1492 With Subtle Meditation Snippets by K.A.A.N. Lyrics
[Intro]
What the fuck?
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Say what the fuck?
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Yeah what the fuck?
Ye-yeah, ye-yeah
Say what the fuck?
And we back, yeah we back
Said we back, so relax
Yeah we back, and we back
So relax, just relax
Said we back, yeah we back, yeah we back, yeah we back
So relax, just relax, just relax, just relax
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
[Verse 1]
Shit
I'm feeling like fuck it I'm taking mines
Always been a nigga with a disposition
Didn't ever listen so I played the villain
Pacing like a mental patient, 'bout to kill it
Gotta get it while the getting's good
I'ma strike while the iron's the perfect heat
Man I make all these niggas look obsolete
The examples of what you should never be
Take the pen and I create a masterpiece
Da Vinci for the beat, let it rest in peace
I'm an anomaly that you never seen
On the course for the wealth, I'm not talking green
Looking for the knowledge, nothing in between
Said my pendulum swing like a guillotine
I'm convinced I can really do anything
Said my shit is dope, it sound like Medellin
You fuck around, they'll find you in the mezzanine
I wanted better things, a mausoleum dream
I'm the immortalized now treat me like a king
I'll fill the void you're feeling
It's the craziest thing that I make 'em swallow
You should think and may be here to see tomorrow
Cause the time we living on is fucking borrowed
Gotta pay into this if you play the way you try to get out the same position you been in
It appears that you fought wit' yo' back to the wall if you really gon' rat on them all
[Verse 2]
I payed the cost, I took a loss
Yeah I got flows and I know this
But I regroup, then I recoup
Got off the ground and then got on my grind
Moving forward, I'm not looking behind
Second guessing wasting all of my time
Don't block out my light, just let this shit shine like aah
Can I breathe?
Can I think?
Can I just be me?
Indentured servitude, y'all act like it's a crime to be free
When I rhyme, I release, this tension on my mind
Can you please show some compassion to a nigga before the day that I leave?
I'm tryna float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee
Perspective I speak, can show you how the caged bird sings
A black mans nightmare is the new American dream
Let's make it great again
But can you inform me when this shit was great for everyone and not just some, I wonder
Columbus stumbled upon the mainland by making a blunder
A couple more days at sea, the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria would have definitely fucking gone under
A fleet of pagan savages led by a broken compass
Saved by the same people, they were than slaves
Spreading disease, they rape and pillage everything that they seen
What do you mean American history?
They hideously hidden everything that they've done
That can't be forgiven, look but that's just me
And when the land and acres were split for the bread
Well, that's when it stopped being the land of the free
[Outro: Samples: Redman & Rob Swinga]
Yo, I said
Heh, I be sayin' some real word up
Now, if you didn't get it—
Figure it out when you get home!
I mean I can't understand that at all!
That's something to really make you
Stop and think and say.. hmm!
Think about that
Now thing about this
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
Check this out, sausage, biscuit, $0.89
(Static)
[Sample: Power Outage-K.A.A.N]
I'm living free, but what's that?
I wanna be happy, I guess
I wanna be more than I am
You know, content with my vision
(Static)
[Sample: TBT-K.A.A.N]
A 9-to-5 grind can really make your mind bug out
You talk about your dreams and people start to tune you out
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
When I take a bite, I look at it, and I see a lot more bites left
(Static)
[Sample: The Thrill is Gone-K.A.A.N]
Yes lawd, knowledge
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
I ain't gonna lie to you, might be six. Three on the way to work, and three later
(Static)
[Sample: Progression-K.A.A.N]
I used to be a pawn in the game
Now i change my position
If the end is near
Then send it here
I used to be a pawn in the game
Now i change my position
If the end is near
Then send it here
(Static)
[Skit]
[Charlamagne the God] By the way I-I love sneaky albums f-from top tier artist. Because I love when you wake up in the morning and everyone is so into the energy of the album
[Unknown Male] Right
[Unknown Female] Right, he said he didn't want to think about it too hard
(Static)
[Sample: Karma-K.A.A.N]
They got 2 exits to go before they get home
Playin' that new what's his name yah that rigamarole
(Static)
[Skit: Dave Chappelle]
You gotta walk to Queens and got me a sugar cookie. (laughter)
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
I go back in my pocket! I order more nuggets!
(Static)
[Sample: Karma-K.A.AN]
(Instrumental)
(Static)
[Skit: Dave Chappelle]
You did it. You found my man-you found a midget, man. And you got the pictures; you got the golf clubs, here's the keys to the studio
[Sample: Subliminal-K.A.A.N]
(Instrumental)
Ayy, yah, ayy, and turn my, yah, and turn my shit up, yah, uh huh, yah, and turn my
I'm nonchalant with my shit man I move with a hush
(Static)
[Sample: The Dark-K.A.A.N]
Ay take your eyes off the prize, you could lose it all
It's common sense, it's evident inside my crystal ball
The writing's on the wall but you can't even read the words
Fuck what you heard
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
Barbecue Sauce. I don't know about you, but I know about me, I put two or three in my mouth immediately start eating like crazy. And you know what I do!?
(Static)
[Skit]
[Charlamagne the God] In a body bag. That sounds like a death threat to me
[Unknown Female] I think he meant lyrically
(Static)
[Sample: Deep Blue Sea-K.A.A.N]
One false move and you might trip
Yeah you might slip, fall into the traps they set
It ain't a game if you thought it was
Nigga they ain't playing fair, how you think they won?
You better keep your eyes wide and your mind sharp
Keep your head on a swivel when you at war
Leakin' blood in the water with the great white sharks
It gets crazy in the dark especially when you got no heart
No love, my soul cold as a icebox
The pain wore me out like a carhartt
My paranoia kicking in, the only thing I feel is numb
I don't trust my mothers sons, I don't fuck with anyone
Think I seen too much
(Static)
[Sample: The Jungle Book-K.A.A.N]
Yeah, I just try to rise above it, 'cause I know you are what you eat
I know these bastards covert everything that's makin' them weak
I pray that there's a heaven, that I see eventually, created in his image, that's the game that they gave to me
(Static)
[Skit]
[Unknown Male] He gets busy
[Charlamagne the God] Nah, he does get busy but I think someone will challenge him
[Unknown Female] Yea I think...and they should, that's the point of it right
[Charlamagne the God] They'll get washed but (Unknown male: Definitely washed) the only person that mention on the whole album that could touch him lyrically is...
(Static)
[Sample: Content-K.A.A.N]
Ye-yeah, lawd
Uh-huh Knowledge, nigga
They want my heart
They want my soul
They want my life
But nigga I won't go
(Static)
[Skit]
[Unknown Male 1] I know everything that moves in that building
[Unknown Male 2] Evidently everybody got [?] on everyone else it's like the cold war. Russians had us, we had-we need a James Bond in this Hip-Hop war
(Static)
[Sample: Shoot Me Down-K.A.A.N]
I put my life inside these lines that I write
I said that we bringing the real for real
I said that my flow can entice
I said that I'm one of the sickest to do this, and I meant that shit
It's all love, don't forget that shit, ye-yeah lawd
I put my life inside these lines that I write
[Skit]
[Charlamagne the God] And those clips, some of them are different songs and I know people are like "woah the beats are just changing" no they're different songs, they're snippets
(Static)
[Sample: Power Outage-K.A.A.N]
Hit the lights maestro, the magic's over, spell is broken
Tell a friend, tell a friend to tune in
This revolution will be televised and monetized
Incentivized by vicious times and double knotted mob ties like Lucky Luciano
Fuck a humble abode I want a mansion with two grottos
If I find the strength to make it to tomorrow
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
You wanna know why cause there's a recession there...
(Static)
[Sample: Power Outage-K.A.A.N]
The dream gets better and I would like to go on
But I was brought back to reality by the toot of a horn
What the fuck?
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Say what the fuck?
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Yeah what the fuck?
Ye-yeah, ye-yeah
Say what the fuck?
And we back, yeah we back
Said we back, so relax
Yeah we back, and we back
So relax, just relax
Said we back, yeah we back, yeah we back, yeah we back
So relax, just relax, just relax, just relax
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
Say how you feel, nigga tell 'em how you feel
[Verse 1]
Shit
I'm feeling like fuck it I'm taking mines
Always been a nigga with a disposition
Didn't ever listen so I played the villain
Pacing like a mental patient, 'bout to kill it
Gotta get it while the getting's good
I'ma strike while the iron's the perfect heat
Man I make all these niggas look obsolete
The examples of what you should never be
Take the pen and I create a masterpiece
Da Vinci for the beat, let it rest in peace
I'm an anomaly that you never seen
On the course for the wealth, I'm not talking green
Looking for the knowledge, nothing in between
Said my pendulum swing like a guillotine
I'm convinced I can really do anything
Said my shit is dope, it sound like Medellin
You fuck around, they'll find you in the mezzanine
I wanted better things, a mausoleum dream
I'm the immortalized now treat me like a king
I'll fill the void you're feeling
It's the craziest thing that I make 'em swallow
You should think and may be here to see tomorrow
Cause the time we living on is fucking borrowed
Gotta pay into this if you play the way you try to get out the same position you been in
It appears that you fought wit' yo' back to the wall if you really gon' rat on them all
[Verse 2]
I payed the cost, I took a loss
Yeah I got flows and I know this
But I regroup, then I recoup
Got off the ground and then got on my grind
Moving forward, I'm not looking behind
Second guessing wasting all of my time
Don't block out my light, just let this shit shine like aah
Can I breathe?
Can I think?
Can I just be me?
Indentured servitude, y'all act like it's a crime to be free
When I rhyme, I release, this tension on my mind
Can you please show some compassion to a nigga before the day that I leave?
I'm tryna float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee
Perspective I speak, can show you how the caged bird sings
A black mans nightmare is the new American dream
Let's make it great again
But can you inform me when this shit was great for everyone and not just some, I wonder
Columbus stumbled upon the mainland by making a blunder
A couple more days at sea, the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria would have definitely fucking gone under
A fleet of pagan savages led by a broken compass
Saved by the same people, they were than slaves
Spreading disease, they rape and pillage everything that they seen
What do you mean American history?
They hideously hidden everything that they've done
That can't be forgiven, look but that's just me
And when the land and acres were split for the bread
Well, that's when it stopped being the land of the free
[Outro: Samples: Redman & Rob Swinga]
Yo, I said
Heh, I be sayin' some real word up
Now, if you didn't get it—
Figure it out when you get home!
I mean I can't understand that at all!
That's something to really make you
Stop and think and say.. hmm!
Think about that
Now thing about this
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
Check this out, sausage, biscuit, $0.89
(Static)
[Sample: Power Outage-K.A.A.N]
I'm living free, but what's that?
I wanna be happy, I guess
I wanna be more than I am
You know, content with my vision
(Static)
[Sample: TBT-K.A.A.N]
A 9-to-5 grind can really make your mind bug out
You talk about your dreams and people start to tune you out
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
When I take a bite, I look at it, and I see a lot more bites left
(Static)
[Sample: The Thrill is Gone-K.A.A.N]
Yes lawd, knowledge
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
I ain't gonna lie to you, might be six. Three on the way to work, and three later
(Static)
[Sample: Progression-K.A.A.N]
I used to be a pawn in the game
Now i change my position
If the end is near
Then send it here
I used to be a pawn in the game
Now i change my position
If the end is near
Then send it here
(Static)
[Skit]
[Charlamagne the God] By the way I-I love sneaky albums f-from top tier artist. Because I love when you wake up in the morning and everyone is so into the energy of the album
[Unknown Male] Right
[Unknown Female] Right, he said he didn't want to think about it too hard
(Static)
[Sample: Karma-K.A.A.N]
They got 2 exits to go before they get home
Playin' that new what's his name yah that rigamarole
(Static)
[Skit: Dave Chappelle]
You gotta walk to Queens and got me a sugar cookie. (laughter)
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
I go back in my pocket! I order more nuggets!
(Static)
[Sample: Karma-K.A.AN]
(Instrumental)
(Static)
[Skit: Dave Chappelle]
You did it. You found my man-you found a midget, man. And you got the pictures; you got the golf clubs, here's the keys to the studio
[Sample: Subliminal-K.A.A.N]
(Instrumental)
Ayy, yah, ayy, and turn my, yah, and turn my shit up, yah, uh huh, yah, and turn my
I'm nonchalant with my shit man I move with a hush
(Static)
[Sample: The Dark-K.A.A.N]
Ay take your eyes off the prize, you could lose it all
It's common sense, it's evident inside my crystal ball
The writing's on the wall but you can't even read the words
Fuck what you heard
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
Barbecue Sauce. I don't know about you, but I know about me, I put two or three in my mouth immediately start eating like crazy. And you know what I do!?
(Static)
[Skit]
[Charlamagne the God] In a body bag. That sounds like a death threat to me
[Unknown Female] I think he meant lyrically
(Static)
[Sample: Deep Blue Sea-K.A.A.N]
One false move and you might trip
Yeah you might slip, fall into the traps they set
It ain't a game if you thought it was
Nigga they ain't playing fair, how you think they won?
You better keep your eyes wide and your mind sharp
Keep your head on a swivel when you at war
Leakin' blood in the water with the great white sharks
It gets crazy in the dark especially when you got no heart
No love, my soul cold as a icebox
The pain wore me out like a carhartt
My paranoia kicking in, the only thing I feel is numb
I don't trust my mothers sons, I don't fuck with anyone
Think I seen too much
(Static)
[Sample: The Jungle Book-K.A.A.N]
Yeah, I just try to rise above it, 'cause I know you are what you eat
I know these bastards covert everything that's makin' them weak
I pray that there's a heaven, that I see eventually, created in his image, that's the game that they gave to me
(Static)
[Skit]
[Unknown Male] He gets busy
[Charlamagne the God] Nah, he does get busy but I think someone will challenge him
[Unknown Female] Yea I think...and they should, that's the point of it right
[Charlamagne the God] They'll get washed but (Unknown male: Definitely washed) the only person that mention on the whole album that could touch him lyrically is...
(Static)
[Sample: Content-K.A.A.N]
Ye-yeah, lawd
Uh-huh Knowledge, nigga
They want my heart
They want my soul
They want my life
But nigga I won't go
(Static)
[Skit]
[Unknown Male 1] I know everything that moves in that building
[Unknown Male 2] Evidently everybody got [?] on everyone else it's like the cold war. Russians had us, we had-we need a James Bond in this Hip-Hop war
(Static)
[Sample: Shoot Me Down-K.A.A.N]
I put my life inside these lines that I write
I said that we bringing the real for real
I said that my flow can entice
I said that I'm one of the sickest to do this, and I meant that shit
It's all love, don't forget that shit, ye-yeah lawd
I put my life inside these lines that I write
[Skit]
[Charlamagne the God] And those clips, some of them are different songs and I know people are like "woah the beats are just changing" no they're different songs, they're snippets
(Static)
[Sample: Power Outage-K.A.A.N]
Hit the lights maestro, the magic's over, spell is broken
Tell a friend, tell a friend to tune in
This revolution will be televised and monetized
Incentivized by vicious times and double knotted mob ties like Lucky Luciano
Fuck a humble abode I want a mansion with two grottos
If I find the strength to make it to tomorrow
(Static)
[Skit: Dj Khaled]
You wanna know why cause there's a recession there...
(Static)
[Sample: Power Outage-K.A.A.N]
The dream gets better and I would like to go on
But I was brought back to reality by the toot of a horn