Taking Control Back

The Man of the Month

Yo, Ya'll ain't bout' that life

Ya'll just puttin' on a costume

Throwin' gang signs

But wouldn't last in the monsoon

Real OGs built bridges

Made the streets safer

Now ya'll let the snakes in

Turn rap into a faker

Money ain't the mission

It's the movement we fight for

What happened to the stories

From the struggle we write for

Ya'll in the club blowin' bags

Poppin' bottles

But the hood still starvin

Why you flexin' on the models

Actin' hard

But you soft like velvet

That fake lifestyle

Real ones'll smell it

Ya'll follow trends like sheep

No shepherd

We need a Nas, a Pac

A voice with the effort

Hip-hop was unity

Now it's vanity

We lost our way

Traded morals for insanity

Real lyricists step up

Bring the culture back

Cause we're drowning in the wave

Of this cap rap trap

This ain't no old head rant

It's a cry for the future

Cause the kids deserve bars

Not this corporate produce stuff

Take the power back

Put it back in the hands

Of the poets

The prophets

Who still understand

Build schools

Not cases

Build homes

Not chains

Invest in your people

Not material gains

You got the mic, bruh

The whole world's tuned in

So why you spittin' lies

Instead of helpin' us win

Hip-hop was unity

It healed our pain

Gave us pride in our name

Brought us out of the rain

But we lost our way

Traded purpose for clout

Now I'm callin' out real ones

To come help us reroute

It's time for change

Let's take it back to the essence

Real bars, real stories

Every verse a lesson

This ain't hate, it's love

Just truth in the message

Hip-hop is the world

Now let's fix what's infected