Upstairs

[Verse 1: Rakaa] Yeah I seemed to drive you crazy, memories are hazy Physcians sling prescriptions cause they're greedy and they're lazy Now our roles switched, heart breaking as it is We both miss who we were, frustrated how we live I admit at times, I can't help but feel ashamed For the fury and the tone of the truth I spit in flames Venting in infernal fires, hard to keep contained You brought lights into the world, out the ash the phoenix came Love that came from war, change your language and your name Then came the disrespect of your brain and your frame A outsider, living in a land so strange But I know for a fact you have the strength to beat the pain Whispered you were sorry, I found you that way How far away the siren sounded that day Violence in my chest, pulse banging in my ears Percussion of the Calvary, running up the stairs Confused you with every question They looked at you with judgement, like maybe she learned her lesson Then the oxygen mask, then the field testing All of us were on our knees but I was praying for a blessing They asked for your language and name Then came the disrespect of your brain and your frame Didn't even try to hide contempt, with no concern They snatched you off the carpet, then strapped you to the gurney Scared, embarrassed, then mad Please be careful, YO BE CAUTIOUS Of Fairfax traffic, block to Pico I floated back upstairs, feeling nauseous Thinking back to the farm where demons can never follow O'ahu near Honolulu, Bawa manalo Amai iki but really Aloha and mahalo Nuiloa ukuloa, I could inherit some of your sorrow I can't sleep either Dreams too extreme Eye lids, eyes closed, IMAX movie screen If I did drift off, my body would do this thing Where I'd get stuck with my mind away but couldn't move a screen Stream of consciousness running through the L.A. Zoo I also understood more about you then you knew After decades, a part of you were still a child confused That barely made it out a makeshift home and so without her shoes You saw a party turn into a riot for my crew And smiled when the crowd went wild for Babu Pride was in your eyes but really I was proud of you When you made it upstairs, center table, House of Blues From the Far East to South Central, California To the castle off of Crenshaw by the palm trees on Victoria Darkness to the dawn more chapters to the story You're a blessing, not a burden I love you Cause you're a warrior