Tabula Rasa (Rebel Troop Original Version)

What absurd strategy is this?

Sent down a handful of warriors

Let's see if their blood is the same colour as ours

Watch me appear on the field, my mission is to chill

I and I think 'bout the vibes and about the dollar bills

Been busy on my rhymes and put some on layaway

What makes me happy like Caribbean carnival on labour day

I love my mama, the hip-hop shit we kick is thick

And if you trip you jealous motherfuckers get the dick

'Cause now we kick in the door, you never heard it before

Raw battle reports is what ambassadors stand for

We making rhymes not war, droppin' lines but don't sniff 'em

I'm chillin' with my man Max and Sekou on the spliff an'

Reminisin' about the time the Phlow used to rock

But '98 it's Mellowbag and Freundeskreis to tie the knot

Blowin' the spot (What)

(What)

Makin' hip-hop what it is

(Ha)

First's supposed to be the fun then later comes the biz

That's what it is when we droppin' part two

It's undisputed rebel troops achieving victories for you

Yes for you and your peoples, queens and not the cheap hoes

Commons not Deebos, true friends and not the fake bro

We in it for the love, what is dividing us from many

Breaking through like Shaka Zulu for the heart and not the money

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Mephisto cyaan strike we done

The rebel come through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

When yuh under your meditation and look through

What is this? A game

We call it, war

We kick that progress report consort to make it happen

Set up forts in foreign lands expand for everlasting

The fam span across the atlas like diasporas

Escape from out the grasp ot the most wickedest captors

Hear the laughter of the Czars in the dark like Nabokow

Rebellion, coup d'etat, shit is raw, cut they heads off

Those who were lost, floss now living lavish

Destination be the pastures of the city of Nazareth

Catalyst the revolution move the troops from out pollution

Mobutu citizens get their boots right in their asses

Ambassador status bring the loot back to the masses

Who live like hostages, the system be abusive like the music business is

We exist in the abyss but images be marvelous like novelists

Picture this like hieroglyphics on the finest papyrus

The world is ours but it's devoured by the hour

Spread the scripture like Egyptians while the wicked spread the virus

Through the lies I realize the righteous bare my likeness but they spite us

So let the weak recite this, sow my seed amongst the captives let the fleet complete the cypher

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Mephisto cyaan strike we done

The rebel come through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

When yuh under your meditation and look through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Mephisto cyaan strike we done

The rebel come through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Yuh cud a never, ever, out di fire, we a walk through

(What dem want do now)

Lock the enemy's ship

They're frozen in black

And aim for the heart

Yo, yo, yo

Auf dem Kilimandscharo des Rapszenarios

Spiel'n wir das Business wie Supermario

Ob Pop-Centurios in Hip-Hop Studios, was

FK is' furios wie Julio Iglesias

Ich ritt den trojanischen Gaul im Blendwerk der Hölle

Sah die Fäulnis des Biz, blieb im Sattel wie Paul Schockemöhle

Ihr nehmt Rap wie öde Pussies

Ich mahn' Plattenmultis wie Mullahs Rushdie

Im Jahr 20 nach Guevara brach es aus uns raus wie Lava

Wir nahm'n uns Land wie der Sand in der Sahara

Mach' Tabula Rasa wie Kabila in Kinshasa

Mobutu MCs fliegt zum Mars wie die Nasa

Euer erster Gehversuch war 'ne Bruchlandung

Jetzt holt ihr euch nen Reimebuch aus der Buchhandlung

Der Freundeskreis reist, bringt den Virus wie Fernfahrer

Immer wenn es regnet zähl' ich Sterntaler, so

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Mephisto cyaan strike we done

The rebel come through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Yuh cud a never, ever, out di fire, we a walk through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

You're under your meditation and look through

Wah dem waan, do, fi stop you

Mephisto cyaan strike we done

The rebel come through

Well alright I just gotta big up all a di God blessed people

Easy Freundeskreis, Mellowbag and Gentleman

Chido Adway it's all about the righteousness nowadays

Oh-na-na nowadays

Yeah man trust me

Because two a we together, we stronger than a warring lion

But still nuff a dem a mix-up in a pure bangarang

But under mi meditation inna Babylon unnu fi stand strong

Yeah, yeah

Freundeskreis, Mellowbag di large up is true

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