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The Black Lion Chronicles Chapter 2: Respect Your Legacy

by Respect Your Legacy Records

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1.
I Am 03:25
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Chorus I am Blee Say my name three times in the mirror like candy man The black lion of eternal excellence Ask about me gwaan ask about me Verse 1 I know they not used to me, the way I’m moving now It’s more than likely that I’m putting down my own eulogy Do what you gonna do to me, threats are nothing new to me There’s no security to get to me I’m not duty free Usually the cooler G, not the type to hype about What I’m gonna do if you try to bring your crew to me But I’m still human see, though I try to be righteous They push, yo I swear that somebody voodoo me I’m running out of patience like a good doctor But the missions bigger so I keep my mind occupied With the beautiful things of this world Like women and females and ladies and girls Understand what I’m about, love is what I’m putting Sometimes kind of crooked but for now I try to smooth it out Not trying to be your favourite rapper So certain dialogue won’t matter Verse 2 I come through, I stay low I stay cool Got no time to hype up like these dudes There’s no anger no malice it’s all love A straight warrior, I’m not at all thug Get a grip and tighten up them loose ends Wisdom, Wealth, Virtue that’s the new movement I go for mines you go for yours we rise together See despite the weather, we gonna rise forever Just make sure you keep your mind focussed And never believe that it’s hopeless If you can see it then please believe you can achieve We the generation here that can up heave The way of life that they been feeding us for years Slowing down progress with they foolish fears It’s Cross Seas and W-W-V You know Blee, the black lion eternally
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Caribbean Blood 03:45
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CHORUS True, we no haffi hyp as much as they do Caribbean we born so you know we stay cool But we nah go tek disrespect from you Man a real warrior jus watch how we move We no haffi hyp as much as they do Caribbean we born so you know we stay cool Come ya so go tek disrespect from who Man a real warrior trust we can’t lose VERSE 1 Som o dem ah hype up say dem a bad man Disrespect de fam, you life, e gan We mek money plenty dat inna Jah Jah plan And we queens dem sexy carz man a king man Black beery link up a business plan Worldwide hustling money nah we hand De haters ah hate when dem iron lion Carz dem dun know already say we life line long Blee, de bassline, drop it again De queens dem ah dance yeah, drop it again De life wey we live yeah, live it again Carz you done know already we bun de haters dem Blee, de bassline, drop it again De queens dem ah dance yeah, drop it again De life wey we live yeah, live it again Carz you done know already we bun de haters dem VERSE 2 Man ah Caribbean man born inna montseraat Mobsta ah rude boy who no tek no back chat Don’t get it twisted cauz the islands are tiny Take a look around I got warriors behind me From the Caymans down to Tobago Man ah real thugs and we nah really play, no Not the Kokomo you always see on TV Things get ugly down here believe We got French speaking, dutch speaking and Spanish speaking Islanders that hit up beach parties every weekend That’s probably why we got the natural coolness And the smooth swag make you haters look foolish Caribbean seas, Caribbean sun Caribbean females, Caribbean fun Caribbean food, Caribbean rum I bleed the Caribbean til my days are done VERSE 3 It ain’t no mystery That we built for survival check the history No matter how strong the winds turn or how much fire the earth churns We stand firm, recover quick, pride is what we preserve So I show no concern for faces with scars Or bady’s that been behind bars, we follow a different law Down here, no matter who you are Everybody bleed the same blood so fear you, dat nah gwarn star Yes I respect all people But please don’t come around me with your celebrity ego I never respected that and never will Yo it’s just the way I was raised, ah one Start ting still So gwarn cool me no really pan no hype ting You do you and I do me an everyting alright king I move like a Viking, I cross them seas With a swagger so complete so, don’t try to compete no
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Street Jam 03:32
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CHORUS Yo let’s party in the streets man, in the streets man Party in the streets man, in the streets man Party in the streets man, make it a street jam You bring the music and the drinks I bring the freaks man VERSE 1 Bring the speakers out, put them in the yard That’s how it’s goin’ down, no security guards Just an open bar, man we party hard Everybody feeling good like it’s Mardi Gras Shut down the block like we run this Borough 5-0, tell ‘em come back tomorrow One rule to follow, wild just a little bit You know me like it when your spine does that little trick Now there you go drop it low Real easy mama bring it up slow It’s the way that you work it Got every dude in the place falling back like the matrix So come and feel the buzz, like everybody does I’m here to make the session live I don’t care what it was Man what you thinking of, trying to spoil the love Somebody please immobilise da fool ya with some drugs VERSE 2 Yo we dem boys from Strat, you know how we act A shorty to the front and one to the back It must be in the blood, the way I drop the mack But once you go small island ain’t no turning back I keep the lady’s screaming all night long No time for dreaming me, all night strong Whether the French cut or she in a thong You know I’m climbing all over that like King Kong Turn up the bass mister sound man Loud enough to make me levitate off the ground man That’s how we do this son, Montserrat style Vibe’s contagious like a contact high I’m a true O G Original gallace, yeah you know Blee No time for the malice man life’s too sweet We got good food some beautiful girls and a few freaks VERSE 3 This one going out to you and you Party don’t stop when we do what we do DJ keep it coming on the 1’s and 2’s That’s how we move man we keep it old school No invitation necessary come through As long as you know how to play by the rules No bodda violate wit u dutty attitude We trying to have some fun out here be cool man
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Not Giving One 03:31
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Body Language 04:05
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Imagine 03:42
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Dem Never Know 03:28
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The Truth 03:45
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Obsession 03:18
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Nirvana 03:09
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VERSE 1 Life is not a destination, it’s a journey And I feel good about the things that I earned me Experience taught me real early Don’t put trust in human beings Cause they’re never true about who they’re being I can only speak on what I’m seeing Fake asses, me be surprised by the actions of man? Please I’m way passed this How you gonna call yourself a soldier When you struggle just to get your head above your shoulders, I told ya The revolution’s coming, get ready, oh I didin’t Well I’m telling you now so please move over Good over evil the fight that I push So obviously I got no love for Bush But I won’t get political, keeping this lyrical The power in this music man is something kinda biblical CHORUS This is that Vibe I’ve been waiting for And I’m feeling like (I’m on top of the world!) Nothing’s gonna bring me down (X2) VERSE 2 Life, why you had to hand me rap From the get go I’m working with a handicap Born in Strat, raised with sunshine on my back Yo what the hell do I know about hustling But just like that, locations changed Kept looking back, going insane I took a little while to adjust my game Now it’s smack down time man here comes the pain Kept looking back but I got no answer so Time to get exposed like a table top dancer Show a little more of Blee Only God can make you believe in what you can’t see, I guess But no stress I’m the first to admit I’ve been a little laid back with this The truth of the matter is, the way my thoughts are spun I’m afraid of what I’ll become BRIDGE It’s hard to find the words to explain The feeling that’s going through my veins But I just gotta try and maintain Cauz I know life and things will change It’s a shame, that nothing lasts forever But I can’t complain I couldn’t ask for better So don’t try to put no chains on Blee It feels so good to be free
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Respect Your Legacy 03:57
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VERSE 1 My life, my definition, I move with a different vision Here’s my petition Wisdom, wealth, virtue that’s the main mission Don’t feed, teach everyone to start fishing Stop wishing, waiting for them handouts Or trying to take a man’s food, what’s your plan about Don’t build your house on sandy foundations I felt the temptations but I found patience Avoided altercations, kept my focus on the grind Not for money but to get a better mind See over time, I realized the choice was good A lot of things that are said, gets misunderstood There’s too much ego, everybody wants to be a hero But it’s like they have no love for people Obama says change but it’s long overdue So don’t wait for him the change starts with you CHORUS You can bang but, that’s not me blood Run with your gang but, that’s not me cuz I’m a warrior, I’m cool on my own I’ve got no time for the hype man I’m grown You can ride but, that’s not me man Duck and hide but, that’s not me fam I seen proof of the power of I can So I’ve gotta stay true to who I am VERSE 2 Self reliance is the best alliance Take the time and analyze that success is a science That relies on the compliance of certain rules So exclude certain dudes, from certain moves As your certain to lose if you choose to be too kind Rely on instincts whenever you’re in two minds You see in due time, they will get their head straight And if they don’t well be glad you lost that dead weight They say life is short so make every second count That’s why every time I drop, there’s another ounce Of improvement, I’m not about losing I drop, get back up, shake it off and keep it moving Some people like talking from the sidelines They cuss you when you’re losing but when you win want a sideline But not on my time, as hard as I grind Please believe that any cake I bake is all mine VERSE 3 Picture a room with your mother, your father, your brother, Your sister, your cousins, your aunties and uncles your lover Your grandparents and your friends from school and college Your boss at work and the heroes to whom you pay homage All the homies from the block, your posse, your crew, your gang, your clique And the one you fell in love with after one kiss And your life is the topic of the day What would you want the commentator to say
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So Emotional 03:51
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CHORUS Some dudes are so emotional I’ve got to question chromosomes Are you sure you’re XY, the way you cry I think you should have make up on VERSE 1 Yo we grown men So why you wanna run around here with the mind of an adolescent Just hitting puberty, moody as hell Waiting for me to fall but damn you fell Yo these fake well wishers say they wish me well They only wish they could see me in a wishing well Man you’re state of mind, is so simplistic I run laps around you before you catch my drift kid It’s easy to spot them snakes They’re the ones who laugh loud when you make mistakes They’re the ones who dumb down when you celebrate But I’m not gonna hate man have some cake The way you live, nothing in life gon’ please ya Cauz you carry more beef than a butcher’s freezer Love or hate for you kid? I got neither You’re too young for a heart attack, take a breather man VERSE 2 See love loses leverage when loyalty’s lacking You don’t understand huh? That’s why I’m relaxing If I fall to your level and get al hyped up I’m wasting my life might as well put the mic up Mine is a bigger mission, life has purpose You carry these emotions cauz you’re time is worthless You try to find reasons for despising others Your eyes get bothered, when you see a rising brother Man check it, if you had a substantial goal in life Maybe your heart wouldn’t be so cold Maybe you wouldn’t be so frustrated and on the edge With pictures of me dead, running round your head Nah, I’m not psychic But I’ve got my hands all over your buttons like a sidekick Think you know Blee kid? Don’t be dumb Still in the zygote stage, I’ve only just begun VERSE 3 I mean, I mean, I’m trying to get by I mean, I mean, I’m trying to live fly I mean, I mean, I’m trying to move numbers I mean, I mean, to satisfy the hunger I’t’s Blee baby drop your jaws The unbelievable, incredible above the par Never say what I don’t mean or can’t live up to So WWV that’s bound to touch I don’t push violence the power’s in the mind So for now, I just shower you with rhymes Provide you with a guide, to get you through the dark days With minimal effort, it’s all about smart ways I see you bopping your heads to this But you don’t want to so you call it a twitch This is me when I’m broke, this is me when I’m rich Man money can’t make me switch
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I Love You 03:28
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14.
Sad State Of Affairs 04:37
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CHORUS It’s a sad state of affairs that we have in here And we claim that we civilised Because it’s more than insane cause we keep doing the same thing That destroy so many lives VERSE 1 See I don’t know about y’all but it’s embarrassing To know that there’s a need for operation Trident In case you don’t know that’s the part of the police To deal specifically with black on black crime in the streets What the ….is wrong with us You telling me that this is the state of the race that Most advanced society we made that Carried the burden of slavery and stand tall on the same back And now you trying to tell me that we struggling To find the answers to the puzzling That they keep forcing down our throats straight muzzling But we keep on guzzling and hate and kill each other But feel good to be hustling Come on man escape society Take some to yourself and gain sobriety Look at the story of your life yeah that’s your legacy Now keep it real man to man are you proud of what you see? VERSE 2 Are you strong enough to rise up long enough To divide illuminate grasp and wise up followers Of any man or any clan who strives to dishonour us Who lies just to topple us? The people should salute! And Ill recruit any being, given the fact were all human beings, Tax man, even the police will cease when they stop breathing. All seeing eye, man kinds arteries bleed but I’m past letting the foxes breed I’m not a sheep I need to sever degeneracy so I slice slay with syllables. Benevolent rebel, eloquent, forget embedded pebbles. Severing every traitor with blades of bass Raping state ass, I spit exquisite politics to twist a sick nature Anarchistic ink drips, and civil cysts desist but persist to blister effortless, seeping from beneath lips. Pissed system, missing literalists and although I’m throwing lyrical bricks, You know my path provokes trespass, so tread hard! VERSE 3 Man I watch War Of The Worlds And I swear to god I wish there was a war of the worlds I wish that earth would get invaded by extra terrestials With technology to make our weapons look like vegetables And I wish that they were hostile so we could see How ridiculous the way we living life could really be They won’t care about the colour of your skin The size of your bling The money in your pocket, the position that your In the bigger scheme of things there’s no value To these things that we fight for like animals Instead of all these criminal activities We should be philosophising about the remedies To the problems we face And no it’s not just the blacks Everybody’s in a messed up state of time You not feeling like I’m feeling man just give it some time
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The Black Review 04:03
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Verse 1 It’s time to make a guest list Don’t think that you’re getting in ‘cause you got melanin and thick lips The Black race is one of intelligence, righteous movements And a power that prevents us losing So understand it’s a sign of weakness Walking roun’ being proud of this gangsta street sh.. It’s common knowledge that drugs and guns were placed In our communities to start the self destruction of our race Yeah we fell for it then but how In God’s name could we still fall for that now I remember as a child setting traps for rats Yeah they worked at first but they got wise to that And I’m pretty sure the human IQ is higher so Why we getting burnt by the same old fire You could only be as strong as your weakest link So like Anne Robinson, I’m giving you a smile and a wink……..good bye Verse 2 Now let’s address another issue, and that’s the misuse Of N-I-G-G-E-R We claim that this word has come so far From being used to leave emotional scars…, and we’re proud of that This generation is proud of that, man what’s goin on? Forget about whether it’s right or wrong The fact is this word still leaves us torn We say to us it doesn’t matter it’s just a word But to our elders it hurts, everytime it’s heard So if it’s just a word to you man stop using it And find another six letters to be cool with Have you no respect for what your people went through? The freedom, that their hard work has sent you? You could only be as strong as your weakest link So like Anne Robinson, I’m giving you a smile and a wink……..good bye Verse 3 Now I’m not saying everybody should be revolutionary, but There should be some sense of evolutionary Steps, being taken as far as progress but Looking at us now you’d feel so hopeless The consensus in every city, is Black people are Best known for criminal activity Man I’m sick of being seen like that, you could say it’s not true But your actions keep feeding that In war, thay use divide and conquer Apply it to yourself and it could only make you stronger You selling drugs to your people, you gotta review that You feeling good doing evil, you gotta review that You putting money over life, you gotta review that You caught up in the hype, you gotta review that You could only be as strong as your weakest link So like Anne Robinson, I’m giving you a smile and a wink……..good bye

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released September 20, 2015

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Founded by artist/producer Blee, Respect Your Legacy Records focuses on the creation and promotion of music with a love vibration. While Respect Your Legacy Records does focus on Caribbean artists, it also recognises that any legacy worthy of respect is one that unifies and as such collaborates with artists from all over the world. ... more

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