Against the world

Forward is taken from: PBS' African American Lives 2 With: Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maya Angelou [Poem: Mickey Wallace] Started off as Lil' Diz spinning like a typhoon Manipulatorz, MZ, boom-shakalaka-boom Mythmad, ASquad, holla if you hear me man Death of DIZ, birth of Mick, now i do my own thing Came in the game and I gave y'all the project Mixtape/Album, banging like a moshpit Stand Alone, Still Standing, sounding like a prophet Underrated, slept on, yet to turn a profit Area MCs turned blue like my denim Knew that i was kicking antibiotics for the venom Head on collision my intention is to end 'em Honor his dying wish DIZ told me to GETEM ThunderCat of Rap, swinging swords like Im Conan Gifted with the scripture spitting like i wrote the Koran No, I'm not a martian, but feeling like I'm no man Call it god-body, yeah i feel like i know man Tell me how you move forward with no plan You say you heard it all before? Then you should know fam Ain't nothing at the end of the road of that gram Mick a high bidder, through my lens see your low hand Fear no man. My whole crew Ram We breath life, give insight to the motherland At every moment lend a hand to my brother man This is how the cream turns into butter fam I live life no regrets let the past be I am the past. Now the future? You should ask me Kind of like how Nas went from Nasty Get your mind game up and get to class B Get your B up to a A, then get your A to Z My boys looking at me now like, Mickey crazy An 80's baby, granny's baby, Dasie raised me Holla Pat, Penny, Winkie, Baby Joanie, Tracy Now them my aunts and my momma put the real in me You raised by a single woman? Holla if you hear me If i could take it all back, I'd leave it where its left And relive every moment to the death Cause at this very moment I am that dude To lead the youth out the mental slavery of the hood I don't stop at the hood, cause the burbs got slaves too Media get mid-evil with mental meat they feeding you Synthesizer now wise up, Aquemini was teaching you You can ride the bike with no handle bars? But who's leading you? Death around the corner Who's with me to got Against the world Pain is love. Rip out my heart to save these lost little girls Bleed for a nation in need! This just another body. Stand for what is right They you love you, then holler crucify him Tell them it is written, these sentences done sentenced me to A life time that is not mine. Im here to reach you! Get it in like a hand full of 7's Rappers come a dime a dozen, so I'm throwing them 11's And I'm looking for that mana they was getting from the heavens Cause I'm here to make 'em rise like the feast of the unleavened Say the the game is to be sold, I'm not buying what they selling Ain't no future for the youth? Don't believe in what they telling Heard that dreams ain't easy, word to Campbell, Tevin If they say they know it all, I'm still gonna tell 'em Willingly skip class, I will go GETEM Hind sight is 20/20, I will not fail 'em Used to do it for myself, now i do it for the brethren Can i get a witness? Preach on reverend! No poker face, Royal Flush, never folding Destined as a child to be here Kelley Rowland Mick King Midas so you know just what I'm holding Much love to Jill, Live life like it's Golden Play the game of life no pause, no controller Hustle and I grind, cash in a save folder Race against time, Venni, Vetti, V, told ya! Do this for the youth like a Young Money soldier Loyal to the cause like a dog, no Rover Shooting for the stars, Mickey really going Rover Play me in the UK, I'm a Land Rover Michigan winters no match, i'm colder God put it in me I don't need four clovers Its a done deal, real estate home closer Storm, move the clouds, and expose these posers Sunny forecast, Al Roker, told ya! This that moment right here…I feel you Nicki-Nicki This that moment right here The moment where you take hold of your life When you stand for what is right No matter how dark it gets When you lead a generation not just with a microphone But with your heart and with your conscious This that moment right here This that moment that people are killed for man Ushering in a generation of truth man