MellowShade

I took a trip the other day
Had to get away from around the way
I saw a new thing I had not seen
Like the grass and the trees
In the burbs I saw a pretty girl
A pretty girl from another world
She was a afraid because she saw me on TV
I told her that what she saw was [...]

Tags: Brother, Burbs, Child Of The Night, Discover, Fun, Ghetto Love, Grass, Hamzatu, Hand In Glove, Pretty Girl, Science, Sunshine, Thug, Trees

Brother’s singing and it ain’t rain’in
You want a clue of who is talking to you
For you its day and for me its night
The difference is what you can’t see
The place where I live you can never be
There is no grass and no trees grow
Just the downtrodden and the low
You’re a scientist wanting to study me
OK, [...]

Tags: Brother, Clue, Coward, Economic Power, Grass, Greed, Little Boys, Loser, Motivation, Ole, Pep Talk, Rain, Real Man, Reason, Scientist, Trees

He rolled in the streets of the wild, wild, west
Strong and hard, he was the ultimate test
He didn’t care about nothing except loyalty
His friends were few maybe three
He lived by the code that carried along
He was all warrior, proud and strong
Although honest and just a hustle he would make
He rolled by the code so everything [...]

Tags: Bad Boys, Brother, Dirt, Earth, Loyalty, Peice, Ruthlessness, Solider, Sword, Wild Wild West

Do you hear the beats of the rhyme
Listen close to the call of the wild
They call it Hip Hop now
But it’s Africa’s child
Back long ago it was words that carried the beat
And, the Griot was rappin in the street
We were rhymin to the beat
And, It was The Last Poets rappin in the street
Then came all [...]

Tags: Africa, beats, Brother, Chocolate City, Eminem, Funky Beat, Griot, Hip Hop Sound, Last Poets, Rap, Rythm