I think Theives in the Night by Blackstar should be taught in school

Izanami

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Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listening agree
That everything you see ain't really how it be
A lot of jokers out running in place, chasing the style
Be a lot going on beneath the empty smile
Most cats in my area be loving the hysteria
Synthesized surface conceals the interior
America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages
More than usually, speaking loudly
Saying nothing, you confusing me, you losing me
Your game is twisted, want me enlisted in your usury
Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly
Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception
Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the looking glass
Walking the street, wondering who they be looking past
Looking gassed with them imported designer shades on
Stars shine bright, but the light rarely stays on
Same song, just remixed, different arrangement
Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship
Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this
Screaming "brand new", when they just sanitized the old shyt
Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick
That they been running across stars through all the time with
I find it's distressing, there's never no in-between
We either nikkas or Kings, we either bytches or Queens
The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse
Full of short attention spans, short tempers, and short skirts
Long barrel automatics released in short bursts
The length of black life is treated with short worth
Get yours first, them other nikkas secondary
That type of illing that be filling up the cemetery
This life is temporary but the soul is eternal
Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you
Not strong, only aggressive cause the power ain't directed
That's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive
Not free, we only licensed, not live, we just exciting
Cause the captors own the masters to what we writing
Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained
Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game
Not good, but well behaved cause the camera survey
Most of the things that we think, do or say
We chasing after death just to call ourselves brave
But everyday, next man meet with the grave/Great
I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy
I'm trying to live life in the sight of God's memory like that y'all

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DredScott

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classic song...

talib and mos both killed it with mos taking it to another level and dropping knowledge while riding the beat that 88 keys laced perfectly.

this is the type of song that whenever someone tries to call hip-hop "ignorant rap", I'll play for them and shut them up with the quickness...

it can't be denied, kids who listen to modern hip-hop today have no clue what they missed out on...thinking mumble rappers hyping up being drug addicts and wanna-be singer/rappers like drake are the pinnacle of hip-hop. shyt is just sad period but I guess ignorance is bliss for them.
 

Doctor Wily

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Just reading that verse is powerful. I destroyed that cd in college. Mind these guys are kids like 19-20 writing vivid imagery and showing deep knowledge and intellect
Because at that time and even before then there used to be a lot of pride in being self conscious/cognizant to the times we were living in.

All of that has been lost the past few years or possibly at the end of the last decade maybe.
 
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