Blue Scholars - Southside Revival lyrics

Southside revival
It's the Southside revival, yo

Hungry is an adjective attached to
My philosophy, it's gotta be
Progress revolves around economy
And I can see the consequence
Of capital first hand
Monorail construction pushed the tenants
Off the land my people, get ready, it's
About to get heavy
And when I'm not humbled then I
Got fam to check me
Silence won't protect me so I check one-two
And fight without fighting like the
Joint by Sun Tzu
On the hill, adjacent to Boeing Field
You can hear the planes flying
Over me behind my vocals
We speak in the Beacon Hill slang with a
Wonderful blend of black language


And immigrant accent
And if the sun's out, half the kids
Will be absent, I'm navigating streets
Sometimes it's like a labyrinth
I paint my voice while Sabzi builds the
Canvas to translate my ancestors anthems

It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed
It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed

Now the reason that they killed made the
Reason that we came to be
Trying to eat and organize simultaneously
But instead most will settle for less
I can't front I give a fuck
If Ronald Reagan is dead
He turned segments of the
Population into crack fiends
Eradicated everything we gained in the '60's
Back to square 1
Let's revise the strategy to reload the gun
And bring about a radical change son
These tough talking cowards ain't hard
They'll bounce on the squad when it's
Time to go to war
Like George Bush did to the
National Guard, real world-like swordplay
Vernacular shark veterans of American wars
They get home maladjusted with
Post traumatic stress syndrome
Peace to my big brother, leavin' in a week
Stay safe in the Middle East, brah
Get home safely

It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed
It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed

I'm convinced that a return to
The basics is needed
I like blizzes that burn long like DVS pieces
My speech releases fire from the beast
Within i acknowledge it's a game
I justify my need to win
Now, some get hip and some
Choose to stay ignorant
Friction leads to fire now
The cauldron is simmering
World champion B-Boys up in Jefferson
Brothers gotta document for
Those not remembering
Both Props and Flavor magazines, rest
In peace, I breath deep
Proceed to clutch a mic and bless her dream
You say there's no time
To study, people look
You got time to take a shit then
You got time to read a book
I proceed to leave my
Footprints embedded on the
Block my first-born is learning to walk upon
Cops pour salt over the market
The south end is
Marching, we dedicate this song
To the dearly departed, rest in peace

It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed
It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed
It's a Southside revival, put
Your hands high
Let your arms be the pillars that
Be holdin' up the sky
I heard a few heads say
That Hip-Hop was dead, no it's not
It's just malnourished and underfed, yo
And underfed so keep feeding it!
Yea me and Sabzi in the club, we how
We do it Nevada, but not Vegas
Talk about the streets
You know what I'm saying yeah