NRTHSTR Lyrics

Look

Nigga we burn plantations the Birth of a Nation

Averse to saturation on radio stations

We raised on Fight the Power been empowered with a path

Got the game from my pops and I took it to the craft

Me and Nast E. in the mix try'na figure how the drums knock

Reading up on Stono tryna figure how a drum talk

Tuning out the tweets

Put the message in the raps

So that when you spin the record it gon' turn like Nat

Nigga I'm calling for the heads of execs, the slave masters

We running up on suits and we looting for our masters

I'm calling for ownership to the underground prophets

Black grassroots businesses and rap nonprofits

For freedom to the artists

Keep the lyrics out the courts

Cause the people need the music

Take the shackles off the voice

And I'm calling for some freedom of expression on the mic

And direction like the North Star to guide us through the night

So we shine

So we gon'

Shine our light up 'till my people see

And I won't stop until my people free

I hear the talks 'bout rap is washed and watered down

'Bout the air waves flooded and the culture boutta drown

Gotta reach one to teach one, free 'em with the sound

Broadcast the revolution so the people come around

Lyrics crashing into prisons and dismantling the pipeline

Tapped into the source and connected over lifetimes

Breaking cycles and generational curses

May my pen liberate the people with the verses

So we gon'

Shine our light up 'till my people see

And I won't stop until my people free

We need a reason to believe

So I won't stop until my people free

I said fuck they plot we gon' shift the course

I said fuck they locks we gon' kick in doors

I said fuck who's hot we gon' raid the stores

And when we coming full force who we do this for?

It's for the people

North stars we invade the dark

Nigga we popped off fucking up the auction block

I said ticky tock and this shit don't stop

And we took at this far for this thing hip hop

We give it to you from the source when the pen don't leak

We dig roots and stand tall with chopped off feet

With the heart of the motherland

Spirit of the streets

Break molds and break chains over break beats

I said all over the world hearts pound with the rhythm

Fear not of men because man must die

Pass down the torch through this oral tradition

Straight from the source nigga hip hop alive

So we gon'

Shine our light up 'till my people see

And I won't stop until my people free

We need a reason to believe

So I won't stop until my people free