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Babylon
05:18
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V1
I know the way this story will end and knowing the world of men, our arrogance won't let us repent
that cursed "Land of Sin" called Babylon has managed to rise again
manipulated by Satan, it was a pagan civilization
now it's a culture, not a location, passed along throughout the ages
like the Romans and the Persians, following false gods and a lust for war
they built empires of power and wealth, destroying their neighbors to plunder more
now we've become"Tthe Whore", feeding on the blood of the world's civilians
seducing them with peaceful visions, while our armies are bombing their cities
killing their children, stealing their riches, then we're conquering their cities
but as long as the oil's flowing, people ignore the blood we're spilling
trying to emulate the Romans, though the Romans slew the Christians
like America does the Muslims, while they distract us with television
making us idolize celebrities, we're trapped in illusions of ecstasy
obsessed with sex and greed, we live in a dream, forgetting our destinies
and as long as we can keep material things, we allow this treachery
and they legalized our vices, so we're too occupied to see
this is the very culture the Prophets preached against, and yet you love it
so you ignore the repercussions while embracing the Devil's corruption
literally tempting God's wrath, determining that He's merely bluffing
why must Man continue to walk this path, inviting his own destruction?
Chorus
You're rushing to the end, by living in sin
I know the one who's to blame, riding a dragon of flames
she & Shaytan are the same, the wretched beast with the name
"Babylon"
V2
I know what you're really after, I see past the smiles and the lies
you're trying to prepare the masses for the coming of the AntiChrist
but i realized the "AntiChrist" is not a person but a state of mind
that's the opposite of the divine life the Prophets told us to find
now your artists sing its praises, convincing you it's ok to
question God and worship the Devil, rejecting everything that's sacred
evil's made to seem desired and to be righteous now is "lame"
treating pornstars like "goddesses" while virgins are treated with shame
boys are trained to root for the villain, told it's ok to pimp our women
living a life obsessed with violence, even our games are centered on killing
girls are trained to want the bad boy, fantasies of a vampire lover
that's a creature raised from the dead that survives by drinking the blood of others
(there are) entire industries devoted to greed, lust, and killing things
demonic imagery, bombarded with death and destructive tendencies
thinking mercy's for the weak, you slaughter your enemies for the glory
never turning the other cheek, you're Christians in name only
if the Devil gained flesh, how many of you would choose to follow him?
or seek his acknowledgment? or think it'd be fun to bring the Apocalypse?
I'm positive some women would sleep with him and share his stories
many of you are Anti-Christians, following him and don't even know it
Chorus
V3
Every empire crumbles and this one will be no different
how will you react whenever your lives are wiped from existence?
cuz your cherished Land of Sin will be destroyed by forces within
not from terrorists but negligence, born from the greed of men
and see it's already started happening, the middle class is collapsing
infrastructure's falling apart and the masses can't afford their actions
ruined roads, aging bridges, how many levees must break
from the weight of record flooding? disasters in every state
and relief ain't coming, cuz they can't profit from it
3 trillion dollar budget yet they refuse to help the public?!
the masses have become the needy, millions with cancer and other diseases
yet these doctors do nothing unless they can profit from selling the treatment
where's your capitalism now?! where's the Devil whenever you need him?!
you sing their praises when you're healthy but they abandon you when you're bleeding
the jobs are never returning, the leeches have already retreated
stealing the wealth of entire regions, the leaders try to calm the people
then (boom!) another disaster strikes, but this time it's the greatest of all
now watch your leaders get frantic, then panic as enemies breach the walls
the citizens cry for help but nobody's there to answer your desperate calls
you'll have to save yourselves as you watch this latest Babylon fall
Chorus
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2. |
Marinate
05:00
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Chorus
Laid back, knowing that when I throw my stress away
life ain't even bad, stop, let it marinate
cuz what I'm trying to say is I know there's a better way
so everyday I'm trying to make it to Heaven's Gate
V1
Life is a breeze, now picture yourself relaxing on the beach
sipping tea, sitting beneath the shade while waves soak your feet
it just seems incredibly hard because you stress over worldly things
but if you focus on your needs and forget the rest, you'll be at ease
but so many would rather live instead with new cars a massive debt
a 50 inch with 200 channels, yet they're still living check to check
got 20 pairs of shoes but you've run out of food and you've still gotta pay your rent
next month you'll do it all over again, the companies love it, investors win
just throw it away, you can but you won't, you'd rather remain i the newest of clothes
the price that you pay is measured in time, you've worked your whole life, so why are you broke?
I know this state of mind cuz several times I've worked a 9 to 5
so yeah, I realize sometimes we're bored and want an escape, that's fine
so turn off the cable, take a walk or go the park, read poetry
or learn to draw or play a guitar, most of these things are free or cheap
and maybe you'll finally be at peace, but if you really just can't relate
then calm your mind, rewind this verse a few times and let it marinate
Chorus
V2
Sometimes I dream of moving away and buying a thousand acres of property
inviting my friends, then building a city that's based on true equality
where everyone works together as teams, and health care and education are free
and everyone's guaranteed a place to sleep and food for their families to eat
but if you want to have finer things, you can work for a couple of days a week
securing our streets, or it can be in schools, farms or factories
and once expenses are met, profits are invested in the community
and then the cycle's complete, becoming a self sufficient economy
which means developing industries and using renewable energies
instead of our enemies, we'll spend our free time searching for inner peace
i probably should've told you this but I'm a socialist and that's why I believe
a nation's wealth should be used to help its people and serve their needs
now some might say it's a foolish dream, but this is the way that it used to be
when families banded together and started new villages working in unity
I'd rather try and see than be a slave to somebody else's greed
and this, we can achieve if only enough are willing to walk with me
Chorus
V3
I used to watch you from a distance, the most captivating of women
beautiful smile, well spoken and a magnificent figure
used to love hearing you talk, though I'd get nervous whenever you'd call
couldn't believe you'd hang with me, and yeah, i'd stare when I'd see you walk
you always smiled whenever you saw me, always playful, never judged
always treated me like your equal when it was obvious you were above me
you taught me to care for others, then helped me become a man
so my plan was to get rich, start a business and buy some land
then i finally would've been good enough to ask you for your hand
i was such a fool, fresh out of high school, i was too young ot understand
that you already loved me, tried your best to save my soul
but i was too caught up doing shows, and couldn't get rid of my worldly goals
so i never told you that i loved you, and in time we grew apart
it broke my heart whenever you found somebody else to play my part
but your daughter needed a father and you deserved to be a bride
so I just wanted to thank you Dawn, you changed my life and opened my eyes
Chorus
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3. |
Blood Money
04:07
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V1
Blood money is just the price you're willing to pay to make the ultimate sacrifice
the price you'll take for selling your soul, the price you name to take a life
and most of the time you'll think it's the deal of your life, and yeah! you should've declined!
instead you'll find, you already lost the second you signed the dotted line
cuz the Devil and his minions own the riches in this society
and they never give them away for free, there's always a catch and the second you think
you've finally paid your dues, they'll come around demanding sacrifices
bribing you to comply, reminding you of the price if you choose defiance
now you're stuck in a bind, you think of your family's safety so you comply
and when the time arrives, you go with their plan and somebody dies
you try to drink away the guilt, you can't even look your wife in the eyes
but she can read between the lines and see the crimes you're trying to hide
like the salary you take in order to stay as one of their soldiers
then you were ordered to assassinate the leader that fights these horrors
all life is precious but you see death as just a business
but when Judgement finally comes, how can you expect to be forgiven?
Chorus
Your obsession with power's made money your only master
buying the life of the world at the price of the Hereafter
choosing money over life, your fate has now been written
the day you leave the living the angels will get vengeance
V2
For what price are you willing to sell your soul? I know that most will say a couple of million but no
I've seen it happen for less, cuz even the best can be blinded by their goals
selling themselves for petty change, pretty things and diamond rings
some will just for a shot at fame and others because they have bills to pay
like the lawyer taking a case whenever they know their opponent's innocent
or know their client's guilty yet they still continue defending him
or the doctor stopping your treatments cuz you cant afford the expenses
or the woman that sleeps with her landlord so her rent can get an extension
did I mention during the night she's selling body while she's stripping
to the customers that offer her a thousand to finally hit it
should've went to their wives and kids, instead they bought sex with no commitment
then the stripper spends 400 to abort their unborn children
then you're giving cash donations, guaranteeing her "right" to kill them
but refuse to spend a penny so that child can join the living
though all life is precious, some see death as just a business
but when Judgement finally comes, can you even be forgiven?
Chorus
V3
The reason I hate money the most is cuz of the way it changes people
you can see it in their eyes whenever they're scheming, like they're demons
and if money is truly evil, then some people seem possessed
choosing money over their health, they literally work themselves to death
husbands fighting with their wives because of a mortgage or the evening
gown she bought while she was out cheating with a richer guy she was seeing
if your toddler breaks your tv, then you're seething so you beat him
choosing money over your families? you can replace it, what are you thinking?!
pushed your daughter to be a model so you can make some easy cash
pressuring her to show her body, hoping she gets a contract
money's turned you into trash, man some people truly disgust me
like the pimps and cartels selling sex slaves by the hundreds
or the church giving out hush money to settle molesting charges
or the suicide bomber taking cash to be a martyr
look, all life is precious but sometimes I just don't get it
when Judgement finally comes are you even trying to be forgiven?
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4. |
Fade Away
04:02
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Chorus
Life ain't given, that's the point of living
strive to be your best, never stopping until you fade away
I stay driven. trying to lead a million
guiding you to Heaven, my message will never fade away
V1
I gaze upon the stars, reflecting on life, as i wonder why
some are chosen to be leaders while others remain blind
still I know that when my time has arrived, I'll get to shine
an be an example, guiding all of mankind from his decline
never again will I be silent, cuz silence signals compliance
so the plan's for me to be fighting with those that rely on violence
but the pen's a better weapon, defiantly I'll be writing
spreading the truth and nullifying the lies that keep us divided
an if I can reach the youth, i can teach them to seek the truth
and still be righteous after seeing the evil that people do
some will tempt you with their money and power, but don't accept it
cuz the gifts from our Creator are greater, so please reject it
God opened up my eyes, allowed me to walk amongst the villains
so i could grasp their true intentions and expose them with precision
now my vision is to get you to fight for a better living
and if I die from what i'm revealing, oh well, that's my decision cuz
Chorus
V2
Now the nemesis of those with ambitions to become magnificent
has whispered to the spirits of Man since the days of Genesis
he slithers in, stalking his victims, exploiting their ignorance
and then he spreads his venom, delivering doubt and insolence
their innocence is tainted, he's blatantly gone and twisted it
devoured their peaceful nature, replaced it with the ways of the hypocrite
the lamb is now corrupted, it's purpose is now destructive
such a shame how something so lovely's been reduced to something disgusting
it's reminding me of the dove, that was born to soar above the clouds
and out of jealousy, the other animals plotted to bring her down
and so they broke her wings, forcing the dove to crawl on the ground alone
enduring a life she shouldn't have to endure, and live in a world where she doesn't belong
she struggled through the years, the others laughed as she stumbled by
she was always gazing at the sky, remembering her former life
her wings had long since healed, but she never realized
the only thing that held her down was the fact that she never tried to fly
Chorus
V3
I know the plight of the teacher, the leader, and the preacher
looking at their people, trying to figure out how to reach them
knowing that evil is lurking, so I'm speaking
to the believers, warning you of the Great Deceiver
he's your enemy, don't fall for his lies
you don't have to sell your soul for anything cuz all it buys
is the life of the world, but the cost is when you die
you've sacrificed your chance at Heaven, and that's never worth the price
stay true to yourself and stand proudly in the Light and
purge your grudges, your hatreds, insecurities and vices
give to charity, cherish life and love all humanity
help your family, and maybe then you can stand with me
society leaves the good to fend for themselves
so the snakes can gather around, trying to tempt you with their wealth
but if the righteous stick together we can build a better living
and if life is truly a game, (then) thanking God's the key to winning, yeah
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5. |
It's Up To Us
04:56
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Chorus
"American only", that's what they told me
that we were chosen so the world really owes me
wait, that just doesn't seem right
why do so many have to die for our lies? (it's up to us)
America owes me, that's what you don't see
exploiting the people while they stole all the proceeds
they get away with their crimes
and that's why the people have to fight for their rights (it's up to us)
V1
Fresh off a plane from the Hamptons, his chauffeur shines off his gators
then they head to a late fundraiser for the mayor
got a mansion in the burbs, 2 kids and a wife
2 Bentley's in the driveway, this is the life!
got a mistress in Brazil, 50 million in the bank
fully paid for his kids to go to Princeton, and the day
he gets bored, he'll retire from the business he inherited
and hey, maybe one day he'll even run for President
but 20 miles away on the other side of town
whole neighborhoods in ruin, foreclosures all around
bodies found but the cops wont investigate the killings
vacant buildings full of crack fiends, shelters full of children
no jobs, no hope, no future worth living
some turn to prostitution, others sleeping under bridges
to the people in the streets, the "American Dream"
is nothing more than some rich man's scheme they'll never see
Chorus
V2
Look how quickly we've forgotten, the last 400 years
the oppression of the natives, the enslavement of our peers
how's it the "Land of the Free" when you slaughtered all the Indians?
and used slave labor to build it, such hypocrites
the innocent have always been exploited for your greed
took 100 years of protests to gain (our) equality
the majority, threatened by the rise of minorities,
figured out a system to destroy our communities
they legalized the process, labeled it "the projects"
then like cattle we were rounded up without our knowledge
segregation and suppression were the objects
then injected drugs and guns to sabotage any progress
assassinated our leaders then replaced them with demons
that would teach us to be drug dealers, pimps, and false preachers
now they sit back laughing as we're poisoned from within
trapped within a life of sin, so we can never rise again
Chorus
V3
Meet your local police chief, king of the bigots
rebel flag in his yard, hates every other religion
says he can't accept the fact that a black man's President
so he's "taking his country back", using his badge as his weapon then
the tested it by locking up the minority residents
trumped up the charges and falsified the evidence
the feds caught him on tape shooting 2 illegal immigrants
but instead of protecting the innocent, they praised him for his vigilance
the families were outraged and people wanted vengeance
so reluctantly, the jury finally sentenced him to prison
but he didn't serve a minute, walked free on a technicality
but in reality, we're just as bad cuz we'd rather be
thugs than scholars, the power of the dollar
turns brothers into killers and makes strippers out of our daughters
there's more black men in prison than in college
and a whole generation of our kids, that'll never know their fathers
it's appalling, and you wonder when the leaders don't bother
cuz we'd rather kill ourselves over land that ain't ours
and man, we stay balling, wont solve our own problems
Malcolm X would be depressed by how far we've fallen
like the people of Moses, freed from oppression
then turned around and thanked God by pissing on his blessings
our arrogance led us to destroy our heritage
we do more damage to ourselves than the Klan ever did
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Raushan Nashville, Tennessee
The progressive rapper Raushan is a true musical visionary, effortlessly mixing complex rhyme schemes with provocative topics and ever-changing beats. He aims to expose the side of reality that societies try to hide. But, the point is to teach & inspire, not to divide or anger. So even when speaking on controversial topics, it's simply meant to get others to understand the problem itself. ... more
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