-- Lyrics -- Yeah, so I wrote this poem about About clever men and our violence And it starts out with this young boy That wakes up on a desert floor And all around him are the sights and the sounds of war Soon he’d learn that the whole world was a desert And in fact the whole world was at war Everyone frightened to their core And so he trained and became a sniper Eventually climbing to the top To the highest status, highest income brackets Highly skilled Quiet skills I was taught not to love the land Never trust the land Live on a higher plane You’re above the land Penthouse suite Oversee Don’t need to understand That man is dust Man is of the land Motherland I never touched I had to run from young Began to see the only safety Was gun in hand I didn’t get to plant seeds or feel the sands They can seize where you stand I had to leave it, now I fear the ground That’s where bodies lay That’s where bones are found You gotta own the ground Who controls the ground? Sniper From a higher up elevation Hire and firing power from a higher education Higher up the corporate ladder The higher your social station Always training your sights Ready aim and then strike Gotta stay on top Hide your wealth Hide yourself High and stealth See those fighting below And try to help them but The land is dirty Their hands is dirty And man is dirty It’s kill or be killed, have mercy And you get taught that from school, everywhere Big business If you wanna be successful It’s gimme, gimme, gimme Push, push, push Step, step, step Crush, crush, crush I was taught you always take the shot when you got it And pay the costs from your pockets And take the losses like a boss And make the profits too Trust no one Gross sums and hold guns And I don’t run And I don’t miss And I don’t miss no one No diss But I’m focused Like my scope is From my crow’s nest Low-risk Tie no strings No close kin Stay close-lipped And I leave no prints And no hints And no doubt When I go out I goes in then I’m ghost And their ghosts when I A sniper brought up to the height of the stakes Told only the soul is sacred And any spot that’s vacant you can take And above all no place is safe Unless you’re stationed above all And stay in that space Hovering over I was taught everyone is a solider Life is a fight Keep money and people tight in your holsters Yo, it’s killed or be killed The land is dirty Their hands is dirty And man is dirty It’s all I ever learned Have mercy

-- Lyrics -- They make wars Create wars They have lots And they take more From the have-nots They’ll take yours They make borders They hate foreigners They hate life They take life They take rights And it aint right But they don’t play And don’t play fight And then they play dumb I can’t play nice When they cake And we stay poor See they’re snakes We hate war We hate war! But they hate peace So we make war to make peace That’s the Great War We were made for We were not made to just lay dormant They stay on top They pay the cops They take office They make laws And then say, stop? They say, war just makes war But then they force us When state forces all aim for us And then they say that they’re brave warriors And saviours But they’re fake prophets They make war ‘Cause they profit They make rockets Sell to all sides And it all lines they pockets Watch ‘em Masters of war These fat cats cash in tax-free On the backs of the poor masses Diplomats with a mask of decorum We warned ‘em Now we’re storming the castle It’s warranted for the horrors they enact They’ll pay for it We’ve paid more than our fair share And it aint fair Now we take theirs They took yours They made the war They wage war Create war We hate war We hate war! But they hate peace So we make war to make peace That’s the Great War We were made for We were not made to just lay dormant They invade shores They raid homes They rain bombs And the rain pours They make war We don’t make war We make sure that there’s order We just follow orders We just fill orders For more ballistics, munitions Equipment for missions, provisions We just design defense systems And ship them on time Listen My job is complying with city by-laws And minimizing innocent lives lost For my bosses Both at home and abroad For instance Drones with a bomb Can resolve conflicts All while limiting high costs So why not? All businesses strive to expand War just provides us the chance To supply a demand Our stance is, we make instruments We don’t create incidents Or instigate We’re innocent You’re insolent Listen We don’t make war We all make our decisions We all gotta make a living And you make yours And our position is That we don’t make war We may create conditions conducive Create divisions But prove it We make moves But we don’t make war We don’t endorse or advocate using force In fact, our lawyers make sure Technically, we don’t make war They place orders, we fill ‘em They break borders, we kill ‘em We’re not villains They’re not civilians We don’t make war It existed before and why would I Or anybody try to make more? For shame We’re not to blame for the slain, the flames The poor, the games, the gains We all have to deal We make deals But we don’t make war We’re real We’re realistic No feels, we talk statistics Specifics We’re not mystics You should pray more We’re religious We’re not malicious or vicious We’re not sadistic Yo, listen Don’t get it twisted Of course We don’t make war We don’t make war

-- Lyrics -- (Stonethrowers) Forced to go toe-to-toe, blow-for-blow In a war zone with only stones to throw (Stonethrowers) Vilified by all sides Vilified for small crimes Forced to blow for blow In a war zone with only stones to throw (Goliath) We’re gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink Game hasn’t changed, same ol’ monopoly Same couple players own all of the property I ain’t a prop, don’t give no props to me My people still don’t eat properly Think we forgot? We was just property Think we’ll be bought again? Think that they brought them democracy? I think they brought back them poppy seeds My people locked up for chopping That’s hypocrisy We wasn’t thought of We wasn’t brought up and taught we was set up That’s why we get caught up Y’all discarded us Put them bars up Of course we got guards up We’re hard cuz we’re hard up They got them start-ups and Starbucks We got a couple of stars till the turn ‘em to stardust They starve us Can’t even drink water Up North with that Flint water All in the sink as they sink farther Kids on the brink Y’all went to Harvard and Stanford Think harder for answers man, think We’re far below standards Don’t tell me anger won’t help us You told me the cancer would shrink We need a shrink We just see boys making bands, NSYNC Open your eyes my fam, we all could be gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink Listen Game hasn’t changed, same game of life we play Maybe I’m only one roll of the dice away From a Rolls with some ice and some gold on the license plate We roll our whole life away I think they gamed us Made us be gamers They gamed with the system They made it to play us Gave us controllers But gave no control up The game wasn’t made so we’d make it It’s made up It’s war that they’re waging Just look at these wages they pay us It’s pennies, it pains us They paint us in corners On corners What can we do man, we’re cornered I’m lucky I’m stuck in this booth Stuck here all cooped up People get stuck up for loot Stuck up and boogie ones Stuck us in Juvy They could have stuck up for the youth Stuck up for justice and truth Now people either get loud or they shut up and shoot Give us a shot Don’t shut us out from the group You can shut down the nuke Don’t push our buttons Suddenly all could go poof Gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink Gone in a blink Gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink We’re gone in a blink Forced to go toe-to-toe, blow-for-blow In a war zone with only stones to throw Vilified by all sides Vilified for small crimes Forced to go blow for blow In a war zone with only stones to throw (Goliath)

-- Lyrics -- So the whole world was at war That young boy became one of The Snipers And there were The Revolutionaries and The Establishment and The Stone Throwers and other factions clashing and And then there was this one fearless, foolish guy That just didn’t believe in the power of bullets He just didn’t believe that they had the power to take a life And so he just walked around with no weapon

-- Lyrics -- They see people run, so they run So they run They see people duck, so they duck So they duck But these bullets aren’t real Wanna feel? Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear Get it, got it, good They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear Damn, it feels good to be back Damn, it feels good to be black They keep on killin’ us, we just keep killin’ it Mama said killin’ is not where the healing is Couldn’t speak back Lord knows she’s been through it She said a human is not who the villain is She said it’s fear, it’s greed and it’s pride, you see it inside That’s what the system is built on, and what it instills in us Man, I’ve been feelin’ this vibe Honestly the haters can hate Just let the creators create And let the Creator be judge I’ve made too many mistakes to begrudge and besides All of us lost without love Plus maybe some never get woke Or tire of staying awake Or party all night, then distraught at the state of the day Lord, what do you make of this way that I’m walkin’, this path that I’m on You made a way for me, hope that my map isn’t wrong Nowadays my legs is weak What if my staff isn’t strong, what if it breaks? Who got me? You got me? I know you got me good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good I’m talkin’ bout wavy Talkin’ bout ways we can elevate Steppin’ up, stare and we escalate Don’t try to separate We’ll get together and celebrate I can do everything I just don’t hesitate I can do anything Allow me to demonstrate I just can’t wait I just can’t not be me I just can’t go back and copy me I just can’t not be free I just can’t possibly Lessons on lessons! Legends on legends on legends Little black boy with a poem that he showed to the reverend Jesus saw Judas and ran up to hug the young brother It dug at the other eleven, like, why is this traitor in Heaven? He said, it’s hell on earth anywhere love isn’t present Wherever he goes, we go together, my brethren You get it? Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good Get it, got it, good They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear You see the truth is bullet proof They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear Wanna be free? Just answer one question But answer honestly What are you afraid of?

-- Lyrics -- Now as far as the origins of the war Well, there were many myths and stories about that Although, no one really knows how it all began Some say it started with a simple small misunderstanding That slowly drove people further and further apart And others say it was something much more sinister

-- Lyrics -- They steal Then they take your memory of the theft Magic The show will literally take your breath Joker in the deck The devil and its magic The devil and its magic The devil and its magic The devil and its magic See it’s kinda like magic, huh? They cause a distraction then poof! All that we have disappears Then we clap and forget that it happened Forgot that we lost it Forgot that the magic men have it They grabbed it They stole it They caused a distraction Distraction, distraction! It’s all a distraction Imagine Like magic, poof! Gone is our land Our language Our history Ancestry, family Vanished like it was magic (Poof!) Gone is our greatness Our scared places and practices Suddenly we feel vacant We saw them take it though (Poof!) Our hands lift from the earth, the dirt From the food, removed Rezoned, reduced Reduced, and reduced, and reduced Until, poof! Disappeared It’s all smoke and mirrors All of it’s magic The devil and its magic All of it’s magic The devil and its magic Distraction, distraction! They way that they take The way of magicians is In addition to subtraction They use division They mastered the craft of it Listen! See through the illusions And all the amusements They divide humans up Causing confusion They use competition Religion It’s all just division, man All of it’s magic Splitting us into factions Fighting until we’re fractured Smaller and smaller fractions People feeling like zero Individuals divisible To the point they’re invisible (Poof!) Gone into ghettos and armies and prisons They won’t be missed They easily dismiss ‘em (Poof!) They’ll dissolve if you give ‘em munitions And the rest they condition and kill by attrition (Poof!) All of it’s magic The devil and its magic All of it’s magic The devil and its magic See ‘em make up stats Then make us scrap for the scraps They have all of it All of it All of it’s magic Rabbit and hat tricks They’re practiced and crafty The fastest You had it then suddenly (Poof!) Gone is your work Your purpose Your work The reason you wake Your sense of the season Your stake it (Poof!) Your traditions and intuitions Supports, commitments, decisions They vanish from your hand like (Poof!) Your volition, your voice Your vision, your choice Your joys, your myths, your mission Attention gone (Poof!) To fast cars and fast fashion Fast food and no fasting All distractions The light blinds ‘em The fear blinds ‘em They cash binds ‘em Just gotta keep them confined until (Poof!) Reality’s so hard to look at That they turn a blind eye Don’t even care that they took it The devil and its magic The devil and its magic The devil and its magic

-- Lyrics -- I remember 17 When I was driving home I realized to be a man Is to be alone Drive That’s when I learned to drive Snow was falling all around the car Maybe freedom is when people don’t know where you are Drive That’s when I learned to drive So I drove Winding roads, top of Poplar Hill Maybe power is When they don’t know who got ‘em (Killed) Drive That’s when I learned to drive I had a dream that I climbed down From this so-called high ground They were still firing live rounds But everything was quiet Then I awoke on the chapel floor Wiped my tears And grabbed my rifle by the chapel door And walked back on the street The feeling is fleeting I try to keep The dream is sweet But violence doesn’t sleep So we (Drive) Clever men and our violence Clever men and our violence

-- Lyrics -- Clever men and our violence Silencers when we shoot From the lip To quiet them We talk non-violence Then stay silent when it suits It’s all violence at the root But tyrants are tyrants in a group It’s who started the shooting? Who knows, we were born inside of this troop Taught to shoot as youth Taught it’s just humans being human But the truth is Shoot The truth is We don’t know what the truth is One time for the people in my bloodline Proud son of the people of the sunshine My love letter to my people on the frontline Yours truly even if my pen was unsigned Know it The unnamed poet My life is just a link in a chain And my chain glowin’ Me and beat is thinking the same She say go and I just sprint in my lane Usain, they can’t slow him My whole team move at light speed But so smooth the whole movement tai chi I said my whole team move at light speed But we so smooth the whole movement tai chi We strike back with their force They fight, we get more strength Like Air Force, no Nikes I mean no Air Force More like peace Soul, body, and psyche Yo Now put this beat on for my people trying to keep on lights And Nissans with the lease on tight Black folks like Deshaun and Keyshaun White folk, get your dijon and your quiche on, like whoa Listen, this is like a thank you you can dance to Jam hot as a sand dune in Cancun Show you how the fam moves, how a champ do I can’t lose when I’m kicking it, Man U. See they like me ‘cause I aint the type to lick a shot Still if a shooter make me shoot it, I can’t miss the shot Pistol cocked, more like missile launch Chill and it piss ‘em off How they can’t piss him off Killer cross My whole team move at light speed But so smooth the whole movement tai chi I said my whole team move at light speed But we so smooth the whole movement tai chi We strike back with their force They fight, we get more strength Like Air Force, no Nikes I mean no Air Force More like peace Peace Peace See the fool said They see people run So they run They see people duck So they duck But these bullets aren’t real Wanna feel? They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear” They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear” They can’t kill us ‘Cause they can’t see us ‘Cause they only see fear And we’re fearless Wanna feel? But they said No No No We know life and its sacredness We know life ‘cause we’ve taken it You can’t know life without death We know war, we know best We know life and its sacredness We know life ‘cause we’ve taken it You can’t know life without death We know war, we know best Some wounds don’t heal, you wanna feel? You don’t know the shame or the thrill You don’t know pain You claim to be real But you’ve never killed and you never will You can’t know life without death We know war, we know best We know life and its sacredness We know life ‘cause we’ve taken it Blood and guns And blood and cum These bloody gums Don’t mind my tongue If blood is wine I’m bloody drunk And I’m divine I know life I just don’t like sleep is all It’s too close to death So I keep from falling (Asleep) I wanna keep it all I keep a weapon on me You can keep your calm I’ve been weak and wrong I’ve cheap and a cheat And deceitful and evil See I know life These bullets aren’t real, wanna feel? I wanna be numb, give me the numbers I live in the slum, I want slumber They only lift a thumb to keep us under I know life, I know death You never shot or stopped breath See I know regrets, I know debts You might be right But you know less I know fights, I know stress When you can’t forget Or clean the mess up When it’s fact, it’s done It’s true that a Uzi weighs a ton In the heat of the sun Look Some wounds don’t heal, you wanna feel? You don’t know the shame or the thrill You don’t know pain You claim to be real But you’ve never killed and you never will You can’t know life without death We know war, we know best We know life and its sacredness We know life ‘cause we’ve taken it And you can’t own what you’ve never known So I’ll take yours Get shown what it’s like This death, this life This fight is real Some wounds don’t heal Wanna feel? Blessed are the peacemakers For they shall be called sons of God

-- Lyrics -- It’s all in your Frame of mind Let it go Y’already know The world is yours Night and day I wanna see you shine It’s all in your Frame of mind Let it go Y’already know The world is yours Night and day I wanna see you shine Y’all are light work This my life’s work I don’t write verses I’m talking right versus wrong There’s a fight going on Trying to find the right purpose Trying to find the right person Who was at the end of my searches? Me I had to earn the trust Had to learn to trust myself First Putting someone else’s concerns above myself When it hurts Can you shake it off When you take a loss Will they make you lose it? When they say you’re soft Can you play thru it Play your music Take abuses Stay in tune In the game All the same Stay improvin’ Keep it human Keep in tune While you keep it movin’ For the movement Don’t be paralyzed Don’t be sacred of tryin’ Don’t be carry it all You can share the weight Let it marinate I’m here when you call It’s all in your Frame of mind Let it go Y’already know The world is yours Night and day I wanna see you shine It’s all in your Frame of mind Let it go Y’already know The world is yours Night and day I wanna see you shine I’ve been feeling like I’m ready to red stripe and zone Feeling like some red lights in the dead of night, alone Too many red-eyes and Red Bulls, unread texts and RedTube No rest in my bed at night at home Maybe I won’t ever get it right Never set it right If I write it down ‘Least I said it right When I get the mic Can I give it up? Just to give ‘em love Not to get a like It’s cause and effect The cause is the message we get That we’re faulty, defective A God-awful mess The effect is depression So we ball out, put walls up To protect from rejection Pause and reflect Acceptance Acknowledge this breath That we got is a blessing When it’s all in perspective Let it out When in doubt Know we all Been in doubt In the clouds In the rain sing it out The world is yours I wanna see you shine It’s all in your Frame of mind Let it go Y’already know The world is yours Night and day I wanna see you shine It’s all in your Frame of mind Let it go Y’already know The world is yours Night and day I wanna see you shine Can you bear it? Bear witness to pain Theirs and yours In silence (Clever men and our violence)

-- Lyrics -- So in the end I guess the moral of the story is That the war continues within us Every day Another year in Toronto Another drunk in a bar Barf in a parkette Another dunk for Demar More junk of the hearts Beats in the trunk of the car On a hard drive I’m talking from the Junction to Scarbs Trump is in charge And they trump up the charges Told my man that maybe he should move up here But we get bumped to the margins Marved Many kids starved Mumbling bars We’re numb to the numbers Of people sleeping under the stars Can’t argue that the lump isn’t large now Greed is a sickness Far worse than a lung full of SARS We’re number one in the charts Only one in the pews Planes and clouds in the skies Cranes downing the highs Crowding the views I wonder how much housing is used Downtown under construction Sounding loud and confused Down tempo and woozy Hard techno and trap Had Forgot the last line Another night in Toronto An autumn walk through the park Another heart fills with sorrow From a shot in the dark And yet, another tomorrow that we both didn’t see A disagreement turned argument we both didn’t need I say you never considered You say that I never cared Your arms are crossed on the couch I’m gonna go get some air Beyond the park I cross Jarvis and Front until Yonge We’re young, somewhat undone by city we’re from An empty plate with no meal A shining knife and a fork The smartest artists all jump on a plane to New York You tell me that I should settle As if staying’s a choice But I’ve been using my music So you’ve been losing your voice I feel the constant control You feel the constant neglect You’re scared of developers aiming at our neighbourhood next And I feel the same people tasked to serve and protect Where do we walk in the city where the police are a threat? If we object to the mention of being pushed to the edge They politely ignore us, say that we’re driving a wedge But our rent, it soars higher like the gulls by the lake They either build or destroy We either give or we take I get a text on my phone I see your name with a face With a wink and a smile When I arrive we embrace Your arms closed over my shoulders My hands woven on your waist Sweet and sour September Bitter moments that taste I hope that we never scar Though we are licking the wounds Sweet and sour, our city A thousands flowers in bloom In a glass covered garden Downtown in the park Your sweet and sour Toronto Helped me see in the dark Dufferin Street Tandridge Crescent 34th Ave 3rd and Windner Rugby Boulevard Bergen Line Jarvis and Gerrard Yo The tide rises in me When the moon is full I feel these lines bubble up and overflow in my soul I watch the wind when it caresses the limbs and tree branches Older than me The city chopped them down last week I could’ve cried My view of my window It kinda died Now I’m mourning at the altar of these days gone days I fill my glass up with could’ve been-should’ve been wine And got drunk off the illusion of time Entitled in the worst way Living like my life is my own We all thirsty, wonder why we don’t feel whole Slowly emerging, the evidence we out of control It is our children that inherit this all I want children in the worst way Feel I should apologize though Like I’m selfish or small-minded for not wanting much more Or maybe it’s too much to ask Broken, walking on glass Soaking up the curses and blessings of ancestors past A legacy that can last We don’t see that too often All my thirty-something people look around and feel lost And why is that? I had a thought but the beat came back I lost it, found in music my senses get lost in Often Rambling with wisdom that’s older than all your logic Words are not the ultimate Feelings distort the optics Spiritually led to follow wherever my heart is And it took me on some detours I still stay on topic You wanna hear something relevant, something obvious I’ll tell you how my life got started Aborted options And this life ain’t all there is There’s more to this than trending topics I promise You ain’t hear me though, right? Let me get off this Train I’m riding on I missed my stop Just so I rocked this Let the thoughts flow where there the train go Dundas to Bloor to Royal York to the bus, 73C Where my parents rest aint the best But that’s the option And everywhere I nest it feels like home when I get lost in this Thank you for listening, my spirit can rest now Rectory Street Trafalgar Court Ewing Street Churchill Road Bayshore Drive Baseline Her Womb That last line, it just came back It was, had snow before Snow could rap That’s where I’m at And now I’ll rap the track Still feel a couple joints by him, by the way Find ‘em in that playlist that I hide away Ok, what was I trying to say? On the inside been making big strides, Giannis See the kid fly Not just making the bucks or the big time Some give time Pour their hearts out Then sit and sip wine From this vine By the way I miss Vine Anyways, this is what it means to me to live fine Every day Guess I’m still singing the same song The one about trying Only thing that I can say without lying I wish I knew a seed that could grow without dying I wish that I could Look you in the eyes and smile without crying Funny thing is, I wanna trying to tell a joke this whole time I think that I’ve been trying to say goodbye Well, I’m open to surprise Even open to demise Feet planted in the city Hands open to the skies Once I was baptized in an ocean in a storm In front every force that wants to see me conform And in front of every crowd that wants to see me perform Every night, every morning I’m reborn Transformed in this this war torn Soul, mind, city globe Before we all explode

-- Lyrics -- (All I need is love) Rap is easy, man I grew up on it Like Chapati with the stew up on it Always knew If I put something new up on it Put your crew up on it Make it do what it do… I don’t really need much See what’s funny is Money says In God We Trust We trust the money though Funny, ‘cause we don’t need stuff We just need someone to do need us See I wield weapons Why? ‘Cause I feel threatened Why? ‘Cause they wield weapons Why? ‘Cause they feel threatened My goodness How can I put this? What if I could just… It’s been a minute but it’s still me For all the timid and the real G’s We take it to the limit trying to feel free But what been true always will be And that’s… The truth is bulletproof The truth is bulletproof The truth is bulletproof (It’s everything that you want) And I know men gotta do better Growing up, I wish we knew better No excuses, just saying we reproduce it Whenever we reproduce ‘cause we don’t know how How to accept love, express love We were taught power is how you get love And men don’t make love We take love And only saints deserve His great love So we kinda hate love I’m trying to name the feelings: The shame, the guilt Revealing the pain To heal it and change for real Ain’t it strange it’s the ones that we love that we aim to kill We put holes in em for the holes in us Just one thing can fill This ain’t a drill, it’s an emergency I keep them hurting them Why? The hurt in me The hurt in men And it’s hurting me Look, we never learn speak Never learn that need ain’t weakness, like.. Yo all my past releases masterpieces I’m Master P with his Master’s thesis But I could have it all and still lack what’s needed It’s not a secret, all I’m saying is… Truth is better proof Truth is better proof Truth is better proof (It’s everything that you want)