[The Way I Be]
Humanity crackin’ a can of illusions sus
I don’t know who to trust
Vanity, man over land is consuming us
Gimme some room to bust
Through all the prejudice, negligence ruining lush biodiversity, crushed
Under a dozer while people stay dozin’
They closin’ they eyes, when we need them to know it
I’m over it, bruh, scientists sayin’ we totally fucked
Ima remind ya, we mortal, and stuck
On some destroy it and suck all of the resources up out of it
And then it’s into our gut, 2021 changin’ it up
What have we become? When will it stop?
The populace numb to what gavе them a life in the first placе
[Cathcart]
Polluted the ocean with pure waste
Now you find it on your plate
And fires been blazing up right in my birthplace
We ignited the first flames
By causing a temperature rise on the Earth’s face
Look outside, it’s a sure blaze
And fracking endangering life in the worst ways
It’s behind many earthquakes
And pumping the land full of carcinogens
Fracking in one county releases so much methane
That it’s worse than the carbon emissions of a million cars and engines
But you know The Way I Be and Cathcart’s in a generation
Who won’t just point and watch as some plight
Poisons water supplies
We’re poised and want to supply
[The Way I Be]
The motivation for reshapin’ our lives
Remember it’s matter below mind
My candor is on time
I’ve got passion, I’m packin’ my own vibe
I don’t lack on no dull shine
If you stare at the light, make you go blind
Take a playa with flavor to know mine
If you make it up save it, I’m growin’ tired
We need fairness, equality, harmony within our ecology
Quick to efficiently calm the calamities
Kids will be looking at you as example so ponder the factual data
The planet in tatters, the Amazon ashes, the ocean is acid
The clock tick-tock then the fish stock crashes
Right around the time that the shit got drastic
Droppin’ dimes ‘nother hip hop classic
[Cathcart]
Saw the signs, all the distraught masses
Bottom line, need to get off plastic
Draw the line, can’t be burdening
Sons and daughters’ lives with this ziplock baggage
Damn, it ain’t any mystery
Why they keep churning out literal tons of plastic, it’s all getting heavy quickly
We’re on track to have more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050
The irony is that we’ve been overfishing, but it’s still seeming plenty fishy
[The Way I Be]
Greedy pretending they greening but really just scheming and scamming us
Damning existence, so my goal in life make the rappin’ exquisite
People needin’ rehab, plastic addiction
In reality that’s inefficient, to balance the system, establish the wisdom
And put it to practice no matter how different it make you approach how you livin’
Be grateful for tools that you already given
I’m steadily driven to get it to happen
They feelin’ the passion, I’m sealin’ the package and sendin’ it full to your skull
And it show how you manage it
Banish the addicts of trash when I’m blastin’ this
Blasphemous counterfeits, tap in, get down wittit
No time for slackin’ or actin’ all out of it
My shit is dope they get hope from the sound of it
Cath hit the counter switch
[Cathcart]
If you believe a divine creator exists, then Earth is a treat he designed
We’re waging war on the planet, with no treaty to sign
So look at that if you need something you can treat as a sign, yeah
When they cast the last tree to the side
Man, I hope it gives the axe a dent
It ain’t no accident
That these acts identify
An awful system that’s profit-driven
No thoughts were given to all the frickin
[The Way I Be]
Homicides committed, then hidden from vision, lied to millions
I’m tired of innocent lives lost, refine resilience
We need to balance the scales quick
Or watch the rich fly away in they spaceships, I hate this...
Outdated mentality lay waste
And that version of the story is a burning tailspin
Let’s change the way it ends
It’s time to make amends
To Mother Earth she gave this gift
Don’t be eatin’ where you shit...
Shit
