When I smoke with my brethren I conjure thoughts that could open the heavens
Envision capers to get more paper than Oceans 11
These smouldering sessions got me quietly reflecting
On this great paper chase dawg and it’s time to count these blessings
To be paid heavily and steadily, becoming more aggressive
What drives me to rhyme has now become necessity
A way out is hard to find debauchery
White guys in ties mocking me knowing deep down they wish to copy me
My pockets be the same as niggas that’s unemployed
I’m still young, gotta make noise before I am destroyed
Internally burning these candles on both ends
I feel I won’t win this battle of good versus evil and I don’t know if
It’s ever gonna change and the stress is never stopping
And I need oxygen, breathe with me niggas
I breathe oxygen
Dear momma your boy’s about a day from straying away
From the wisdom you used to relay, live legit and be honest
I tried to flow with the waters but it was filled with piranhas
Who hate me more? Uncle Sam or that damn Uncle Thomas?
Trying to get me fired, brother you should be trying to get me hired
That’s why I’m steady smoking hoping to get higher
Escaping my reality also in my surroundings
Knowing that my mind combined with rhymes could move mountains
Days turn into weeks on these streets but who’s counting?
Niggas keep on moving with or without you
I figured out truth is what you make it
Who you are is reduced to your possessions
And what you make in your skills could elevate the masses
But instead I’m debating on staying at work
Or taking classes, that is of course this album
Doesn’t nothing I try to tell myself, Reef you don’t have to prove nothing
To no one but in my brain the fact remains
That it’s never gonna change and the stress is never stopping
And I need oxygen, breathe with me niggas
I breathe oxygen
This rap game is such politics, the road to riches and dollars
Is built on a path of lies, they want me to follow it
But not I, I will spit what comes naturally
No man aside from God can tell me who I have to be
Sometimes they love you but often times it will be the opposite
Sometimes they give you your props, often times they don’t acknowledge it
The problem is they smile in your face, you know they ain’t feeling you
So you smile back but inside your pride is killing you
But what it taught me niggas gonna forever be salty
I must be doing something right cause now these critics can’t ignore me
If you saw me I guarantee you’d feel me when I perform
These cats got underground mentalities, I’m thinking much beyond
But it ain’t gonna change and the stress is never stopping
And I need oxygen, breathe with me niggas
I breathe oxygen
If the sky’s the limit I think I’m going way past it
What I speak is not record, it is poetry and passion
I’m hatching a plan to escape from flows I illustrate
I will intake the scenery in a perfect picture I paint
The mic is my brush, I use my voice to stroke the canvas
The scholar with more power than any professor on your campus
Schooled by niggas with bullet wounds and hands that built houses
My grandfather’s knowledge, don’t know if I’d be here without it
Whether I sell I drugs or remain a working nigga
Get my own distribution or sign with Jay Jerkin
Niggas remain humble when I speak
Create a breeze like when the train rumbles past you
From day one though, this young soul
Has been observing, witness the cultural murder
I know I insert the pipe, a way to deal with it, the hood is way wild
Instead of Doughboy and Ricky I’m more like Tre Styles
Made it out by the skin of my teeth, the Cauze is still lost
But this here is the beginning of Reef Gladiator
Oxygen, breathe with me niggas
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ohhh shit man!! can’t believe you actually did this…
I really apreciatte that, can’t thank you enough bro!!
By the way, the reason that i wanted this lyrics it’s because i translate them to portuguese, so that my friends who don’t understand english can feel and comprehend the songs that feel the most. I’m telling you this because if you know someone who would like to look at them i can send them to you. I have translated songs from JMT, Cunninlynguists, immortal technique, atmosphere, and other random songs, now including these by reef, so if you know someone interested you can contact me, that’s my way to thank you, lol. Thanks again!
no problem man. if you want to send me the translated versions of any songs then i can post them on the site for you, unless they’re already up on another site of course. hope i helped you out. peace