{"id":90740,"created_at":"2019-08-11 20:47:31","updated_at":"2021-04-10 13:38:44","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2019-08-11 20:47:31","original_id":null,"artist_id":2871,"title":"J Cole - Middle Child (The Kulture Remix)","slug":"j-cole-middle-child-the-kulture-remix","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"The Kulture remix's J.Cole's single Middle Child.\r\n\r\nThe track is centred at the constant state of melancholy brought upon by the middle to lower-classes inability to successfully ascend the social barriers placed upon them.\r\n\r\nWritten by: Keanu Daniels\r\nPerformed by: The Kulture\r\nBeat Remade by River Beats(S\/o T-Minus)\r\nOriginal Artist: J Cole\r\nCover Art Remade by The Kulture\r\nRecorded by: ArabSosa\r\nMix & Mastered: ArabSosa\r\n\r\nLyrics\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\nIts the laatie from CPT,\r\nNever cared bout fitting in,\r\nGrew up poor, still Fresh n' Clean,\r\n3 Stacks or Mr. Min,\r\nBullets hit him in his abdomen,\r\nWe were like 15 back then,\r\nI didn't know how this road would go,\r\nI just knew I bleed through this pen,\r\nThey don't wanna see us win, nah\r\nWe come straight from the Kaap brah\r\nToo much bullshittin' and kak praat,\r\nHe advances, dan wil jy kwaad raak,\r\nThis shits set up to keep us under,\r\nWe crave knowledge but don't feed the hunger,\r\nNah I don't blame my mense for that,\r\nbut we always skarrel while naaiers take our rands,\r\nNow my mense's wys, no more complaints,\r\nWe claiming space, so pay our rates,\r\nFor decades we'd wait, the games ours to take,\r\nWe self-sustained like there's money to make,\r\nAmongst our selfs, fock the belt,\r\nWhen being the best won't ensure the wealth,\r\nFam equals health, let ego melt,\r\nI don't wanna hear no more hate come out your mouth\r\n\r\n(1st Chorus)\r\nSeems like they need someone they can trust,\r\nSomeone that they know will keep it real,\r\nMaybe then we'll all show one love,\r\n'Til then my brother, don't get killed.\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\nIt was '94, a star was born,\r\nMy people be warned, they declaring war,\r\nAgainst women and kids, I've seen it all,\r\nKids taught to beg, going hungry to bed,\r\nDown the wrong path you've been lead,\r\nKids shooting at kids while kids in crossfires end up dead,\r\nI'm clearing the air, cause I need to vent,\r\nI wonder if they care about whats being said,\r\nBlacks killing Blacks, Browns Killing Browns,\r\nOnce they notice we're One, we'll turn it around,\r\nFock all the racism on Twitter,\r\nA birdy told me we'll break new grounds,\r\nNever let a moment be wasted,\r\nHumans are not to be played with,\r\nSosa said you only got one,\r\nSo treat that Life as sacred\r\n\r\n(2nd Chorus)\r\nMy homie just poured something up,\r\nSomething that I know he's gonna feel,\r\nThis shit got him leaning way too much,\r\nToo many of my brothers getting killed,\r\n\r\nSeems like they need someone they can trust,\r\nSomeone that they know will keep it real,\r\nMaybe then we'll all show one love,\r\nTil then my brother, don't get killed.\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n\r\nHaven't done a verse 3 since TyT,\r\nJust a laaitie I acted foolishly,\r\nRecording since I was 16,\r\nBlew opportunities handed to me,\r\nAll-cause of a common lack of knowledge in CPT,\r\nNo foundation as a sustainable coloured man instilled in me\r\nSee Mommy loved me and raised me to the best of her ability\r\nBut it sucks knowing the middles your highest peak,\r\nYou wanna be a star when they're so far to reach,\r\nAt the end forsaking racism, rape and poverty,\r\nIs society's mindset weak or do we, \r\nturn up for the thoughts we'd rather forget than re-think,\r\nIf what I spit is magic, this is my trick,\r\nYou're living in a trap, these rap Houdini's designed it\r\n\r\n(3rd Chorus)\r\nSeems like they need someone they can trust,\r\nSomeone that they know will keep it real,\r\nMaybe then we'll all show one love,\r\nTil then my brother, don't get killed.\r\n\r\nMy homie just poured something up,\r\nSomething that I know he's gonna feel,\r\nThis shit got him leaning way too much,\r\nToo many of my brothers getting killed,","download_count":160,"play_count":1,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2021-04-10","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/5d5\/062\/b1a\/thumb_266951_300_300_0_0_crop.png","status_reason":null,"status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}