Smothered Mate-GZA

[ti:Smothered Mate] [ar:GZA] [al:Grandmasters Remix] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Smothered Mate - GZA [00:12.32]His autobiography had came to an end [00:15.00]With the final chapter written in blood upon a skin [00:17.56]From snakes that was dirty as rodents [00:19.62]Therefore to a starving one the call for hunger is potent [00:22.98]Some kids at a young age their skull is fractured [00:25.74]Their mind store the sickest images ever captured [00:28.50]They draw pistols to resolve issues [00:30.81]To give 'em a sense of closure to expose the brain tissue [00:33.93]The shells was evidence of a violent event [00:36.55]That left a young dealer bent from a hundred rounds spent [00:39.35]The lifestyle is a thousand miles from a minister [00:42.10]A small con game with something far more sinister [00:44.97]Peer pressure got him moving faster [00:46.91]A paradise of mutation open the gates of disaster [00:50.46]And murder is not the only cold blooded crime [00:53.02]You got fiends that'll torture the teens to get a dime [00:55.85]Empty ya pockets ni**a and don't move [00:58.29]You react any other way and they'll prove [01:01.09]'Cuz they ain't got a problem with laying ya a** out [01:03.83]Or putting in work so you can see what it's about [01:06.58]Money got the flow ni**a and don't stop [01:09.20]Whether drugs or a hoe ni**a stay on top [01:12.01]'Cuz they don't have a problem with running up in ya house [01:14.75]And burning it to the ground after the sh*t is doused [01:17.62]I told him to save his breathe [01:19.81]'Cuz he hovered on the brink of death [01:21.61]He wasn't living right before he left [01:23.43]His life took an unexpected turn [01:25.49]For those who walked that path here's a lesson to learn [01:28.23]Coming from a nesting ground of those on the growl [01:30.98]In a state of darkness menacing on the prowl [01:33.68]Local rivals and known competitors [01:35.82]Who try to stay clear from the spying eyes of predators [01:39.22]On the hunt they constantly taught persistence [01:41.96]Those with less heart keep a respectful distance [01:44.89]The prey know it's too hot to lay in the street [01:47.32]They find shaded areas a few feet from the heat [01:50.01]'Cuz if not then it will be costing one [01:52.56]Who will soon evaporate under a scorching sun [01:54.57]'Cuz when the drought is on it's little left [01:57.62]Then what lies ahead dehydration and eventual death [02:01.48]Empty ya pockets ni**a and don't move [02:03.74]You react any other way and they'll prove [02:06.54]'Cuz they ain't got a problem with laying ya a** out [02:09.30]Or putting in work so you can see what it's about [02:11.98]Money got the flow ni**a and don't stop [02:14.66]Whether drugs or a hoe ni**a stay on top [02:17.34]'Cuz they don't have a problem with running up in ya house [02:20.21]And burning it to the ground after the sh*t is doused