Shaka

Album: The Renaissance (2008)
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    My brother Shaka would have wanted me to do it like this
    So raise your glasses for the lost ones in your life

    Dilla Dawg and Master Wel would have wanted me, as well
    To propel with the spirit of the mic

    Even if you had one person with you and it's hard
    They make it easy, celebrate them, let them just who they are

    Because of these experiences I have some control
    On the microphone, I'm bold elevating to the stars

    Here's a demonstration, with the excellence
    Reverse the pandemic that's filled with pestilence
    Who has his finger on the pulse of the b-boy?
    Serving fiends with the stream of a d-boy
    Who's well connected, you must respect it
    I'm driven with the spirits mentioned in this record
    Hopefully this serves as motivation
    The never sayin ?doc? kind of sensation
    Put my stamp on it, the mic clamps on it
    Mama I know, let me put lil' thamp on it
    Blade runnin through the day with agility
    Stay gunnin, make way for possibilities
    It's the capital Q, rap it'll do
    What I want it to, it's like tamin a shrew, uh
    Livin life, the Shakespearean proportions
    Knowin better, I've experienced distortions
    And through the in and outs, of life's revolvin doors
    I'mma see that, I'm still gettin more
    Yeah I'm comin in, I'm gon' see my friends
    To the top floor, it seems it never ends
    Heaven never ends, yeah it never ends
    It be goin on, it's phenomenon
    Like a new born, or a Stevie song
    It be going on, do ya feel it?
    (Do ya feel it? Do ya feel it?)
    The snare drum go

    My brother Shaka would've wanted me to say this to y'all
    Don't lose sight y'all without giving a fight

    I'm channeling Weldon Irvine Mr. Clean
    He would've wanted me to say what I mean, and mean give it right

    Dilla, havin you in my past has been a blast
    You've inspired so many and forever will you last

    And to my father, yo your spirit is drapin me
    Never escapin me, I'm happy that I had you in my past

    Uh, uh, let's go
    A-let's go
    Let's go
    Let's go, uh
    Tka, uh Writer/s: KAMAAL IBN JOHN FAREED, KURT ROSENWINKEL
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., ROSENWINKEL MUSIC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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