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Chant Down
02:43
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Hold on this might be the first
Chorus so tough it don't need a verse
Beats so sick it might need a nurse
And I'm about to kill it bring me the hurst
I don't need to curse, he's so lyrical
Some might even say that he's biblical
The whole crowd like
How bad boy talk so grisly, yet sound so spiritual
Maybe you don't want to go with me
Maybe you have heard some things
I can't promise nothing, not even tomorrow
But one thing I can promise is
I'm ready for what tomorrow brings
I'm watching you watching me
I can tell you're afraid of what you see
People like, love your people
I promise, I love my people
Mama said mama say mama sa
Mama save me please, mama said
Mama knew how to lecture though
Mama said eat them vegetables
That's the only way you'll stretch and grow
Mama said, love your people
Or we'll come through your whole city like
Huh ha huh ha, don't play with me
Lord have mercy, my mama said
Huh ha huh ha, child don't play with me
We'll run all through your city like
Huh ha huh ha
Don't let them chant you down
Snuffed when they prance around
Bet they won't chance it now
Huh ha huh ha
Don't let them chant you down
Snuffed when they prance around
Bet they won't chance it now
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Jungle Lullaby
02:57
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We've got lullabies in the jungle
We've got lullabies in the field
Calm yourself sing low little one
Before that lullaby get you killed
We've got lullabies in the jungle
We've got lullabies in the field
Calm yourself sing low little one
Before that lullaby get you killed
With only our eyes showing
I swear the moon is beaming on us
Gotta keep moving cuz they're gaining on us
And if they catch up bullets are raining on us
Lord you will shelter me
You said you will, don't let me die alone
He said, everyone dies alone
I don't want no problems man
Not looking for no problems man
So please get off my land
I don't think you understand why we're here
He said, I came here with a thousand friends
I don't think you understand
Kalashnikov in hand
They got us on the run, now we're on the run
We've got lullabies in the jungle
We've got lullabies in the field
Ease yourself, calm yourself sing low little one
Before that lullaby get you killed
We've got lullabies in the jungle
We've got lullabies in the field
Calm yourself sing low little one
Before that lullaby get you killed
Maybe I should stay and fight him
Then I look down at my baby daughter
Don't even have time to get myself in order
I got my whole family running for the border
Lord you will shelter me
You said you will, don't let us die alone
He said, everyone dies alone
A different type of pain
Displacement, a different type of rain
Guns aimed at your children by children
That'll leave a grown man defenseless
It's senseless
My heart's tattered and torn
Because I pulled it over barbed wire fences
Oh We've got lullabies in the jungle
We've got lullabies in the field
Calm yourself sing low little one
Before that lullaby get you killed
We've got lullabies in the jungle
We've got lullabies in the field
Ease yourself sing calm little one
Before that lullaby get you killed
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The Jungle
03:16
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Thy
02:30
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Voices in the night
02:23
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So recently I traced my ancestry
I took a DNA test to tell me what I already knew
Already felt, and it told me I was from the place
You can call me Bushmaster
They say they hear the pain in my music
I'm not in pain, I just listen to my veins
And the slain choose to use it
Swing low sweet chariot, I sojourn the truth Park on the rose, and pick up Harriet
Moses said, if you hear the dogs keep going
If you see the torches keep going
If they shouting after you keep going
Don't ever stop, keep going
You want freedom keep going (hold on)
I think you meant to press play
But hit rewind again, fast forward
I'm closing my eyes, open my mind again
Full stop
Voices in the night says time again
I'm from the land where freedom fighters clash with tiki torches
Monet is fine, but I'll take my graffiti portraits
I live inside the pyramid
See I don't need the porches
Concrete jungle I named it Nefertiti's fortress
Can you hear the voices in the night
Whispering
Can you hear the voices in the night
Whispering
Sweet nothings in my ear mean everything
Jumped the broom landed on a wedding ring
A secret love, not this confetti thing
Because of them we survived when it's tragic
My body is the bread in a sweetgrass basket
My blood is the ink in the pen that I use to write the words I read, yes I read for my passing
Get it, yup I read for the past and
Though I speak today
I read in a past tense
You can call me Bushmaster
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Superheros
03:21
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They say what doesn't kill ya
Only makes you stronger
Well then we must be heroes
We must be heroes
They say what doesn't kill ya
Only makes you stronger
Well then we must be heroes
We must be heroes
You are made from stardust lady
Hold your head up high when they address you queen
Beautiful horizon you have made from a nightmare
If you listen closely you'll hear angels sing
Angels sing, angel sing
Your celestial, never forget it
Your praises
If it's true
If what doesn't kill ya
Only makes you stronger
We must be heroes
We must be heroes
They say what doesn't kill ya
Only makes you stronger
Then we must be heroes
We must be heroes
Look at you, I mean really look at you
Do you know who you are
No, okay listen
You got strong blood pumping through your veins
Little mane
You got a whole generation ready to go to war for you homie
You know why
Why is that
You're a king
Nah you don't hear me
This generation has an obligation
To fly a new banner
Man just say it clearly
For all the displacement
And all that was taken
We'll get it back, and make it tanner
Oh, no what I mean baby
If what doesn't kill ya
Only makes you stronger
Then we must be heroes
We must be heroes
They say what doesn't kill ya
Only makes you stronger
We must be heroes
We must be heroes
Hold on
We must be heroes
We must be heroes
We some superheroes
We some superheroes
We must be heroes
We must be heroes
We some superheroes
We some superheroes
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Prey feat. Va Doe
02:44
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Nathaniel Star Charlottesville, Virginia
Nathaniel Star breathes music. His performance and writing credits feat. some of the most respected names in the music
industry. From regional stars to Grammy Award winning artists.
Nathaniel is one half of the eclectic production tandem "Ubuntu Sounds"
In truth Nate is a genre-less artist. "I make what I feel...Soul, Rap, Country, whatever. I just love music"
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