"A gun in the hand of a man is a weapon, a gun in the hand of a punk is an excuse."
Vanglorious vanity vanishes from various vices,
Sambo tired to sell me out but Massa couldn't afford my prices,
yeah, once upon a time I traded Christ like spices,
but now the Light is my vice so you can't entice this
Pulsating viens in my skull giving me migraines,
meditating on menthol so I can stall my manic membrane,
from the ether I see evil approaching, I got eyestrain,
this ain't a Quatrain sambo this is real Philly game
Hearing voices from three blind black mice,
I promised God I'd leave y'all intact,
don't let me subtract from my soul with a counterattack,
but I'm a warrior like David in the Psalms,
get too close to my fiya, I swear on my life,
even if you down with Christ,
I'll won't pass you over, Omerta' from the Don,
if you a Muslim you won't live to see Rhamadan
"The man who values the price of life knows the cost of death, and is prepared to pay the price."
Momma proud 'cuz I got a new spiritual drug,
I survived to be an O.G. so I laugh at Playstation thugs,
need church Sunday's like I usta fiend for poo-nah-nee,
creep in the night scene, sambo I leave ya beggin' for ya mommy
Should a' held your water, you pissed in the wrong stall,
should I crucify you on my wall, or smoke you like a pack a' Pall Malls,
choose either option I know I'll live in damnation,
extra-sensory perception ain't no protection in the prison poplulation
If I cross the line I know I won't ever hug my seed,
three blind mice won't know 'till they start to slow bleed,
I'm on my knees please God let this cup pass me by,
wanna see my seed grow slow but I'm willing to die
"I was born in darkness, crawled to the Light, walked to my rights and ran from my fear."
ONE MAN, ONE SOUL, ONE HEART,
ONE BRAND, ONE MOLD, ONE MARK,
DEATH BEFORE DISHONORING GOD,
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Love don't live here anymore it walked away,
but the prodigal one, got stunned, had no place to stay,
I'll give you a grub, but get to steppin',
nah, don't need yo' hugs mami', you used love as a weapon
While you at it pack the rest of your clothes with yo' petty dramas,
never listened to any femme on the real but my momma,
somebody once said seemed like I'm surrounded by dramatics,
nah Queen, I'm a free man on the run, a true Asiatic
drama can't catch me b'cuz it's asthmatic
I ain't got no qualifications to quantify,
but I can affirm, when my quill burns, tell me if I lie,
you can't judge me by a higher standard than the next,
I returned your love, that sambo didn't even return your text
"Love don't cost a thing, but stupidity is one hell of a price to pay."
I go solo 'cuz I can't let snitches blow my cover,
I know my man G'ee would leave his lovely in bed
to protect his brother,
nah Soul B, somebody gotta be around to tell my seed how I lived,
one life, no price, one life to give
Running outta black ink so let me cut my arm,
I ain't soundin' off I'm soundin' the alarm,
forever and always D.Greaves will be iconic,
tell me I didn't serve you a tonic,
blended with blackness, Ebony elocution, and ebonics
Let them accolades I saved go to the muff sniffers,
I ain't brave, just refuse to be a slave, you say I ain't real,
sambo I beg to differ,
reactin' like a revolutionary when I smoke you like a Ses' reefer,
yeah, I'm a brother, but I ain't my brother's keeper
"If I die alone never knowing love again, that's kool, because I will meet my demise knowing that I loved myself."
ONE MAN, ONE SOUL, ONE HEART,
ONE BRAND, ONE MOLD, ONE MARK,
DEATH BEFORE DISHONORING GOD,
'TILL DEATH DO US PART
*all quotations written by D.Greaves