{"id":12858,"created_at":"2018-02-11 01:35:41","updated_at":"2021-04-22 10:47:30","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2018-02-11 01:35:41","original_id":null,"artist_id":5769,"title":"The Man pt 1","slug":"the-man-pt-1","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"Listen baby girl you gotta know that you got a life<br>\r\nYou ashy black ankles ashier for some Nikes<br>\r\nCashier for the night, Contractor in the morning<br>\r\nBuilding your self-esteem, with materials that your importing<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFrom the so called cool kids, young black rich kids<br>\r\nNow you inhaling organic chronic and selling biscuits<br>\r\nLook you ain&apos;t gotta go so far for acceptions<br>\r\nExcept you imperfections and get clearer end perception <br>\r\n<br>\r\nBearly 15 but you&apos;ve seen the world through microscope<br>\r\nGoofing with your future you cannot tell what the future holds<br>\r\nWhere you were last night I don&apos;t know<br>\r\nTook some diamonds then tuck and rollIn the sheets where you tuck and fold<br>\r\nIn them streets where you lock and load<br>\r\n<br>\r\nMaking money honey just thinking you were the man<br>\r\nA victim of circumstance <br>\r\nYou fell this here trance<br>\r\nHypnotized your hips inticed <br>\r\nFell victim more than twice<br>\r\nYou were shown a hologram<br>\r\nAs hollow as you the man<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe hologram is what you thought you had to be<br>\r\nGangster, con-artist, Selling whole Portions of meat<br>\r\nTo look good in some Jays, Adidas and some Nike&apos;s<br>\r\nOh yo bro to look like Khaled, full Pallet and some nice Keys<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLook what they&apos;ve done to you look what they&apos;ve <br>\r\nI see your demons in your hollow hallways they wanna run from you<br>\r\nBut you locked them in so the gonna flood for you<br>\r\nYou should never have went that way what do they want from you<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis lifestyle takes a piece of you time to time<br>\r\nI can tell through sad eyes and ashy black smile<br>\r\nYour intentions aside <br>\r\nChase away you demons with light<br>\r\nDo what the book has prescribed <br>\r\nAnd surely you will truimph<br>\r\nLose this dormant, dusted, doom dusted road<br>\r\nAnd get the the father accustomed to soul<br>\r\nHe will hold your hand and help you cross the road<br>\r\nYou do not need to do it on your own<br>\r\nYou shall reep the rewards now what have you sown<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nYou ain&apos;t gotta change it cause the hood don't like ya\r\nNow be the man (x4)","download_count":249,"play_count":14,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":2,"download_count_24_at":"2021-04-22","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":null,"status_reason":null,"status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}