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Bodies around boomboxes yelling (Rewind Forward) produced by Eric G, feat. DJ Abilities

from Baby (Being a black youth) by One Be Lo

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about

This photo was taken in the locker section of Pontiac Northern High School. These were three of my best friends. We played on the high school basketball team and spent everyday together hanging out and having fun. We weren’t marking music together but Hip Hop was our culture and they always encouraged me to rap. When I did record songs in high school, my homies were my biggest fans.

lyrics

Verse 1

I was sent
to the three-fourths of water
covered Earth
Spittin' fire
but i'm cool like the Element of wind

Negative exist
'til you develop the pic

It was One
to the Nine
to the Seven
to the Six

Jazz and Soul music for-
ever getting spins
But these days, a disco
record was the sh#t

And welcome back Kotter was a
television hit
But four years, and Reagan was a
presidential pick

We pitched pennies in wells
but never get a sip

Like ice water in hell
The devil with a grin

The rich feeding themselves
Forever til the end

Now my destiny is felon in the pin
Cuz the Melanin is dwellin in my skin

F it to the pigs
My attitude, Ice Cube
Yella, Eazy, Ren

No innocence
We’re guilty of the same ignorance
Muslim oils, came to my sense
I never did it sense


Verse 2

Now don't get it twisted like a fellow with a wrench
Suicide was never meant
But malnourishment
from Drugs and alcohol in my system in a sense
It's the same when a blade severe veins in ya wrist

Connected to a raised hand
rebel with a fist
In a trench with a weapon
seeking heaven in the end

Since Binary began,
this how I represent

You can run and tell a friend
Or sell it to a kid

It's too many fake smiles
that stretch over the chin
Haters wanna take a mile
so I never give an inch

No disrespect
I know my elders feel a bit
When they ask me about life
I tell'em it's a Bitch

And when I say Bitch
I ain't talking 'bout no estrogen and tits

I'm talking 'bout experiences testing me to quit
I'm wrestling within
knowing winners never did


Verse 3

But haters do exist
like treble in the mix

I bass in their face
like decibels of ten

We aint the same level, same style
you could try to walk a mile
you could never do it stepping in my kicks

And if you ever fix ya lips
to discuss One Be Lo
You can say
he was a legend with the pen
once again

credits

from Baby (Being a black youth), released November 7, 2020
BEAT PRODUCTION: Eric G (Soul Council)
ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION: Jonas Siegel
LYRICS: One Be Lo
SCRATCHES: DJ Abilities
RECORDED/MIXED by: Aaron Angus
MASTERING by: D Sane

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One Be Lo Pontiac, Michigan

One Be Lo is a HipHop writer/emcee/producer from Pontiac Michigan, currently living in Cairo, Egypt.

Contact One Be Lo if interested writing, production, performances, book readings or workshops.

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