It's all backwards, it's identity crisis
(Deli-i-i, deliver us)
Deliver us
(T-t-this is the, t-t-this is the, this is the hostile gospel)
Hip hop is not a nation, take it to population
(Just keep it real with us, you scared to spill your blood)
Your topical norm a tropical storm, it's a fuckin' disaster
DJ's stickin' to vinyl like fuck Serato
Deli-i-i, deliver us
White kids wishin' they black kids, and wanna talk like rappers
The single mother who raised her daughter to bear the sacred water
Is he a backpacker? Is he a mad rapper?
And what the people want? Please deliver us
Stand on your own two, never covet thy neighbor's stuff
We got til it's gone, you think you on, you still hustlin' backwards
(I'm preaching to the choir, please deliver us)
You ain't promised tomorrow, so get your paper up
(I'm preaching to the choir, please deliver us)
Lord, can You deliver me?
Deli-i-i, deliver us
Synonymous with the apocalypse, look up the clouds is ominous
Deliver
Am I a victim or just a product of indoctrination?
(Your words rung hollow, we need someone to follow)
You hear the congregation, this is the hostile gospel
Drug suppliers is the health care providers
Karma's a bitch so watch your mouth and what you sayin', bruh
Deli-i-i, deliver us
'Keep it honest', our motto, these niggas keep it bottled
Back to the topic we on, it all started at Rawkus
Deli-i-i, deliver us
An entertainer or the author of the last chapter
'Cause they club you to death
Plus they seem to just provide us with enough rope to hang ourselves
In these trying days and times
Deliver us
Deliver
(We wanna live it up, please deliver us)
And not take the hand of every man who make an offer
A nigga keep it rich with the stitch and Greedy Geniuses
Deliver
(Just keep it real with us, you scared to spill your blood)
(I'm reaching through the fire, please deliver us)
Deliver
We living in these times of love and cholera
(Just keep it real with us, you scared to spill your blood)
And what the people say? We wanna live it up
The industry inside us is vipers with fangs trying to bite us
I'm the writer who reach the fighters like speeches by Cus D'Amato
They drugged up, they fucked up, they in debt
(T-t-this is the, t-t-this is the, this is the hostile gospel)
I'm not a hipster, but I flip it like a sneaker pimp
Freedom's a road that's seldom traveled, watch hell unravel
And what the people need? Hey, I got that, yeah
Deli-i-i, deliver us
There ain't no love and no respect
That's why I'm spittin' freedom, we had enough of trigger squeezin'
We still waitin' for the Congress to acknowledge this
(What the people want? Please deliver us)
It's officially nigga season, these niggas is bleedin'
You can't always just borrow and asks for favors, bruh
Publisher: PEN SKILLS MUSIC
(Your words rung hollow, we need someone to follow)
They exploit it and use me like a movie with product placement
To black kids wishin' they white kids when they close they eyelids
(I'm reaching through the fire, please deliver us)
Suppliers who ride around the block in the custom models
Awaitin' trial, debatin' how the hell I got placed in this system?
(T-t-this is the, t-t-this is the, this is the hostile gospel)
So they resort to the shortcuts
Deliver us, deliver
Smack fire out these hoes, 'cause they snitch and tap
Deliver us
I could call em' Navy SEALs
(We wanna live it up, please deliver us)
(We wanna live it up, please deliver us)
Deliver
I can't do it on my own
Wires while I plead the fifth, can't trust a soul in the biz
Deliver us, deliver
We ain't workin' out 'til we exorcise the demons that's inside us
Cakin' makin' narcotics outta household products
(Deliver)
Hip hop's the new WWF
Lord, can You deliver me?
Like, "I bet they neighborhood ain't like this"
We got maybe ten years left say meteorologists, shit
The truth is hard to swallow, it'll leave you scarred tomorrow
What do you rap or do you wrestle? Niggas love to forget
They couldn't find the words to describe me
Deli-i-i, deliver us
You never know, they might've added in secret ingredients
Niggas got a lot to say when locked inside the belly of Satan
Deliver us
I start a conversation based on general observation
It's like a gang, it's like a club or a set
All I need is to be free
I call these rappers Baby Seals
(People wanna live it up, please deliver us)
Deliver us
Deli-i-i, deliver us
Deliver us
(I'm preaching to the choir, please deliver us)
Be careful who you eatin' with and sleepin' with
Enough dope to slang ourselves, enough toast to bang ourselves
Deli-i-i, deliver us
'Cause they government feds
Deliver
Songwriters: Larissa Conner, Paul Greedus, Talib Kweli Greene, Didier Marouani, Justin Smith
(What the people want? Please deliver us)
Ballin' like he struck the lotto, you know who the cleanest is
It's salvation that I need
What become of the vets?
So I'm reaching to the sky
(I'm reaching through the fire, please deliver us)
Deliver us, deliver
Right before the eyes of the soldier who fell in battle
(Deliver us)
(Your words rung hollow, we need someone to follow)
Deli-i-i, deliver us
There are trials still to come
And also who you chiefin' with
Expose the game, treat it like a bitch