Born in Canada, Grew up on the States
Didn't know the provinces til I was about eight
Memorized the states on the maps I be looking at
Doing those crazy grocery store IQ Tests
Entertainment was real vs quality of the vid
Canadian made had its own aesthetic taste
Americana was the age we grew up on on the telly
TV was basic no cable needed
VHS was a luxury we were given as a gift
Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to make mixed muchmusic tapes
I knew the map of america was important for a reason
Just now do I realize how much it caused division
Civil injustices creeping in the northern border
Gun violence and murder
Racism is international but no longer just systemic
It's fueling each other blind of colour
And religion
I wish it were like back in the days
When kids could be kids
Riding around without the injustices to face
Truthsayers would speak
But people thought before reacting
There was an intelligence
Older kids today be lacking
Lock'em up
That's all we be hearing
Lock it down
Knock em out
Before your moms heart gets broken
Sticks and stones were the only toys we needed
Now we play with the riddim
Bringing back rhymes we learnt as children
To give rhyme to reason
To the games today be playing
Educate that you are not living
In a virtual reality
Systemic division is a physical virtuosity
PBS SCTV at second city
Own your place
Before it gets taken
By tready fingers
Who licking you over with the bullshit
Presses.
It's digital mf's digital impressions
Go tell your friends
It's time to live the vision
The future is here in the present
Take your gifts
And teach them your life lessons
Your stories will carry further
Than any of mine
Cause I'm outta time
But I stepping in line
With what the kids have to say
Cause one day... the world will be yours.
The world is yours.
We gonna sit behind you and listen
Listen up
Your thoughts and ideas will transform other generations
Whether they come after or before you
We all here right behind you
If you about living for the rest of them
This ain't a test
This ain't your school bell alarming
We are and will forever be
brothers and sisters in arms.
In this race
For equality
Of the People
We just be people
We are People
Let's be better people