Lyrics See the End - SOL, Otieno Terry

See the End

Are we the generation who’s gonna do something?
That’s an honest question
See my nephew playing with guns make-believing and such
Had to tell him about Tamir Rice and take away the fun
Now he resents the fact that he’s black
Says he wishes he was light skinned like I am
Self-hate, stereotypes, make the narrowest minds
They’ve been handing us lies since the beginning of time
Displacing the kings, raping the queens so they could break up the dream
I tell my story the is a one of a kind
Port-au-Prince in my heart, Holocaust on my mind
I write a rhyme I could fly
I ain’t dismissing your problems I know they’ve never been mine
Never walked in your shoes ain’t gonna stop walking in mine
There’s a problem with hip hop polarizing our thoughts
You mean to say I ain’t real because I got positive vibes?
You mean to say he can’t perform because you?
People judging like a competition, gimmicks like a politician
City segregated, music venues, no exception
You know the message, that’s unless you never listen
Microphone checking when I hold my weapon
I know everything I do is a blessing
From the water that I drink to the food I’m digesting
I’ve seen people dying fighting just to find some peace
It’s ironic thinking violence to get us where we need
Sometimes it does, sometimes you can’t just run you stand up
My momma raised me a man, my father raised me a leader the world made me a
rapper stumping in my Adidas
I don’t need a plaque, I don’t need a mil'
I just need to eat, I just need to feel like I’m speaking my real
Or I might explode, my mind might just go
I’ve seen too much pain to not change the globe
Yeah
If I don’t see the end, I pray you hear me now, I pray you understand
This is more than me, I never wanted to be anything more than you I just want
to be part of the peace
If I open my eyes again, will I see the end?
Will I fall again?
And if they come for my life again, will they see the end?
Or will I fall again?