Curtain Call

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Halaj Pharaoh-Jali Lialu

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Propaganda 
Homage 

Yeah, So, I'm making my debut in an era where rappers  
Use fewer words than Groot, but I sprout from different roots  
So, I continue in the tradition of Black thought (Black thought) 
Where the mission is to be the match that sparks (That sparks) 
The mind that will mobilize the masses 
Beginning in sun kissed grasses 
We're guaranteed taxes and caskets, but 
We gotta work to remove Black skin from White masks 
A Fanonmenon, that I wanna  
Don the ski mask of the robbers (Frantz Fanon) 
As if I'm not already seen as bad by the coppers (Homage) 
That's like parents being raised by their toddlers  
That's more backwards than European opinions  
Of Africans I had to let go of others  
Opinions of me to be free  
But for my curtain call give a round of applause to 

Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco  
Kendrick Lamar and Robert Glasper 
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Miles Davis 
Stevie Wonder and John Coltrane 
Macklemore, Saul Williams, and Tupac, 
Janelle Monae, Pharell, Just Blaze, Yasiin Bey and Nas 
Esperanza Spalding, Prince, and King Los 
Rapsody, Terrence Blanchard and J. Cole 

You see me here, you hear me now, as I make my debut 
But there was a point in time when I ain't know what to do 

Slouched on a brown broken down couch in 
My mama house watching Akeelah and the Bee on BET 
As Dr. Larabee says to me, use 
Words to change the world, but I fear being brilliant 
Who am I to shine? Who are you not  
To? Halaj you got to, be Lialu 
No one can stop you except yourself so 
Accept yourself why measure self with the ruler of the world 
When you're a Pharaoh, let's go let's get to it 
You found freedom in music, but how will you use it
With rhythm and words comes responsibility 
Don't let criticisms blur GOD's gift to emcee 
A prerequisite for emcee leadership is vision 
So, esoteric lyrics in the music is a given 
And the evidence of your influence may be hidden 
But I promise, the children are stepping in your footprints 
The same way that you stepped in the footprints of musicians  
So, for your curtain call direct the round of applause towards 

Royce da 5'9, Ab- Soul and Wale 
Joey Badass, Black Thought, and Common 
Jonathan McReynolds, Outkast, and Big K.R.I.T 
Jamila Woods, Travis Greene, and Tye Tribbett 
Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Alicia Keys 
Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, and Pusha T 
Parliament Funkadelic and Marvin Gaye 
And so many more, but I don't have time to say but 

Time upon time 'cause life is cyclical 
Musicians produce frequencies that make freedom ring 
And since that's the way that I was saved 
I will create in that tradition till I'm placed in my grave  

Thank you, GOD 
Thank you, GOD

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