Devil’s Advocate (Devil’s Work Response) Lyrics

Look I do not recognize your sentiment/
Before you spoke, you could see what these people represent/

Biggie wrote lyrics about himself raping and touching kids/
2Pac spoke to our mothers but he also was reckless in such a way/ that he left us with/
Promotion of murder and being sentenced to/
4 years in a prison along with the men right next to him/

And there are many crimes to report committed by xxx/
These are not the martyrs they are mentioned as/
You have to careful with the words that you are sending at/
Conservatives, they’re quick to spin a reckless act/
To say that they were right to accept all of these alleged ‘facts’/
That's painting a negative picture
of those that you haven’t had/
Properly represented, but i will not begin into that/

I agree Eric holder and Dylan roof/
But to tell the truth/
I don’t wish death the president/
I just want him in a position that/
Doesn’t affect the places that I am living at/
Feel like we have been here before/
You don’t need to talk us, speak to those who report/
You’ve got influence, something you were not used to before/
Don’t be ignorant, this is the second time on your sword/
Please Speak to Ingraham with some dignity/
Even when she had none while the reporting of Nipsey being/
Someone that he’s not, all the while no one mentioning/
His creation of history/
Science labs in communities/
On the land he was purchasing/
Regardless, we need to have them listening/
Instead of pitting ourselves against those who have been misleading/
The missing link is communication and sense of reasoning/
I hope this song changes your thoughts and cause you to proceed with me/
One reason I did this response, so I can talk with you/
Not start a feud but to have a new heart to heart with you/
I understand pain but there are things that we shouldn’t do/
You’re doing the devils work everytime you choose to not improve/
(Killer Mike)
We exploit the youth, we tell them to join a gang/
We tell them dope stories, introduce them to the game/

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Genius Annotation

I had something to say about Joyner Lucas' perspective. I honestly hated the idea of sugar coating the legacies of certain artists simply because of death. Wishing death upon others in powerful positions was another for me, because it only sets us back

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May 18, 2019
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