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Kendrick Lamar - Institutionalised [Raseth freestyle]

by Raseth

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my version of "Institutionalised" by Kendrick Lamar and Bilal.

lyrics

Criminal subliminals I hit you with the truth and now I,
Take it back a step and back break with a blank state of my ill mind,
Nasty as a narcissist, my style irks of prejudice,
I really gotta slow down or my words will be too meaningless,

Raseth comin that’s the combo of the good and evil,
Floorboards creakin with my soul and black heart underneath it,
Came from Egypt but my origin was Western Sydney,
Now I dunno where to go I guess the whole world needs me,

Independent, both in practise and in mighty message,
Effervescent, found my purpose now I paint a visage,
Fuck the system, that’s my calling now I cause a wreckage,
You can’t stop me, that’s the most important of these lessons,

Altogether meaningless people within a dreaming-less, system of counter-venience,
Work then you wake up sleeping in,
I saw you peekin in, tempted to quit the hamster wheel, think your disrupting protocol,
Ten pins are made for the bowling balls,

Bunch a know it alls, thinkin that I’m a criminal,
I may not be caucasian, but what is a white man after all,
Degrees in disciplines, intelligence and glycerin,
It’s fair to say that rap is not where you would think I’d choose to go,

I saw a little girl, askin her mummy questions like,
What did the man do wrong that sat on the street corner freezing cold,
She said it’s alcohol drugs and a mental demon-call,
I think she’s tryna say that she has never known true hardship though,

If she had then she’d mention he’s Aboriginal,
And decades long oppression must have surely played a little role,
But she’s just a kid, so maybe I ask too much, but maybe it’s not enough,
Have you seen her aderol,

Probably generational, life is so short and temporal, maybe it doesn’t matter coz by 80 we are ethereal,
23 and spiritual, I yearn to be a meaningful, addition to the Earth so that the next me can make it better too.

Shit don’t change, until ya,
get up and wash your ass nigga x4

I wake up stiff, thinking what am I doin here?
I see her face, look right through me, a bit of fear?
My bones they creak, concrete rough for a sleepin man,
I’m well aware of all your stares and your judgment fam,

You look right through me even if my face is human though,
Inside your spiritual hole, I’m in the cubicle,
If people all around love you, they wanna stay with you,
If people all around smell you, they focus on your faults,
No…

In my dreams I’m of a different mould,
I was a mercenary killer,
I was a concert hall filler,
I was an ethical pillar,
I was way more than a nigger,
I did not come to be bitter,
I just wanted to be bigger,

And now this street is all I’ll ever know,
Not sure if it’s any different from your own pigeon hole,
Double time hit it,
You’re makin a livin’
While I’m really livin’
You’re drivin a civic while I’m being civil, you’re killin’
I’m really feelin, that you’re makin no difference with money,
Are you happy as you rush past late for all of those new meetings,
Workin hard to buy a bigger box that's only for sleepin',
at least I know my purpose brother; what's your reason for being?

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released January 21, 2016

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