Lyrics:
My brother Esau killed a hunter back in 1969
And before the killing was done
His inheritance was mine
But his birthright was a wand to wave
Before a weary band
Esau gave me sleeplessness
And a piece of moral land
My father favored Esau who was eager to obey
All the bloody wild commandments
The Old Man shot his way
But all this favor ended
When my brother failed at war
He staggered home and found me in the door
Esau skates on mirrors anymore
He meets his pale reflection at the door
Yet sometimes at night I dream
He's still that hairy man
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
And wandering the land
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse
And wandering the land
Esau holds a blessing
Brother Esau bears a curse
I would say that the blame is mine
But I suspect it's something worse
The more my brother looks like me
The less I understand
The silent war that bloodied both our hands
Sometimes at night, I think I understand
It's brother to brother and it's man to man
And it's face to face and it's hand to hand
We shadow dance the silent war within
The shadow dance, it never ends
Never ends, never ends
Shadowboxing the Apocalypse, yet again
Yet again shadowboxing the Apocalypse
And wandering the land
My brother Esau killed a hunter
Back in 1969
And before the killing was done
His inheritance was mine
But his birthright was a wand to wave
Before a weary band
Esau gave me sleeplessness
And a piece of moral land
My father favoured Esau
Who was eager to obey
All the bloody wild commandments
The old man shot his way
But all this favour ended when
My brother failed at war
He staggered home
And found me in the door
Esau skates on mirrors any more
Meets his pale reflection at the door
Yet sometimes at night I dream
He's still that hairy man
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
Wandering the land
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And wandering the land
Esau holds a blessing
Brother Esau holds a curse
I would say that the blame was mine
But I suspect it's something worse
More my brother looks like me
The less I understand
The silent war that bloodied both our hands
Sometimes at night, I think I understand
Way late at night, more I feel I understand
It's brother to brother and it's man to man
And it's face to face and it's hand to hand
We shadowdance the silent war within
The shadowdance, it never ends
Never ends, never ends
Shadowboxing the apocalypse, yet again
Yet again
Shadowboxing the apocalypse
And wandering the land
I'll give you 21, 21, 21
This night you are mistaken
I'm a farmer in the city
Dark farm houses 'gainst the sky
Every night I must wonder why
Harness on the left nail
Keeps wrinkling, wrinkling
Then higher above me
Esau, esau
Can't go by a man from Rio
Go by a man from Vigo
Can't go by a man from Ostia
Hey Ninetto
Remember that dream?
I'll give you 21, 21, 21
This night you are mistaken
I'm a farmer in the city
Dark farm houses 'gainst the sky
Every night I must wonder why
Harness on the left nail
Keeps wrinkling, wrinkling
Then higher above me
Esau, esau
Can't go by a man from Rio
Go by a man from Vigo
Can't go by a man from Ostia
Hey Ninetto
Remember that dream?
Japhet tried his best to erase
The godly parts we played
I says he came and took
And never mention in his book, so
A dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
Dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
In Esau's chapter of history
So little mention of you and me
We rulers of kingdoms and dynasties
Explored this Earth for centuries
I don't wanna lose ya
Phoenicians, Egyptians and the Moors
Built civilization, that's for sure
Creators of the alphabet
While the West illiterate, yeah
A dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
Dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
African heritage
I don't wanna lose ya
No, oh, no
Slavery came and took its toll
In the name of John Bull Dog
Said we turned our backs on God
Lost the powers that we had
As our backs against the wall
Ask ourselves about the fall
Rise, rise, rise
Hold on to your culture
A dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
Dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
I don't wanna lose ya
I don't wanna lose ya
Never let them fool you
I don't wanna lose ya
I don't wanna lose ya
Never let them fool you
I don't wanna lose ya
Sometimes I fear
Maybe I'm not chosen
You've hardened my heart like Pharoah
And that would explain why
Life is so hard for me
And I am sad that Esau hated
Crying against what faded
Saying, "Father, please
Is there any left for me?"
[chorus]
Cast out my doubts
Please, prove me wrong
Cause these demons
Can be so headstrong
Make my walls fall
Please, prove me wrong
Cause this resentment's been building
Burn 'em up with Your fire, so strong
And if You can before I bail
Please, prove me wrong
I fear maybe this is all just a game
And our friends and our families all play
To harness the young
And give some comfort to the old
[chorus]
Don't let my doubts prove true
Draw me close and hold me near to You
Keep me still until the day You
[chorus]
Japhet tried his best to erase
The godly parts we played
I says he came and took
And never mention in his book, so
A dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
Dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
In Esau's chapter of history
So little mention of you and me
We rulers of kingdoms and dynasties
Explored this Earth for centuries
I don't wanna lose ya
Phoenicians, Egyptians and the Moors
Built civilization, that's for sure
Creators of the alphabet
While the West illiterate, yeah
A dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
Dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
African heritage
I don't wanna lose ya
No, oh, no
Slavery came and took its toll
In the name of John Bull Dog
Said we turned our backs on God
Lost the powers that we had
As our backs against the wall
Ask ourselves about the fall
Rise, rise, rise
Hold on to your culture
A dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
Dis ya version
A no King James version
'Cause out of Africa
Came the Garden of Eden
I don't wanna lose ya
I don't wanna lose ya
Never let them fool you
I don't wanna lose ya
I don't wanna lose ya
Never let them fool you
I don't wanna lose ya
Depois do jantar, Isaque deu a benção ao seu filho.
Isaque pensou que Jacó fosse Esau, por isso deu a benção a Jacó.
Quando Esau voltou, descobriu o que tinha acontecido.
Esaú ficou muito nervoso e quis ferir Jacó.
Jacó queria voltar, mas estava com medo do seu irmão, Esaú.
Ele pensou que Esaú ainda estivesse bravo com ele.
Mas Jacó obedeceu a Deus.
Ele e sua familia embalaram tudo o que eles tinham.
The streets and all the buildings
Me love you like a father
Me ready and me willing
Anything what you a talk
Is law in my dominion
And me have similar thoughts
I share the same opinions
Me have it say you smart
With me best interest at heart
I'm following your path
Yow mine when you a walk
This one's for all the leaders
Leader
Lets all change the world
Change the world
This one's for all the leaders
Leader
Lets all change the world
Change the world
They appeal to the conscious
The Paramount
The Cesar, the monsters
The grandiose, the martyrs
The hell on earth pompous
Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson's
The Harlemites the Garveyites
Black as the credit card we swipe
Poppin' Dom tonight
For all of mine
I can see myself back at the Autobahn
Malcolm on the podium
Shells drop to linoleum
Swipe those
Place 'em on display at the Smithsonian
Next to only gems
That were left behind
By holy men
Infectious
Charisma of those who gave us direction
The anti-sexes
Resistance against oppression
Progressive thinking
Ghetto speakers
Protesters against the colored
Only section to the Jena 6 and
The Frost Nixon
The contradiction
The cross the crucifixion
The loss we took for sinning
On Esau's back inscription
That it was written
That nothing is coincidence and
They took our leaders and they lynched them
This one's for all the leaders
Leader
Lets all change the world
Change the world
This one's for all the leaders
Leader
Lets all change the world
Change the world
Change the world, change the world
Change the world
Change the world, change the world
You change the world
It's the C-double-O and I'm back again
Take this back and then, tell a friend
Spaces and places you been, time travelin'
Time travelin'
Time travelin' (time travellin')
Yo, I was a piano player in my last lifetime
Now I write rhymes, sip white wine and let my light shine
Out the dark space, with the world on my mind like Scarface
Though my sex drive is like a car chase
More than a, uh, it's the piece of mind I chase
Stakes are high, like my uncle is
We both got problems, he never confronted his
Under the bridge I wrote, some shit to stay afloat
And paint a picture, raw like the first coat
Send my old man a note to keep his phone on
My little cuz'll know cheap tricks are homegrown
Travel to a place sweeter than home, listenin' to Nina Simone
Repeat this psalm, to the sky I'm keepin my palms
Facin' the east, actions, macin' the beast
Embracin' the streets, my guy caught a case 'cause he beat
His lady down, it's two-thou
That ain't the way we lay it down
Souls get, found and lost at the roads they cross
Many paid dues, but few knew the costs
I ran through the Moss like Randy
Touching down with God, close friends, and family
Recognize the voice in the wilderness
Com Sense, '92 and I'm still in this
Time travelin, took my time in hand
My rhyme learn and plan
Jealousy, money and pride can burn a man
Some walk but never learn to stand
Still, afraid to expand what they feel
I'm dealin with, wakes, marriages
ATMs, Ericssons
Loud niggas that whisper carelessness
If we livin in Revelation
Why should the people of the sun have to run?
Come to Esau in a year, he'll have freedom
He ask why I hadn't been to see him
Really, I ain't have a good reason
He said, "Rah, give back what you receivin"
In a race against time, I was caught
In the same game as you, but long live the sport
It's time travelin'
It's the C-double-O and I'm back again
Take this back and then, tell a friend
Spaces and places you been
Time travelin' (time travellin')
Time travelin'
Time travelin' (time travellin')
Time travelin' (time travellin')
Yeah
Yo, what's up, world?
Esau had his brother
I see your face
Esau, Esau
Samson had his hair
And now he's gone
Samson, Samson
Again and again, again and again
Again and again, again and again
Again and again, again and again
Again and again, again and again
I had a friend
Into the fire
Jacob y Esaú, una historia comenzó,
El destino en sus manos, uno lo rechazó.
(Puente)
"Véndeme tu derecho de primogénito hoy",
Dijo Jacob, mientras Esaú lo escuchó.
Esau and Jacob, twins in the womb
But rivalry grew, like a storm in the gloom
Jacob deceived, with a stew and a lie
Stole Esau's blessing, as Isaac grew nigh
Dressed in Esau's clothes, with goat skins on his hands
Jacob approached Isaac, with deceitful plans
The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's, he said
Blessing him as the firstborn, though his heart was misled
Esau returned, with game from the field
But the blessing was gone, his fate was sealed
He wept in anger, his birthright was lost
Jacob fled in fear, to pay the cost
Deceit and betrayal, yet God's plan remained
Through human failure, His purpose sustained
The blessing was given, though stolen it seemed
God's sovereign will, in every scheme
Esau wept bitterly, his birthright was gone
But God's grace would follow, like the breaking dawn
Jacob fled in fear, to a distant land
Yet God was with him, His promise would stand
And so the story turns, with lessons to learn
God's ways are higher, His plans we discern
Por um prato de lentilhas
Esaú trocou sua identidade
É o mesmo que vender a santidade
Esaú preferiu matar sua fome
Foi persuadido por Jacó
Vendeu sua primogenitura, mas veja só
Não se faz acordo com o que é santo
Não existe troca de favores
Com Deus não existe inversão de valores
É inegociável a porção dobrada
É inegociável a herança que foi dada
É inegociável o preço que eu pago
É inegociável eu assino embaixo
É inegociável o meu ministério
É inegociável pregar o evangelho
Não troco, não vendo, é meu, é meu, é meu
Foi Deus quem me deu
Por um prato de lentilhas
Esaú trocou sua identidade
É o mesmo que vender a santidade
Esaú preferiu matar sua fome
Foi persuadido por Jacó
Vendeu sua primogenitura, mas veja só
Não se faz acordo com o que é santo
Não existe troca de favores
Com Deus não existe inversão de valores
Esau gave me sleeplessness
And a piece of moral land.
My father favored Esau,
Who was eager to obey
All the bloody wild commandments
The Old Man shot his way.
A new generation, a future bright,
From the roots of faith, comes the guiding light.
Jacob and Esau, a tale of strife,
But hope endures through every life.
Esau returned, hungry and weak,
Jacob made him trade the future he'd seek.
Ishak anak yang dinantikan
Oleh Abraham dan Sara
Diusia 100 dan 90 tahun
Ishak dipersembahkan dibukit Moria
TUHAN menggantikan domba jantan.
yang tanduknya tersangkut disemak belukar
Ishak anak perjanjian
Menikah dengan Ribkah
Punya anak kembar
Bernama Esau dan Yakub
Ishak anak perjanjian
Menikah dengan Ribkah
Punya anak kembar
Menjadi umat pilihan TUHAN
Ishak anak yang dinantikan
Oleh Abraham dan Sara
Diusia 100 dan 90 tahun
Ishak dipersembahkan dibukit Moria
TUHAN menggantikan domba jantan.
yang tanduknya tersangkut disemak belukar
Ishak anak perjanjian
Menikah dengan Ribkah
Punya anak kembar
Bernama Esau dan Yakub
Ishak anak perjanjian
Menikah dengan Ribkah
Punya anak kembar
Menjadi umat pilihan TUHAN
Menjadi umat pilihan TUHAN
But his mother said to him
Your curse be on me, my son
Only obey my voice
And go get the golds for me
So he went and got them
And brought them to his mother
And his mother made a delicious meal
Such as his father loved
Then Rebekah took the best garments
Of her elder son Esau
Which were with her in the house
And put them on her younger son Jacob
And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands
And on the smooth part of his neck
She also gave the delicious meal
And the bread which she had made to her son Jacob
Then he came to his father and said
My father
Then he said, Here I am
Who are you, my son
Jacob said to his father
I am Esau, your firstborn
I have done as you told me
Come now, sit and eat of my game
So that you may bless me
Isaac said to his son
How is it that you have it so quickly, my son
And he said, Because the Lord your God made it come to me
Then Isaac said to Jacob, Please come close
So that I may feel you, my son
Whether you are really my son Esau or not
So Jacob came close to his father Isaac
And he touched him and said
The voice is the voice of Jacob
But the hands of Esau
And he did not recognize him
Because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands
So he blessed him
And he said, Are you really my son Esau
And he said, I am
I am
Through the struggle, His plan remains,
A sovereign hand in joy and pain.
Verse 2
Esau hunted, wild and free,
Jacob stayed near the family tree.
One day hungry, Esau came,
Jacob’s offer would change the game.
the old man asks
"Your firstborn" Jacob masks
The blessing falls a future claimed
Esau returns his spirit maimed
Esau's cry a roar of pain
"Avenge I will this grievous stain
When father's gone and mourning's past
My wrath will find you at last"
Two brothers bound by destiny's fight
A struggle born in the dead of night
One to rule the other to strive
In the shadows their fates derive
Two brothers bound by destiny's fight
In the shadows their fates derive
Early in the morning when the stars still shine
I take up my bow my quiver and my knife
And I climb up the ridge where the white oaks grow
To become one with the shadow
Orion keep shining brighter than the moon
Like Esau and Nimrod let my aim be true
May the favor of the Lord and the skill of my hand
Feed me and mine from the hills of this land
There's a deafening quiet just before the dawn
Before the squirrel bark and the robin song
With the wind in my face and my wits about me
It's harvest time from the earth's bounty
Orion keep shining brighter than the moon
Like Esau and Nimrod let my aim be true
May the favor of the Lord and the skill of my hand
Feed me and mine from the hills of this land
Orion keep shining brighter than the moon
Like Esau and Nimrod let my aim be true
May the favor of the Lord and the skill of my hand
Feed me and mine from the hills of this land
I put god first boy ya better check my spirit I'm way too blessed
I put the odds in a hearse however it's finna go I'm not even stressed
I think ya talk too much ion gotta speak bout blat I need my respect
I need forgiveness for him n my debts
Imma be real I'm not hearing I'm next
I think I'm sent right now like a text
Ion wanna talk
I'm placing bets
Yuh yuh yuh yuh yuh
We praising god what we on
Yuh
I tell a demon begone
Yuh
I gotta script right now
huh
Loading it up like a blick
Huh
Loading it up a stick
Anointed one I think I'm touched by the father
I hang wit my bruddas duh duh like some shottas
I'm praying n dying real slime bout my father
He from Israel so we know he a problem
I'm cut from the cloth
Cut from the cloth of Jacob
Psalms 81 I red dot em
Huh
Baby no i do not stutter i said what i said
Yeah they lifeblood spilt on the ground I read what I read
Too much fear of my lord the spirit without it I'm dead
Pit bull I really be stepping they know how we bread
Isaiah six three and six
I'm posted wit they god they got sticks
Boy I'm rocking these fringes like ricks
Ain't no purpose his purpose is clicks
You see In my spirit
I'm really god fearing
His talk it's real sweet but it's not endearment
Mannn
Esau come get in blood
Yeah in blood
Yeah in blood yuh
Esau come get in blood
Yeah in blood
Yeah in blood yuh
Esau come get in blood
Yeah in blood
Yeah in blood yuh
Esau come get in blood
Yeah in blood
Yeah in blood yeah
Esau come get in blood
Men of god but they only see thugs
I could spit you on all and you telling me don't hold me grudge
Forever n ever I stick wit my lord
I stick wit a god who budge
Who the Jews what I tell I'm it's us
Ask Yahawah who making this fuss
And his son coming way worse then us
Tell dem man pull up
This ain't Compton
This aint London
This is Lagos
Where dem boys dem super fly and always stay hot
Never fuck with the government
Cuz they don't pay us
They don't pay us
They don't pay us
Tell the Mandem make dem pay up
Rollie on my wrist but I want a Hublot
We fly never land just like Seashore
Pull up on the fuck boys with spy night vision
Them broke food boy we always do like Esau
Esau
Esau
Esau
Tell dem man pull up
This ain't Compton
This aint London
This is Lagos
Where dem boys dem super fly and always stay hot
Never fuck with the government
Cuz they don't pay us
They don't pay us
They don't pay us
Tell the Mandem make dem pay up
Rollie on my wrist but I want a Hublot
We fly never land just like Seashore
Pull up on the fuck boys with spy night vision
Them broke food boy we always do like Esau
It's your boy sixth Cell
What you know bout me?
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