Progress
Xavier Taylor & Abbas
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You could call up whoever No matter the weather Sometimes it feels like it's now bleaker than ever Any street you pull up to you might need a sweater Never forget our people have struggled together Ain't pretty but shine like jewels made under pressure The prudence we practice through every endeavor Has given us wisdom beyond yo' professors Your identity worth more than the karats they measure Now we thrivin' lil' baby our whips are all leather Disposition we ride with still light as a feather I'm a king in the county they callin' me zephyr To west side St. Louis this might be my letter Best of both worlds keep me grounded and clever Forever connected my home is my tether The City or suburb my love you can't sever The Lou on the map and we never been fresher Can't be suppressed or limited to one lane Peace and love baby that's our only aim I know you drawn to our vibes, moth to flame Prolly won't win no rings, but we still hall of fame Ain't a drinker, but we still pop champagne Wash from our jerseys our brothers' bloodstains All that been slain, won't forget they names The blood we have spilled will not drip in vain Lots of uncles and aunties with drips in they veins Gotta feel good cause beauty can come out the pain Let our children just dream while they stare out the pane Bruises all over our bodies the fate of canes Brother kill brother the fate of Cain's Not Abel Not stable No fables Loose cables Cheap tables Faded labels Care natal No cradle Never playful Aim for navel Little higher head spins like dreidels Firing it off with a heat that's fatal Xav Tay cooking shit wood grill no propane Au natural workin' the root to the grain Attention to detail bro's work is insane Every little thing baby sing it again Praise our maker Protect your nature Forgive those who hate us Cause love thy neighbor Praise our maker Protect your nature Forgive those who hate us Cause love thy neighbor Lovin' my neighbor can get a lil' hard Cause the shit we done been through has left us all scarred Sidewalks all red on the bro's boulevard Clock some concrete and now we all on guard Too many times that I've sent my regards Bad news to our mamas you loved to bombard So many bombardments they gotta stay armed Raise them things up, do some shit avant-garde Do some shit new Visualize and pursue In the back of the room Get your ass to front You got talent so stunt All the shit we'll confront Ain't nobody gon' tell us that we ain't victorious They envy us, we in the plus Our daughters with the double dutch Our sons gon' always come in clutch Our other halves we'll always trust, yeah So much in life to look forward to Lookin' up thank God the sky still blue And thank him that sometimes life is too Shit ain't easy but we all here Although how many years is unclear We can't fear Yes life veers But we steer Through detours When it pours Evermore We always loving every little thing, sincerely yours Praise our maker Protect your nature Forgive those who hate us Cause love thy neighbor Praise our maker Protect your nature Forgive those who hate us Cause love thy neighbor We all have a similar beginning But the end is never the same The path from start to finish is far more than highs and lows There's twists and turns in this game If our stories intertwine all the time? Why do we try to draw our own lines? Things are never that straight When the topography of each day requires us to acclimate To the altitude of our decisions, they get more difficult as we age If pressure increases as we climb, it's more difficult to gauge What is right and wrong Singing the same ol' song May be what keeps a stagnant mindset That's stuck on the preset Of injustice and racist beliefs If only we could believe That being progressive means more than the color blue But that truth that you And I can finally make a palpable change In the story of each other And as my brothers And sisters proclaim the truths of the roots from which they stand strongly planted May we all look at the map of each other, and take no destination for granted
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Written by: Xavier Taylor & Abbas, Xavier Taylor
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