Responsibilities-K.A.A.N./K-Def

[ti:Responsibilities] [ar:K.A.A.N./K-Def] [al:Uncommon Knowledge] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Responsibilities - K.A.A.N./K-Def [00:01.20]Aye lawd [00:04.00]Knowledge aye [00:06.98]I got flows that I got to kill and people [00:08.58]That I got to see and s**t I got to do [00:10.94]I got flows that I got to kill and people [00:12.17]That I got to see and s**t I got to do [00:13.97]Put the pen to the page though [00:15.33]Like a canvas so I can let the pain flow [00:17.28]530 in the mother f**king morning [00:18.58]N***a waking up to go and get his [00:19.81]Younger brother ready for school [00:20.62]Said it's a hell of a task [00:21.67]That n***a never had a chance to relax [00:23.07]His father left when he was young [00:23.96]So he the man of the house now [00:25.10]But his mother wasn't nothing more than a fiend [00:26.83]Itching for another fix [00:27.69]Living with the pipe dream [00:28.59]Get the f**k out of the house [00:29.53]You got to go and get it [00:30.31]Ain't nobody gonna pay your rent and [00:31.44]Ain't nobody gonna put no f**king food [00:32.61]Upon the table for your family to eat [00:33.93]You want to starve motherf**ker [00:34.92]Or do you want to survive [00:35.88]The only thought upon [00:36.50]The young n***a mind is the way he maintains [00:38.15]And maneuvers through a plain [00:39.13]Full of snakes in the grass [00:40.11]And anyone is a seed [00:40.99]When you're looking like a meal [00:41.93]And they might just eat you [00:42.80]He's telling his brother to finish his breakfast [00:44.22]So they can both leave [00:45.17]Gotta take him to the bus stop and every other day [00:46.75]The walk consist a different life story [00:48.14]Tryin' to tell him how it is [00:49.15]And the way that the world goes [00:49.97]Everything ain't always gonna work out in your favor [00:51.94]But never lose faith [00:52.74]'Cause only God can save us [00:53.83]And do what the f**k it really takes [00:55.04]To stay away from the streets [00:55.98]At least an arm's-length [00:56.89]Do not look for strength [00:57.95]Within the words of another [00:58.76]To cover an insecurity [00:59.43]Courtesy of a hunger [01:00.56]To hustle and get your currency [01:01.49]But never lose sight of the goal [01:02.76]That you're pursuin' [01:03.23]The reason you even do it [01:04.21]Or who it is that you're helpin' [01:05.08]Try your best to find a purpose [01:05.94]Diverted from any ignorance [01:07.05]And bust your f**kin' a*s to make sure [01:07.99]That you're more intelligent [01:08.68]But try to understand that [01:09.45]You must develop a plan [01:10.50]Never let nobody else make [01:11.60]You feel less than [01:12.43]God d**n [01:12.84]I got flows that I got to kill and people [01:14.16]That I got to see and s**t [01:14.96]I got to do do do [01:16.34]I got flows that I got to kill and people [01:17.73]That I got to see and s**t [01:18.67]I got to do do do [01:20.08]I got flows that I got to kill and people [01:21.49]That I got to see and s**t [01:22.41]I got to do do do [01:23.40]Young n***a on the motherf**kin' move [01:24.62]And he refuse to lose [01:25.62]Don't ever get it confuse [01:26.55]Lawd [01:26.89]Put your mother f**king backpack on [01:28.19]We out the door in five minutes or less [01:29.57]Say yo we really gotta go [01:30.45]His mother banging on the floor [01:31.42]And she begging to get a hit [01:32.39]She feeling sick and he can notice it [01:33.44]He moving up the steps [01:34.17]So he can find out what the issue is [01:35.30]It wasn't insignificant [01:36.14]He went inside his room [01:36.97]And saw his mother in the s**t again [01:38.08]Running through the stash [01:38.83]He was feeling disappointed [01:39.63]Now why can't you be responsible [01:40.78]Do you think that it's possible [01:41.58]That you could be the parent [01:42.47]Instead of giving me obstacles [01:43.45]That I'mma overcome upon the daily [01:44.61]Mom why can't you get a job [01:45.51]And how the f**k are you dependent on the s**t [01:46.94]That I've been selling so that [01:47.67]We can keep the lights on [01:48.59]You done turned me and [01:49.25]My younger brother into a couple of victims [01:50.59]Of your addiction [01:51.29]But you don't ever want to listen [01:52.60]I'm trying to make it happen for us here right now [01:54.23]But with the way that you're acting [01:55.17]I see that you don't really care [01:56.14]She was already gone [01:57.06]Lost in a blank stare [01:57.89]It was at that point of time that [01:58.95]He finally realized it was hopeless [02:00.39]Grabbed his younger brother by the hand and said [02:01.77]We really gotta go [02:02.35]The bus is leaving in a couple of minutes [02:03.74]They get to concrete and moving to get it [02:05.21]You better mind your f**king business [02:06.13]While we're out here in the street [02:07.08]I wanna show you how to be a better man [02:08.50]So that you can understand [02:09.35]Everything that shines is not gold [02:10.65]There's a woman selling p***y for the proper restitution [02:12.46]With a n***a pushing pills on the people to feel sedated [02:14.30]There's a body on the ground [02:15.26]But the spirit is elevated [02:16.14]Ain't nobody seen what happened [02:17.01]It's definitely gang related [02:17.95]Just another act of violence committed from one of the natives [02:19.95]I hope you pay attention [02:20.65]And see what I'm really saying [02:21.57]And sure that's a f**ked up lesson [02:22.54]I pray you never forget it [02:23.33]But don't ever be complacent [02:24.24]The skies your only limit [02:25.25]God d**n [02:25.69]God d**n [02:26.14]God d**n [02:26.61]God d**n [02:27.10]God d**n [02:27.53]God d**n [02:27.99]God d**n [02:28.46]God d**n [02:28.88]God d**n [02:29.36]God d**n [02:29.81]God d**n [02:30.30]God d**n [02:30.76]God d**n [02:31.21]God d**n [02:31.70]God d**n [02:32.17]God d**n [02:32.66]God d**n [02:33.17]God d**n [02:33.70]God d**n [02:34.18]God d**n [02:34.64]God d**n [02:35.12]God d**n [02:35.58]God d**n 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