Death Before Genesis

[Verse 1] You couldn't tell me nothing I'm dealing cards with the Devil, gambling everything for the shot At a spot on that mountain top Off limit minorities they word burn in this Melting Pot That's after the master's lock they broke open I'm running low on these tokens if it's all a game Father if police doesn't bother You're worrying 'bout that doe not them alter boys that your harbor Preach to 'em father, have them reciting 'Our Father' 'Long as your secret's safe when they're catching up with their fathers Amen Know the younger pretend so you cower and see that barrel as power Dime bags and then bagging dimes is all that is life To these villains pulling those triggers You couldn't trigger emotion but paint it black on that picture Get the fuck off the shackles Passed 2012, in a dream a Mayan had told me it's cool Keep fucking with them, give something to use So to excuse an action, what happens is people lose Counting up numbers like suicides on your morning news And if you ain't paying dues, say goodbye to that school Take out a loan, graduate, they won't leave you alone My nigga paying them off, juggling work and two daughters But he got enough change for a ho to come break him off Wasn't ever nothing if money's tight brother For broads you tryna get fly, yeah that's Wright Brother I enter with Michael Buffer, as lethal as Danny Glover A pupil set to transcend beyond what your sight covers If life's wonders weren't enough of a reason to raise him That raisin in the sun is the reason Holy water's spraying those inner city sinners with me God And they're in me spilling these feelings I'm peeling the skin off the apple Eve and Adam had left me God [Verse 2] And I ain't spoke to him in a minute But I'mma let Mary finish before I plead for forgiveness With one particular call he kept me on hold for about a decade Recall the love you let fade when it was at it's highest Don't overdose on that fuel, critics be Len Biased Don't overdose in a pool full of your wildest dreams Indulge in a hidden scheme, dubbed the American Dream With riches come kerosene for your old acquaintances "What of me?" Support isn't valued as much as patience is What is she? But a miss from the start Misses Kill the Heart and part of me Missing in the dark, does miss but apart We remain while at war with ourselves and the arrows grazed me Knowing she will replay me is getting to she who played me Getting to point of views that you couldn't reach Because of his color, you couldn't fathom but still you seek Because of a mother without a husband, that widow's peak Was getting that cut from her son following his greatest feat Those heroes were losing when DC had the answer for Black Panthers Like Redskins trying to stop Cam Newton Rooting for pushing towards that goal line Tell 'em I sold mine for a co-sign All the while everyone's using And so get sidetracked on the sidelines by the side that you on Don't size me up without sizable evidence I'm surrendering what I grew on Peddling in reverse through that distance That I set between you and me back when I had your assistance I return and in turn I'm internally instilled with how that guilt feel Tell 'em it's genesis and that's genocide For any and every rapper practicing with preaching lies Witness with dirty hands and a shovel that it's alive