Leo Mercer - Nina Simone Thoughts Lyrics

An artist duty as far as I'm concerned is to reflect the times

Here I go again, trying to make some sense with a pad and a pen
Thinking that it's better ways with my time, imma just be a rapper when it end?
Fuck that, I got push back
Many of us take the time to look back
Our people did more than just cook crack
It be entertainment for what we good at
I will push the culture forward
Nobody fighting the honest war
Guilty myself if we keep in it real
Unless you innocent as Emit Till
Ain't no complaining just play the field
Take it to trial no taking deals
Every deal you gave us full of shit
We ain't asking shit we taking shit
It's flagrant

Speak existence to the alter
Speak the life into my water
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Praying with my hands moving
I'm just trying to making something of nothing
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
I'm right there support my cousin
Project, respect, protect the woman
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Live like a god, challenge the odds
Heart on my sleeve, blood is ink to
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)

It's the apples, it's the candy
They understand me, Don't overstand me
He think I'm grimy, she think I'm fancy
Don't undermine me, niggahs can't stand me
I'm on top of the list
Weather you think so or not
I cannot give a shit
Come on yo scene like blip
Shit on your fav and then dip
It's way too obvious
I don't subscribe to shit
On my own wave
Scenic view, see the view
I ain't got time convincing you
nobody stupid it's the principle
Is you is, or isn't you
Spent too many years at the bottom
I'm bottomless, too hurt to solve em
See me balling mind yo business darling
Never falling cause my conscious calling like
This the temple, this the life
Lose it all, if I don't scribe
Gain it all, the more I write
Eons of seeing what it's like
This the temple, this the life
Lose it all if I don't fight
Gain it all with the right timing
Imma always be writing

Speak existence to the alter
Speak the life into my water
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Praying with my hands moving
I'm just trying to making something of nothing
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
I'm right there support my cousin
Project, respect, protect the woman
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Live like a god, challenge the odds
Heart on my sleeve, blood is ink to
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
Right on (Write)
An artist duty as far as I'm concerned is to reflect the times