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lirik lagu def sound - child of the city

[def verse 1]
hmm humming on a h0m~nym
sketching out a hieroglyph
do it for my momma dem
really ain’t a monolith

modeled that without a project or a runway
holla back my culture isn’t for no cosplay
black as a thought
black as my conscience
black as a panther
black as answer
black to the question
back to the answer
back to the truth
black as the cosmos
black as some gospel

black as the blues

runnin tings really bout my cardio
hoodie on cooking up that goodie mob
soul food
skin tone cardamon

like a playlist i really put my city on
this land is tongva
how do i honor?
i am a vessel
care is a muscle
how do i honor?
all that’s before me
all that is after
that’s all that i’m after
opening book closing a chapter

hook:

child of the city
brought my ancestors with me
x2
child of the city shining brighter than the sunlight
child of the city shining shining in the sunlight
we sun like
we sunlight
child of the city

shad verse:
you think the sun’s bright?!

watch i make their day
til it become night

black was the source

before nas had even one mic

back in rwanda

we have “kwivuga”, that’s bragging

ancient tradition

of spitting poetry and swagging

toasting and boasting

several centuries before we

crossed the ocean…

no surprise

i’s chosen to be a

spokesman
in my jr high days

of tearaways and tears

i prayed

“holy ghost, please scare away the fear”

…around my loving a barricade appeared

and a sword through the thick prepared the way to here

though he never made it clear

i serenaded peers

and penetrated ears

and dedicated years

to be honest, can’t tell if i’m honest

wrote a song called “compromise”

looking back on it, it contained a promise

in the end

it’s already accomplished

it’s not an end point—

the point was always the progress

child…

[hook]

[ ms. jck dvy verse]
guess who?
go head and take that up with god when you got it hard
everybodies got their own pain drop your guard
are you in the world or of it beloved?
come see come saw
as below i’m so above it
i’m covered by the divine design
so nevermind what it was if it doesn’t align at given time
i’m living breathing ever evolving dream actualized
f~ck waiting for it i’m getting mine its super sized
right now, no hand out, that blueprint entrenched in my steps so i never have to stress whats next

i’m black yes, but my subtext runs deep
complete with an inner drum like heartbeat you could never compete
cuz my cause affects the truth you hold self~evident
let go of my eggo i been pop tartin’ ever since
my recent trend when its time to count my dividends
i’m adding up collective wins to share with my people dem

hook

[aja monet poem]:
i came from tomorrow and i am on my way to yesterday
i am always crying when no one sees me
so i smile
suddenly i feel forever
and only now the knowing caresses my body certain
all uncertainty is a window into what must be embraced
evening memories verses
rise from the promise written in honor of beloved worlds
a night squarding loneliness
let the dream sing
marooned in the wind beyond pain
possible is a country that harvests the infinite
the drum is a shore of home
a heart of and braves and births
the only path to god which is love is within
what are we afraid to feel?
who are we afraid to be that may liberate us from how we see each other?
help me see what i ought to be
and be what i ought to see
unafraid to choose joy
death and life is in the power of the tongue

//
def portals verse:
i been slept on
passed on
even felt see through
then i stopped trying 2 do good things with bad ppl
the squad no gods no masters we all equals
constant consuming what does your feed feed you?

then i was like nah
there isn’t no bad ppl
theres just ppl that break their word
ppl that break your heart
ppl that saying they help
ppl funding your art
ppl saying they friends
becoming a loan shark

this the coming of age part

this home training
this is the home growing the this is the home making
this is the home going
sitting at home naked
homemade hope held in a lovers arms
this is a hot tea
spilling it while it’s warm
i hope that you find peace
hope that you find your calling
letting go of yo greed
writing this tears are falling
no one can sign me
i am just fine breathe
(i collect all and i save x 3)

i seen saul williams at swinger around 2ish
thanked him for opening doors for my music
he said “the doors been always been open you gotta walk through it..”

paying it forward
holding the door open for others

playing this forwards backwards and
on repeat
find your door then you that you’re thee key

the door is turning seeing into saying beloved
its seeing into saying
i’m turning brutally covered pain into beautifully colored paint

brutally covered pain
into beautifully colored paint

brutally covered pain
into beautifully colored paint
credits

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