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All I Need

from A Short Story About A War by Shad

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(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)

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from A Short Story About A War, released October 26, 2018
Written by: Shadrach Kabango, Terence K T Lo, Thomas D’Arcy, Jeffrey Innes, James Bull

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Shad Toronto, Ontario

Shad is a Juno Award-winning rapper from London, Ontario and the host of Netflix’s Hip-Hop Evolution. His albums have been recognized for their sharp lyrics and soulful arrangements.

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