Haile Selassie (feat. Nikki Jean)

Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey

I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving

Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float

Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast

"Throughout history,

It has been the inaction of those who could have acted

The indifference of those who should have known better

The silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most

This, has made it possible for evil to triumph."

Selassie

Man's limitation, transfiguration

Haka dance done at the welcome to the demo

Modern man comes to the weddin' in the limo

Mixin' doves with the rice rain

Uncle Ben's off the rails on the night train

And that storm took us to the platform, pushas

Back to the bachelor's backdoor, unhook us

Hope this track take you back to where the fat girl pushed us

And that's very old like Blackberry Bold but the juice

Sweeter than where the party at, or

Releasing these niggas from the roofs, and

Leavin' these niggas on the loose, or

Keepin' these niggas in the coops, and

Leavin' these niggas on the noose, free!

Shamu fan, got a world to see!

Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey

I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving

Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float

Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast

"Then until the philosophy which holds

One race superior and another inferior

Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned

That until there no longer first class

And second class citizens of any nation

Until the color of a man's skin is no

More significant than the color of his eyes."

Selassie

To the limit, the limit in the Methadone clinic

Ridin' with the pack like a Peloton

Flyin' with the sack in the trap like the pregnant

As it breaks in the backs from the cracks that we step upon

If I triple my worth, will it cripple my mom?

If I simple my search, will it mental my calm?

Will it hurt if I give you my palm?

To tell in it, don't put a nail in it

How you gonna see the world if you a whale in it

And readin' my palms like there's braille in it (braille in it)

Is it the trail or the forest?

(Forest) Or the forest with the trail in it?

That's a sail with a 12 in it,

Water coming through from impalin' it (Water come through for me now)

Nothin' left of the boat but my holes

Still I fill up the world and I float, like

Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey

I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving

Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float

Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast

"A qualified man with vision, unmoved by daily selfish interests

Will be led to right decisions by his conscience

In general, a man who knows from whence he comes and where he's going

Will cooperate with his fellow human beings

He will not be satisfied with merely doing his

Ordinary duties, but will inspire others by his good example

You are being watched by the nation

You should realize that you will satisfy it if you do good

But on the contrary, you do evil,

It will lose it's hope and confidence in you."

Selassie

Hydrant open wide, on the side of the colonized

Swimmin' in the street, fell asleep on my mama thighs

Blockin' out the noise that destroys little boys

Living joy, ships ahoy, get deployed by the rock-a-byes

D-d-d-deep into the sea of my dreams

Lyin' fall asleep at the feet of my queen

Hawk, I'ma write to the beat of your wings

Song for the Ethiopian King

Haile

Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey

I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving

Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float

Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast

Haile Selassie, high as the eyelids of osprey

I'm thriving, Poseidon your trident can't stop me from diving

Looking for my, looking for my, looking for my, as I float

Brand new shell for my ghost, tattoos all on my coast