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PARADIGM Lyrics by Wakai

They Ain’t Want Us

2024

[Part I]

[Verse]
I like that
Ran 'fore I walk, I talk 'fore I could scream
Linkin' with my cousins for the later schemes
Crutches in my judgement, judges hate on he
Crawlin' 'fore I jogged, and it's the [?], summer heat
First withdrawal, got a call for weed (Got a call, got a call)
We deep, at least to these city police
Link with a freak, it's just a Friday
With it I proceded, got greedy to cheeks and Sade

[Part II]

[Verse 1: Wakai]
Hi, I'm Kai, I got addiction just like most do
If Jah was on this realm with all I've dealt, then he would smoke too
Father had his belt and I would welt, the practice old-school
Forgive him, his conditionin' religion had his mold too
Provеrbs 13:24, it's the word cool
I was wide-eyеd starin' at thighs back in church school
We all got addictions, rather anger or the popped prescription
I fail to mention, but I will later
Racist faces give the check to my mom, I'm in the south
Wan' say fuck 'em all but she wan' retire, I shut my mouth
Kinda like when I was five in the choir, I had doubts
How come all the ones I've loved had financial droughts?
When I'm in TSA they grope me, and though I wanna shout
Knowing I'm black, so I sit back and walk away and tell Jenn that same day that I'm fucking mad
Like when Alton got lynched, but a bitch with a fucking badge

[Chorus: Samant]

[Verse 2: Wakai]
Hi, I'm Kai, I get exhausted tryna stay sane
Inside my mind, Badu plays, can I sit near the window frame?
Just like Melissa, I can't stand the rain
I paint a picture of my family that was once enslaved
And all the trauma that brush my eyes throughout the day
I can't despise the past lives of the catchers ways
But fuck the judge who hold a grudge who wouldn't budge like his father in the KKK
Counterproductive rage

[Part III]

Dear God, I wonder am I crazy?
A bunch of cloak wears just to soul bear
They tell me go breathe
When its no air
Dear God, I wonder am I crazy?


My conscience fixed on Sonya
Conscious on capitalism somber
Feeling the pain of calligraphy listening to some Saba
They ain’t want us
They ain't want survivors to prosper
They won’t give a hand
Better comprehend if they pop ya
If I could map bout 6 tracks before a flat line
Some homies using (drugs)
As pastime
Or pulled over for petty crime
My roommate died if I only I
Could hide the pills he took that night
But I ain’t God so I can’t decide if its wrong or right
A bunch of cloak wears just to soul bear
But feel as real as Dolemite
Our souls alike on sober nights
I look to the sky
Patch myself up I failed you when I tried
Look me in my eyes I can’t disguise it


Them trouble nights them trouble nights don’t come my way
Pray trouble nights them trouble nights don’t come my way
Pray trouble nights them trouble nights don’t come my way
Dear God, I wonder am I crazy?
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Wakai

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"PARADIGM" appears on "They Ain’t Want Us" in 2024.

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