Keep your head up,
my people's go to the sky
Let's keep it real brothers kill
for a piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get it easy
Try to leave yo' business straight
Fruit
Project bout to settle the score
So keep your head up,
my people's go to the sky
Let's keep it real brothers kill
for a piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get it easy
Try to leave yo' straight
Fruit
Project bout to settle the score
Man my job feels like jail
The bread at my house is stale
I look for checks but all
I get is bills in my mail
My
TV, my
DVD even my car is broken
Is that my
A .C. or the switches it keeps
on smokin'?
Jokin' wasn't an option,
would've opted for ad option
And all my birthday presents
were pawned or sold in auctions
I spawned evil,
approachin' people with caution
And if it wasn't quest to
Colgate, I wasn't flossin'
Tossin' and turnin',
in the summer my house was burnin'
And watchin'
Jerry
Stringer was con siderin'
how you learnin'
How do you cop collars when all you got is
T -shirts?
My tape player only worked
when played in reverse
And it ain't funny though,
everyday askin' where did my money go?
Chokin', my stomach poked out ,
broke with a runny nose
And I thought this, thought less,
just to get it off of my chest
You tryna keep your head up,
my people slip to the sky
Let's keep it real,
but let's kill for the piece of the pie
Don't sleep,
let's get an easy turn in it
Yo this is
Strange
Fruit
Project, bout to settle the score
So keep your head up,
my people slip to the sky
Let's keep it real,
but let's kill for the piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get an easy turn in it
Yo this is
Strange
Fruit
Project, bout to settle the score
Who said my life would ever come
into play?
Beautiful day,
pray on my knees
It's probably when the lotto
in hell freezes over
The breeze is getting colder,
wise men are older
Plus I'm bolder,
struggling with two missing leaves
I'm not fully proer, fear on my side
And blood in my hands,
I never understand
Things have changed, yo,
I've been sinner
But I'm a survivor,
mixed spoken word with my mouth's saliva
You ask me why these cats are broken
Yo, these cats will rob ya, fuck ya
Soul, cash, roll and necklace, my mission
To lead my peoples like
Moses did in
Exodus
Pop these rash and nevertheless
Things come to pass, I feel the pain now
As if I'm barefooted walking on glass
Express through hip -hop and jazz,
police harassed
You wonder why the world is corrupt,
ayo, you should've asked
Hooligans multiply, righteous men die
Got em caught between us, heather to hell,
which one will you decide?
Keep your head up,
my people's love to the sky
Let's keep it real,
brothers killed for the piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get it, it's eternal,
it yours and strange
Fruit
Project bout to settle the score
So keep your head up,
my people's love to the sky
Let's keep it real,
brothers killed for the piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get it, it's eternal,
it yours and strange
New project, bout to settle the score
My mic sound nice,
I start with the pen and pad
To spark this revolution and
stimulate the brain
Without confusion,
using metaphors and similes
A blackened symphony,
pull out them old records, kid
Peace and serenity,
visually captivating
Sonically retaking,
another day for me to relax
My mind chill out,
sit back and recline
My skills be illustrious,
I write rhymes exceptional
Incredible flow,
nearly deaf from high decibels
Leave you in a vestibule state of mind
Dropping dimes,
more syncopated rhythms than drumline
Move in the crowd like a mom, in due time
I see I'll escape and find
my outer body
Experience trapped in the inside,
backwards like my mental
Connect my physical back
to the spiritual
Mental blocks stumble my path,
I'm like the rat that conned
On a trek from stardom,
this brother hungry kid
If money was food then yo
I'd be starved
Got to keep on pushin'
It's the time to move
Got to keep on pushin'
It's eternally on
Keep your head up,
my people slip to the sky
Let's keep it real,
brothers kill for the piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get it,
it's eternally on
Yo, this is
Strange
Fruit
Project, bout to settle the score
So keep your head up,
my people slip to the sky
Let's keep it real,
brothers kill for the piece of the pie
Don't sleep, let's get it, it's eternally on
Yo, this is
Strange
Fruit
Project, bout to settle the score
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