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Our Time (A Black Precedent) - (feat. TRAAC and Zach Alder)

from Essential Business vol​.​1 March Madness by dr.Oop and Nada Clue

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lyrics

V1 (droop)
hip hop was born in my life time
We had a black president in my life time
we Legalized marijuana in my life time
What a time to be alive
This is my time
-On the timeline of history this where I landed
can’t be mad at it cause I finally understand it
Shit can be dramatic but you got to withstand it
better days are comin, its the way Jah planned it
-The Soviet union disbanded (and) dissolved,
Then they tore down the Berlin wall
They finally told the truth about deaths from cigarettes
I was here for the birth of the internet
-now there’s a disconnect we goin virtual
Unlike the riots i was there it was personal
Rival hoods came together, it was high time
I never thought I’d ever see a gang truce in my lifetime

CHORUS
We've been through this
We've been through that
Been to hell, and made it back
They lock us down, can't hold us back
Sounds like hip hop, we can get thru that

V2 (TRAAC)
Hip hop is my life line
I saw a black president in my lifetime
Ive seen the feds sell zips and tax for that shit
Then lock kids behind bars for the same crime
See I've...
Been around from breivecase to brickphones
My top 8s on MySpace had
text message ringtones
Then I've lived from Nasir to Nas X
They've gentrified projects
And fucked up the progress
But why they always counting out the 80s babies
Survived it all when all this shit is making niggas crazy
I've been here thru swine flu, Ebola to zika, to Sars, HIV, now corona
Surviving thru the rise and the fall
Who would have thought I'd be alive to see it all.
Feels like reprocussions
Or maybe it's a wake up call
And we just needed this discussion

CHORUS:

BREAK:
I wanna live, just wanna
just wanna live

V (droop)
 my grandma was born in 1-9-2-6
40 years before the civil rights movement
She died in 2012 and I missed her every sense
but she lived long enough to see a black president

V (TRAAC)
So now we stand still while world still turns
How many we times we gotta stand and watch the whole burn
It's my time now, yo it ain't your turn
I'm outta work, child supports buying food not perms

V (droop)
I was alive when the exon Valdez spilled its oil-
there for an attack on American soil
I live in Trumps America but still remain joyous
So Aint no way Covid19s gon’ destroy us

V (TRAAC)
So throw it up if you're just happy you alive
And shouts to eveybody who's just trying to survive
Some have family some have friends we have vibes
Tomorrows looking promising cuz music is saving my lives

BREAK:
I wanna live, just wanna
what a time to be alive
We got so much heart, and we had it from the start
we made it to these changing times

I wanna live, want y'all to live
we can make it if we try
and in our final days, we'll be around to say
we made it to these changing times

credits

from Essential Business vol​.​1 March Madness, released April 28, 2020
Bass: Leo Plummer

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