(Intro)
Music gave artist a voice
We should always embrace it
We should ride or die for the truth
We are the voice of the voiceless
(Verse1)
I am given this adminant
Opportunity to address issues
That people are frightened to raise
I cannot tell you about a pistol, roses
And machetes
This is an honor to be here
I feel like I'm around a podium
somewhere in the union building
A south african center of hearts
This is imperative I should acknowledge
This power that another man refuse to
equalize
Have a stare outside your house
Look at the grass greenin'
And the soil that lies like robe
They is always a system somewhere
A program in any organisation and people
tryin' to fits in
Whose not getting petulant of this?
We followed the hearts through music
Poured the hearts out through several
Occasions where marchers pulled out
candles and lit it for peace
You cannot have peace when other
people are still racists
You cannot forgive if you did not learn the
process of forgiving
how will others feel when they where
victimized and yet still
not free?
Take a look at this gesture
do not let it fool you
Longwalk to freedom was long dead
What is inhuman to this calibre?
I took a stand alone
that shall make me a rebel artist right?
Whoever speak of such crab?
Asks a white men in a flashy hood
How do you feel when you arrive at a
protest that speaks of color?
The power and the freedom
Who hold those privilege?
I was listening to the radio the other day right, to my surprise I was forced to say fuck stevey hofmeyer, yea fuck you sir.
You saying that you will not perform for black people makes me wonder what kind of an artist with voice are you.
We do not need people like you in our societies. You are poison
(Chorus)
I can rep about everything
But I cannot forget about one thing
I can be a version of lucky dube now
But I always try to be me
Some of the things that I say may rasp
My people will commend this hour
Some will call me anti black
But yes we are no fighting
My people will commend me
I aint raspin'
(Verse2)
You see my grandfather told me this
If you want to fight a race war, you must fight with everything, but not guns
I was born in a society where I need to double the standards of the effort and energy that I bring in
During the sleepy nights in the suburbs
I am applying for my BEE and tax certificates
I was getting rejected and feelin not belonging
I was not born with a privilege
Some may fight at this BEE's
But we are limping here
As a matter of fact I heard some complaining about SAMAS already
They is no enough white people's recognition
But you cannot blame the adversity here
We do not direct the mainstream remember?
South africa hold the largest amount of indians than anywhere in the world
Except india on its own
But we do not have any indian pop,soul or rock artist.
Dogs said its on conditions.
So what is samro saying?
As an artist do I carry on telling you about drugs and monies I don't have?
If my old timer was build an RDP house in 1934 by a colonial state, and its still solid tough today
But my people's state build that RDP in 1997 and it has fallen in 2010 what does that say to me?
Who's fooling who?
Am I being anti black
Or am I being a racist
Fuck penny sparrow again
We do not need your clarity miss
Whose gonna fire me?
This is not some Gareth cliff shit
We here to tell you what's what
Then you watch television before dinner
On Focus another white Boer start
Complaining about crime in PTA
Black people break ins at the robot
Do you think those people are well liberated?
Who skilled those people, who pushed them to that point?
SA never saw the end of slavery
The private sector enslave black people
I said it
Private sectors enslave black people
Since we operate in systems and programs
We need em'
Or you will wake the day your father dies
We cannot force white people to jam with Big Nuz, but we need them eyeing Jub Jub the same as oscar pistorius
Oh this nation is like a gossiping woman
You will never know its state
Something is wrong with this nation
People are so scared of talking
(Chorus)
I can rep about everything
But I cannot forget about one thing
I can be a version of lucky dube now
But I always try to be me
Some of the things that I say may rasp
My people will commend this hour
Some will call me anti black
But yes we are no fighting
My people will commend me
I aint raspin'
(Interlude)
I am not maimane, I'm not gonna marry a white ausy to get that power. I'm not gonna try and fit in
I wanna dig the truth myself
I want to go physical like a world war
I may fall in love with european girl
She will steal my heart not my culture
Those who stole from us must learn to apologize to fix this
It is better to let white people know that we did not heal than to pretend and ruin this nation
Someone will call me a "kaffir" in the closet if we do not publicly address this issue
We will always get hired by white boys and get some warm slaps if we do not fix this
Don't misunderstand me
I aint hatrin here
Ok then if white have such power over business
What happened to indians
They was always owning small business
What happened to bigger corporations
Can a black president explain this shit?
You should never compare universal to my own label
Don't even bring me to the stand
I will expose you more before you throw me behind bars
Believe me I have hip hop bars but this time the bars I'm ready to spit at got grey walls
(Outro)
So let me be accurate
Mr president, we regret to tell you that we missed Mr Thabo Mbeki
He had a voice and a conscience
You see Mr president
We missed a great leader here
He had a sense of humanity and integrity
A man who embraced his own nation and fought to continue with Madiba legacy
He wanted to drive this nation with passion and spirit of ubuntu
He sat down with a pen and a paper and wrote a hymn about this nation
It showed love
Well I have nothing special to say about you Mr president
We are in a battle
And you only flexin (laughs)
Well I know this message won't sit well with you
But you good for nothing mr president (laughs)
I am laughing because that's what you do in a national parliament (laughs) yea because I learned this from you
How can you address freedom and equality when you yourself got so many cases
They have lost faith in a cruel time
The have lost faith in everything Mr president
Do something about it
Please do something
(Laughs) killer rhymez
