Big Rube:
We of this realm
Blessed enough to be posted at the helm
Can consciously captain a nation by responsibly navigating our own ship
Safely taking our own trips and understanding the journey
An undemanding existence would weaken me
How bright can a beacon be without darkness to dissipate
Without the experience of trial and error
However could I anticipate the obstacles that lie before me
Unseen to the untrained eyes of a mundane imagination
Unstained with aggravation, pain, and scars
How can I know how far is the reach of my limitations
This cannot come through imitation
Each of us possesses the fire to illuminate the haze
That obscures the paths and trails we blazing
With potential to be amazing
Yet we continue to dwell in a maze of disgrace crippled by ignorance
Consumed by self hatred
Entombed in our own doubt we’ve become just about faithless
Doomed to become faceless unless we open our mind’s eye to who we are
And openly embrace this identification
Hope can replace despair and love obliterate hatred
Dismembering this twisted matrix that encapsulates the ones who made it
Poetically it’s just us
Freedom isn’t where you live but how you live
It just is
Just causes should be stood up for
Injustice never put up with
The phrase ‘good enough’ should have never existed
Cop outs are what let cops out of taking responsibility for abusive position
The truth forever has been and ever shall be the ultimate mission
Make a decision…
Right now

(Chorus) Drew Kid/Deborah Bond:
We of the world
Got a lot to do
But as strong as we are
We're still vulnerable
We don't want the slice
Bigger appetites
Gotta follow my hopes towards an antidote given capsulized
We of the world
On a constant move
We don't complain take the pain no thang
Daily we doing what we gotta do
Learned to love the fight
So we prove with pride
Should've asked about my past
Backtrackin' still tryna find out who am I

yU & Kev Brown:
This is why my arms stay lifted to the sky
Grateful for genuine things they don’t make no more
On the road to mature, made mistakes galore
Bumpin’ my head Allah was saying, “Be patient, boy”
From scratch again, got nothing to base it off
Creation = doing, ain’t no tracing joy

Good news is something I could use
So much going on what happened to the rules
What happened to the jewels with the truth when you hear the blues
Glass ceiling with the elevator to the roof
I’m not amused, I need a muse
Take my shoes and put ‘em on, see if you can show and prove

Grow is what I’m known to do since I used to go to school
I done wrote a song or two, still feel like it’s more to do

Waiting for the next line, waiting for the next move
Maybe on the flip side, if not this time…

Grap Luva:
In struggles of life and love there’s always change
Some people they play the game and get caught in the flame
The world moves without warning, days dawning bring the sun and the rain
Like life brings the joy and the pain
Beautiful words emerge making powerful thoughts
I take issue with discrepancies that I was taught
I use the 16’s to clear the minds that are cluttered
And hope we discover the beauty in one another
My brothers and sisters, they been calling for change
But the fact it falls upon deaf ears is not strange
The people they send to rep the truth be so lame
While the line blurs between real life and playing games
See life can offer you much or nothing at all
I’m not living my life to ball until I fall
I’m living my life walking in the light of The All
Sh*t’s deep but still we gotta answer the call…

Evolution: Tuari Bilal-Willingham/Adonis Hook/Drew Dave/Charlie Ross

11.13.12. - 8.3.17.