True livin

I’m a stranger in a home I own Been livin’ here twenty long years with my fam like a Corleone But where did everybody go that I used to know? I moved in back in ‘Eighty-Four’ We was very ‘poor’ --...

Let it go Let the good take hold I'm a brothah from the West Who was blessed with a soul Let me tell you 'bout a place You probably don't know We still live in Cali Got a style cultural We was Known...

Gotta get up, gotta go to work Work so hard that your back all hurt Hurt so bad cause you work so hard Pick that cotton, work that yard Yard is hard cause the sun beat down Down beatin sun makes...

(feat. Aesop Rock) [Intro: (Woman)] Poems for post modern decay [Zion] Yeah, Everyday's a new change, model life strain Microwave the brain, the babies get trained To be good worker bees, you can work...

[Zion whispers] I got a bird's eye view [Girl in the background] Hip hop, is so many things you can say about it, know what I mean? Like, on the real, hip hop is like, just, beautiful Hip hop is life...

(feat. Talib Kweli) [Zion I] Yeah, yeah, hey The cityscape where I stay is gettin hot now Unemployment is high and buildings is gettin chopped down Gold teeth populating the block Slurring slang they...

Now in a world full of pain, hard strugglin' stressed The Buddha say your soul sufferin', I'm still here blessed Just to breath, please believe I'm way out west Oakland to be exact, where the pimps...