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Harry Belafonte

from Guavamatic Space Dream by JP Reynolds

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Hook:
My people screaming like what's going on
(Can't nobody see it's straight savage on a black man and woman out here?
Tryna sell me on orange and pink unicorns. What u talmbout?)
Bloody streets, don't push me I'm barely holding on
(Nah, nah man I know a serpent when I see it.
Same snake, new skin.
Where do I begin?)
Now it's time for me to fly
Ima take it to the sky

Verse 1:
This got that making of a rebel feel
Lifting up my fists, don't make a difference let the wreckage build
Killing off your systems sit with scripts on my director’s bill
Peace and Power reppin till we're victors
Still I rep the Ville
Villains learn your lessons here
Weapons will draw but your weapons wield flawed
Vaudeville be a chopper but you weapons never prosper
Ima monster, Ima brute I despise your biased eyes
Tragedy too common, I swear death advises lies
Ahhhh
What's going on?
What's going on?
Marvin gone but I sing the same song
There's something deep inside us that accounts for why we're strong
They try to bury us but we are seeds they got it wrong

Hook:
What's going on?
(I swear it's wild out here.
Folks acting the evils ain't real.
I be like, ‘get familiar with the danger g.’)
Bloody streets, don't push me
I'm barely holding on
(Just tryna keep my head above water.
Feel like they want me drowned, bound, uncrowned.
Never that though)
Now it's time for me to fly
Ima take it to they sky
Bring my power back
(I want it all back.
Every. Single. Droplet.)
You tried to steal my soul from me
Got another thing coming
Bring that power back
(Nah you playing with it. That, that, and that too)


Verse 2:
Now I’m Busting through the ceiling
Can you dig it?
Got me feeling like I'm Harry Belafonte, Pauly Robey with my story
Punches throwing at my dome I be rolling, I be rolling
I got fire in my bones I can't hold it, I can't hold it
And I'm really bout this life so trust me this ain't just recording
Plotting on how they can shorten my life
They shading my light, but no I’m not having that
So now I'm on this journey with drive and I'm taking my flight
Ain't no more middle passages
I'm not in the business of seeing no limits
So can you imagine what status my vantage is
God is the size of my hope and I'm praying, ‘Dear Lord can you please help me manage it”
Young, Gifted, and Black:
That weigh a ton
Nina gone but I sing the same song
There's something deep inside us that accounts for why we're strong
They tried to bury us but we are seeds they got it wrong

Hook:
What's going on?
(See my ancestors was enslaved and they paved the way
But I'm still wondering when the change gon come?)
Bloody streets, don't push me
I'm barely holding on
(The truth is buried inside me and the secrets of kingdom
Are hidden in my unborn child
My love holds the future)
Now it's time for me to fly
Ima take it to they sky
Bring my power back
(Hats off for the heist.
You laid the theft game crazy.
But run that!)
You tried to steal my soul from me
Got another thing coming
Bring that power back
(Yea yea you thought it was over
Soul game too strong, though)
Now we’re busting through the ceiling
With this Vision on a trillion
Bring that power back
You tried to steal my soul from me
Got another thing coming
Bring that power back

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from Guavamatic Space Dream, released September 23, 2016

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JP Reynolds is an innovative rapper and magnetic performer with an eclectic sound. With The PEACEANDPOWER Band, JP Reynolds challenges expectations and changes the way people experience hip-hop's rich, vibrant, complex culture.

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