Blackalicious - Shallow Days Lyrics
I just keep moving on... (moving on...)I just keep moving on... (moving on...)Time and time, a brother asks whyThe rhyme is not laced with a gangsta touchI said "Simply because I don't live that wayStill kickin' them rhymes rugged and rough""But that won't sell,cause you gotta keep it realso that we can feelwhere you're coming fromBecause these streets is ill so if you ain'tkilling niggas in rhymesyour whole sound's just bubble gum"I said "I won't contribute to genocide;I'd rather try to cultivate the inner sideand try to evolve the frustrated ghetto mindThe devil and his army never been a friend of mine""But niggas don't wanna hear that shit" said the brotherWho was obviously totally misled and yelled out"murder murder, kill, murder" instilled in the influential (walks ?)Of our kids' headsShallow days, you never wannaLet a brother be a brotherFully inner to the outerCaught up in all them hollow nightsCan't escape cause everywhere that I lookPeople front, and it just ain't right[repeat]I said "Don't you know the powers that beare using people as pawns, devouring weuntil they see us all gone and outta the scene"And as I passed the chronic, he said "look at where I be,I tried to get a job for real,but all the homies (hit licks?) and rob and stealand keep fat pockets caught in a rut to catch groundthis way's in, plus who could you trust?"I said "I'm all about protecting mine,but neglecting minds for getting left behind.Why don't you change your environment?"He said "This is all I know,plus my fam's all that I got, I can't go"I said "You
