Down by Kavale Lyrics
[Chorus: Kavale]
I know it's hard don't let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don't take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
[Verse 1: Kavale]
I'm tryna save the world but I need someone to come save me
See I made a promise to make it up out it but this what they made me
I'm trapped in a system that won't let me live it's driving me crazy
In 2020 my people are hanging and Brenda's got babies
I've been a victim to all my surroundings
Body is lifted but feels like I'm grounded
Head above water but feels like I'm drowning
Look to the sky my mind's feeling clouded
Black in a world where they label me violent
A cop kills a nigga then everything's silent (shh, black)
We don't wanna talk about it, but we got some bigger problems
What happened to him, they shot him
10 o'clock news we're watching
And every day we pray, pray, pray, pray
Somebody should explain, xplain, xplain, xplain
Tell me who the fuck gon' survive in Ameri to the K, K, K, A, wait..
But still we got a dream and it's been a process, man I feel exhausted
Want a house on the hill make me a promise
Be the voice of the people that feel lost in
The land of the free but ain't got options
All eyes on me cause they still watching
(They still watching, they still watching, they still watching)
[Chorus: Kavale]
I know it's hard don't let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don't take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
[Verse 2: WESTSIDE BOOGIE]
Let me borrow your view as a favor
Cause I look at my city, you know we get faded
Cause all of the beauty's been tapered
And shit I've been slaving, and tree I've been hanging and ain't see the fruit of my labor
Guess I'll get the juice from 'em later
And due to the data
Nigga I know that my skin has been setting the tone
That's why they pull up I pull out my phone
I see you're blessed and ain't leave me alone
I find a blessing in making it home, that's what I know
Blert me just for smoking, if I'm loaded they unload it
Drop a pin straight to my celly tell me that they're 'round the corner
On a God that I believe in, swear my demons got me tweaking
Left my shordie for no reason, still ain't seen her since last weekend
Even when you're right or wrong man, love your niggas hug your niggas
Fuck this system, you got symptoms
Been conditioned (uhh), fix it (woah)
[Chorus: Kavale]
I know it's hard don't let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don't take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
[Outro: Kavale]
Right now it just kind of feels like we're floating, just tryna keep our heads above water you know?
Living in a world where we're painted as criminals, and all sorts of other shit, it's crazy
Sometimes you just gotta look at yourself in the mirror and just be like...
(You got a decision to make, you got a decision to make)
Am I the one that can provoke, some sort of change or some sort of idea, that will spark the change in the world...
I know it's hard don't let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don't take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
[Verse 1: Kavale]
I'm tryna save the world but I need someone to come save me
See I made a promise to make it up out it but this what they made me
I'm trapped in a system that won't let me live it's driving me crazy
In 2020 my people are hanging and Brenda's got babies
I've been a victim to all my surroundings
Body is lifted but feels like I'm grounded
Head above water but feels like I'm drowning
Look to the sky my mind's feeling clouded
Black in a world where they label me violent
A cop kills a nigga then everything's silent (shh, black)
We don't wanna talk about it, but we got some bigger problems
What happened to him, they shot him
10 o'clock news we're watching
And every day we pray, pray, pray, pray
Somebody should explain, xplain, xplain, xplain
Tell me who the fuck gon' survive in Ameri to the K, K, K, A, wait..
But still we got a dream and it's been a process, man I feel exhausted
Want a house on the hill make me a promise
Be the voice of the people that feel lost in
The land of the free but ain't got options
All eyes on me cause they still watching
(They still watching, they still watching, they still watching)
[Chorus: Kavale]
I know it's hard don't let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don't take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
[Verse 2: WESTSIDE BOOGIE]
Let me borrow your view as a favor
Cause I look at my city, you know we get faded
Cause all of the beauty's been tapered
And shit I've been slaving, and tree I've been hanging and ain't see the fruit of my labor
Guess I'll get the juice from 'em later
And due to the data
Nigga I know that my skin has been setting the tone
That's why they pull up I pull out my phone
I see you're blessed and ain't leave me alone
I find a blessing in making it home, that's what I know
Blert me just for smoking, if I'm loaded they unload it
Drop a pin straight to my celly tell me that they're 'round the corner
On a God that I believe in, swear my demons got me tweaking
Left my shordie for no reason, still ain't seen her since last weekend
Even when you're right or wrong man, love your niggas hug your niggas
Fuck this system, you got symptoms
Been conditioned (uhh), fix it (woah)
[Chorus: Kavale]
I know it's hard don't let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don't take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we're free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
[Outro: Kavale]
Right now it just kind of feels like we're floating, just tryna keep our heads above water you know?
Living in a world where we're painted as criminals, and all sorts of other shit, it's crazy
Sometimes you just gotta look at yourself in the mirror and just be like...
(You got a decision to make, you got a decision to make)
Am I the one that can provoke, some sort of change or some sort of idea, that will spark the change in the world...