Ras Kass - Silver Anniversary lyrics

We're getting ready to have a live session
Now, what we was trying to say
When you have real change
Everybody's thing begin to change
Teacher begins to teach a new lesson
Preacher begins to preach a new sermon
And the musician also tries to capture
The new thing so that we
Might have melody and have rhythm
As we do our thing

Oh, it's been such a long, long time
Yes, it's been such a long, long time
Oh, it's been such a long, long time
Yes, it's been such a long, long time
Now the world is⁠

25 years in the making
Before conversations with Elohim and Satan
"Nature of The Threat" still
More relevant than ever
Hate crimes multiplied
Christians in red hats
"Zero tolerance", Jesus never said that
Jésus got deported though
Another orphan in the barrio
Time to strap up like a sicario
I was hypnotized by the audio
Now the boys dance like strippers
Wear stretchy jeans
Fake pockets and mad zippers
Trust fund babies dress poor
And claim hipster
Gentrified the hood but will still
Call you a nigga the weed legal
But the police will still kill
These bitches ass fake
But the pussy still real
Hottest rappers can't rap
They just Milli Vanilli
Philly freed Meek Milly
The jury killed Billy
Cosby, I'll prolly be underrated for life
Fake my own death
Go triple Platinum overnight
Then re-emerge in Costa Rica with 2Pac
Like "Who Shot Ya", guess who it's not

It's been such a long, long time
Yes, it's been such a long, long time
Oh, it's been such a long, long time
Yes, it's been such a long, long time
Now the world is⁠

Since last time you paid attention
I lost some friends
Well, hell, me and Xzibit, we kick it again
But most them so-called friends is gone
Turned into the same fuckboy he hated
When we was tryna get on
I guess hurt people hurt people
Never-ending cycle with a fucked up sequel
The internet beat major labels
Then Zuckerberg sold ads
And labels spent millions
So independents finished last (Again)
Pay the publicist who add you to the playlist
YouTube, Spotify, it's still pay to play
Bitch (Facts)
These crackers brought back Reaganomics
The '80s
The war on crime and incarceration for profit
Got self-destructive, they locked up my ass
Thank God Chino XL and Vinny
Paz said "Free Ras Kass"
Arabs got banned, Black men got shot
Asian girls running around sucking any
And every white boys cock
Like it's the new Colonialism
The devil conquered by creating division
Historical revision purposely
The verse will be mercury
My silver anniversary

Oh, it's been such a long, long time
Yes, it's been such a long, long time
Oh, it's been such a long, long time
Yes, it's been such a long, long time
Now the world is⁠