Shadow of Death (feat. Mickey Factz)

Uh, yeah They say everybody got a story to tell And I got one as well But listen, ey, yuh, uh My foundation survived annihilation We’re victims of circumstance, yeah, we’re the brown nation Celebrate your life if you're 25 and older Destined for the skies, shine bright like supernovas When being dead beats being in jail and your spirit's frail And against you the system tilts its scale You pray harder than Hannah when she was asking for Samuel Prepare yourself for the coming of Immanuel I'm coming better, stronger, harder, louder, prouder Bound to try again, I ain't no coward Freedom tastes better if you've been in the fire And innocence tastes better if you've been a prior Last of a dying breed, my death will be a legacy Take me back to Africa, bury me with my ancestors After all, everything fades to black We all return to humus and that's a fact I've been through the valley of the shadow of death Where darkness eats your soul and then leaves you depressed Came out unscarred, feel like I cheated the test Ain't going back to the den where the homies connect I've been through the valley of the shadow of death Where darkness eats your soul and then leaves you depressed Came out unscarred, feel like I cheated the test Ain't going back to the den where the homies connect Yeah, uh It’s Mickey Revolving door of destitution Each moment of freedom feels like retribution Four corners subduing moments of evolution They say it’s reform, it’s a mental execution Trynna blend with society after losing my dignity It’s misery, the cell never leaves, it’s bewitchery Liberty is a concept that I’m trying to conquer Considering in my dreams, I’m free, my mind’s altered When I wake up, there’s bars between me and my leisure I’m told how to behave, when to eat and speak up Granted, I may have done things out of procedure But robbing me of privilege inherently makes me weaker Demeanour ice cold as the concrete in the winter Ironic that the sole of my hard feet getting thinner Cause my soul and my heartbeat aren’t even considered So don’t be surprised if a part of me is a killer, Factz I've been through the valley of the shadow of death Where darkness eats your soul and then leaves you depressed Came out unscarred, feel like I cheated the test Ain't going back to the den where the homies connect I've been through the valley of the shadow of death Where darkness eats your soul and then leaves you depressed Came out unscarred, feel like I cheated the test Ain't going back to the den where the homies connect I walked the same path like my brothers did I’m mobbing niggas, wreaking havoc like a prodigy Nobody warned us we’re going down the rabbit hole Nasty so, frankly though, you gotta be a cannibal Tick tock, flip flop, click click, big clock Now you’re serving big time like Flava’s medallion Stuck in the box with Mexicans and Italians Starving like a homeless cat, skinnier than a scallion The system victimised me, now I’m here victimising It’s a ferris wheel spinning us all in a crisis They pass me the ball, then I’m calling it cap How you pass me a ball you never offered to Kaep Proud of my resurrection, came out of adolescence God heard the prayers I sent in, but He knew he had to check me Trying to save my soul, prison my therapy session All the lessons I learnt, coming from convicted felons I've been through the valley of the shadow of death Where darkness eats your soul and then leaves you depressed Came out unscarred, feel like I cheated the test Ain't going back to the den where the homies connect I've been through the valley of the shadow of death Where darkness eats your soul and then leaves you depressed Came out unscarred, feel like I cheated the test Ain't going back to the den where the homies connect