I know your question is how
Well, I start by mastering self, cause I Self Law Am Master
Focus on what you want, bet it will come faster.
We derive from broken homes,
So we look to the men who do spoken poems as role models.
They flaunt possessions of grandeur so of course we follow
But they're lacking compassion, man there hearts are hollow
It's quite sad how our dreams are euthanized
And young black males get scrutinized for no reason
They pushing flu shots but it ain't flu season
They say that things won't change, but I'ma keep dreaming
[Chorus: Tone Jonez]
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more)
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more)
[Verse 2: Sun of El]
Is it true when they say life is but a dream
My favorite saying is everything ain't what it seems
We're living in a world of confusion
Where lies in the media fosters the grand delusion
Where brothers who look like me wind up institutions
Sisters too, the common factor a similar hue
Some say where cursed, I beg to differ
Please don't fall for the lies of these Jekyll and Hyde, unscrutinized religious figures
Most of them practicing alchemy
Living the dream till they get shot on a balcony
Am I my brother's keeper
Remember Jesse Jackson offered his services as a leader
Just days after his man got clipped insane
Almost fifty years have passed but we still feel the pain
Another dream deferred
But when jealousy and envy are involved often deceit occurs
[Pre-chorus: Tone Jonez]
Wanna go to a place (place, place, place, place)
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more)
[Chorus: Tone Jonez]
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more)
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more)
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more)
Wanna go to a place where dreams would last forever
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more, )
Dreams would last forevermore (more, more, more, more, more, more)
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[Verse 1:Sun of El]
It's often said when dream chasing just be patient
But what about that patient that's waiting on a heart replacement?
The same logic don't apply in every situation
Black is an essence, but no it's not a nation
Double negative, my words are like a sedative for your soul
Achieving your goals takes concentration
Education is also beneficial
Don't underachieve, strive to exceed past your potential
Dreams come true, I'm living proof
When I was young I dreamt of rhyming like Kane now I melt the booth
But not with halitosis with lyrics that's ferocious and heart felt
I'm dealing with the cards that God dealt
Sometimes I wonder if I died in ninety seven
In that car accident and is this now my heaven
Cause I'm blessed living heaven on earth
Hamdullah, this has been my story since birth
[Chorus: Gorgeous]
I wish that dreams could last forever
(Wish they could last forever)
I know that dreams could last forever
(That they can last forever)
Because I know, I know, I know, I know they can
I know, I know, I know they can
[Verse 2:Sun of El]
Priorities change as the world turns
Things once deemed important become dreams deferred
Maybe it's for the best man, only the lord knows
I pray I make the right decisions when at the crossroads
Cause every choice I make has heightened importance
Not only for me, but also for the family I'm supporting
For the love of my dependents, dreams I had to suppress
But they not dead, they're dormant, when I'm ready I'll breathe breath into em
And bring em back to life, cause dreams last forever right?
No need for guessing that's a rhetorical question like
Does God exist, but overstand here's the strange twist
I don't agree, but I respect the thoughts of atheists
The most high's the Judge, I'm just a messenger sent from above
Repelling hate with a message of love
Because God is love that's what the bible says
Wishing y'all sweet dreams when y'all lay ya head
[Bridge]
[Chorus: Gorgeous]
I wish that dreams could last forever
(Wish they could last forever)
I know that dreams could last forever
(That they can last forever)
Because I know, I know, I know, I know they can
I know, I know, I know they can
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9. |
Brighter Days
03:57
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