How Did We Get Here
(专辑: Crimson Cord - 2014)
[Propaganda:] Well I
feel it It's the
blood of my ancestors resting in my chest, bro Jah was so great Yeah, cause I
remember karaoke mics pointed at the
speaker Boom box play the
tracks, CD skipped, bunch of raps Open mics, night side, drive by ghetto bird Hoping you can make it home Better get swift with your words Birthplace, earthquake Hometown; it goes down Learn to bust choppers before your ABC, tragedy Survivor rivals the
odds of trying to fight gravity A
compliment when MC say come battle me, stay cool Now a
dad, college grad, quit my job, hit the
road Trying to get my marriage happy Ask about me at the
bottom of the
710, holding down the
sea port Beach city, coast guard, Queen Mary, Snoop Lion Trust me, I'm a
native, the
Hollywood sign be lying beneath it Grave of a
thousand young souls, take a
stroll on a
shore dream of Californication And I
still can't explain how any of us made it It's grace [Andy Mineo:] And I
got a
feeling I
can't describe I
see this place when I
close my eyes Wake me up if we ever arrive And tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me [JGivens:] My hand prints left permanent stamps in The
steering wheel with the
pressure of anvils Fresh out the
gate, the
campus that gave us a
canvas; blank Unemployment rates, we scrambling for pay Never stand still in a
rat race Speeding out of LA, couldn't be late that day I'll be right back, I'm headed to Vegas cause Taylor got graduation, too That round trip switched quick to a
one-way, I'm surprised it's you I
hit the
local circuit in churches scribbling verses Rehearsing them with no music so earth in due time can use them For spoken word or whatever service A
movement; the
music in Egypt was persecuted Long go, faith is bullet proof When you look around and pray that they won't shoot you to prove it How did we get here, in a
dream school? Now when I
swim here God planned it, I'm one of the
fish here like Boom [Andy Mineo:] And I
got a
feeling I
can't describe I
see this place when I
close my eyes Wake me up if we ever arrive And tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me how did we How did we get here? Tell me How, how, how, how How, how, how, how How, how, how, how How, how, how, how How, how, how, how How, how, how, how [Propaganda:] And I
learned you ain't in love with this Time to fire your publicist, I
inspire above the
mess Your desire requires this lost angels city, don't pity us, fully aware That's why I
don't flinch at a
bully scare