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billy pilgrim, ras maisha - hand over fist ft. ras maisha

from Horseshoes & Hand Grenades by Billy Pilgrim

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a throwback to the days when rap/reggae did more work together..
an excuse for folk to break bread.
some fuel for the fire!

lyrics

billy:
a ballad before the bomb drop
the long shot loaded and cocked
if they the walking dead
then we the alarm clock
rock steady, serengeti hot
black as the berry
strange fruit
who got the juice?
up from the roots
buried under
but only momentarily covered cuz my rise
you can't smother
stil
gutterfly
thru your city in every color
live conductor
rain, hail storms, and thunder
only here to build
and that's winter, spring, thru summer..
fall
while they look to the skies
wonderin why (why?)
never seeing the cause
until it looks em in the eyes
find you starin at the mirror
some live it
while others signify
so keep it dignified
no need to mystify
stigmatize my pride
til we living a lie
and cuz I got no alibi
iz why they keep it classified
reasons we speak to power
while others seek to pacify..

chorus:
from the stars to the sands
the composition of man
in a land before time
expand to withstand
hand over fist
we climb
up til we out
but leaving something behind
so they kno
without a doubt!

ras:
Man a Rebel with a cause .
Me burn out Santa Clause .
When the Binghi a Chant seat up round the harps.
Watusi a Dance and the fire Man a walk.
When the Chalwa deh passing me noh skylark YOW
The Natty Congo the Blakker Blacker dark.
Empress and my Children kanaka kanaka
Man a Zulu unu fi seh Shaakka .
Masai jump soo High me goh see thi Trespassers
Colonizer / dont come pass here .
Poison dart Ak come into my crosshair
Unite me People you noh see we lost here
Many Mc's them gone for the past year.
From disease bad foods and the false hair.
Bleached Cloth Black skin a fime software.
Deep thoughts metu netar a Ma_at (myheart)
I meds on the past ancestrally fall tears.
Many pills ano Benadryl
(Ben a Drill)
Instead of Lean Juvenile unu fi
(Y'all should)
Get many skills
Higher than me say many Hills
Back to the Start Herbs a natural medicine .

credits

from Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, released January 14, 2022
vox: billy pilgrim
ras maisha
beet: dj thermos

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billy pilgrim Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lead lyricist of JunkFoods, Hwite Menace, Killer of Sheep, Mega Def, and his own damn self.

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