![Soul, 1971 - Sho Baraka, Jamie Portee, Amisho Baraka Lewis](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284757316733925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 20.10.2016
Record label: Humble Beast
Song language: English
Soul, 1971 |
I’m groovin' for the activists and graduates |
I’m an advocate for those feeling abandonment |
In the favelas and slums, the ghetto inhabitants |
It’s like 'Can anything good come outta Nazareth?' |
The only thing good came outta Nazareth |
(This is the groove, tell me, can you handle it?) |
Yeah I’m schooled in the ways of runaway slaves |
I’m brave, I’m unchained, I’m Frederick Douglass with a fade |
I kidnapped greatness and left no ransom |
I’m the grandson of Muhammed Ali, but more handsome |
The soul of Cab Calloway without dancing |
Call me Eve before I show my fruit, let me get at 'em |
Picking up the pieces in a world that’s fallen |
They imprisoned by ignorance, I’m begging your pardon |
I’m charming, I am George Washington Carver in a garden |
With some soul food, but some prefer starving |
The LP is sold out, yeah I’m missing the bargain |
The industry is Walmart, they missing the target |
Suited for success, bow ties and top hats |
If greatness had a score this is the soundtrack |
Oh lord |
Oh lord |
Oh lord |
Oh lord |
Come on now |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I will not keep on losing |
Imma keep on grooving |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I will not keep on losing (hell naw) |
The finish line keeps on moving |
I’m grooving for a Coltrane and Athanasius |
Bonhoeffer in Harlem |
Now, you speaking my language |
I’m contagious, educated and dangerous |
(I've been running for my life but I don’t know where the race is) |
If you’ve never seen a frown, you’ll never love a smile |
Only insecure boys stay fighting for a crown |
You never been a servant, then you’ll never be a king |
Woke up in 2015 like you’ve never had a dream |
Bad schools, bad food, bad predatory lenders |
Bad debt, no investment, just mandatory spenders |
On spinners, on spinners, need something on spinners |
Churches ain’t saving they just decorating sinners |
When the liquor store is your neighbor, you’ll probably grow up a drunk |
When the courts keep you from court you’ll probably learn to dunk |
They took the cheese and they put it in the trap |
I got a gift from the Lord so maybe I should rap |
Yeah, I know poor is a state of mind |
Huh, and I’m tryna cross the border line |
In due time, you gon' learn to love me |
No matter what you do, you can’t take the groove from me |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
Yeah |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I’m a man, ain’t I? |
(you the man) |
I’ll keep on moving, I’ll keep on |
If you wanna be |
Oh lord (good god) |
Oh lord (groovy) |
Oh lord (funky) |
Oh lord |
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Mercy on Me ft. Chinua Hawk | 2010 |
My Life (Nice Aim) ft. Derek Minor | 2010 |
4ever Is 2morrow ft. JAMM | 2010 |
It's Your World ft. Redeemed Thought, Sho Baraka | 2006 |
Shut Us Down ft. Lecrae, After Edmund | 2010 |
Date Night ft. Sho Baraka | 2018 |
Boys!!! (A Word from Propaganda) | 2010 |
The Beginning ft. Sho Baraka | 2018 |
Liar's Anthem | 2010 |
Revolutionary Died ft. Trip Lee | 2010 |
Extinction Intro | 2010 |
I.T.W.N.O.I. ft. Tedashii, R-Swift, Benjah | 2010 |
Oh Well | 2010 |
Half of Me ft. McKendree Augustus, Muche | 2010 |
Lion's Anthem | 2010 |
We Can Be More ft. J.R. | 2010 |
Famous ft. Erica Cumbo | 2010 |
Power Trip ft. Derek Minor, Sho Baraka, Andy Mineo | 2012 |
Fathers, 2004 ft. Amisho Baraka Lewis | 2016 |