BABYLON (Explicit)-Joey Bada$$

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[00:00.00]BABYLON (Explicit) - Joey Bada$$/Chronixx
[00:05.02]Yo yo
[00:07.74]Badmon representin'
[00:10.48]Yo yo
[00:13.97]Hey
[00:15.19]Yeah
[00:16.72]Yeah
[00:19.45]Yeah
[00:26.17]They say you never know what you got
[00:29.38]'Til it's all up and away
[00:31.86]And it's so lonely at the top
[00:34.72]Sometimes you wanna throw it away
[00:37.15]But lately I've been talking to god
[00:40.01]He told me heaven is a way better place
[00:42.75]So I'm taking everything that I've got
[00:46.15]And I'm running away I'm running away
[00:50.11]I just can't cope with the pain
[00:51.97]You just won't understand
[00:53.44]Running away away from here
[00:59.00]I'm running away
[01:01.21]I just can't cope with the pain
[01:03.00]You just won't understand
[01:04.50]Running away away from here
[01:09.92]Gone like the wind I can't seem to win
[01:12.36]I know the end is near but I just don't know when
[01:15.08]Turn on to cnn look at what I see again
[01:17.77]It's another black man died at the white hand of justice
[01:21.33]To tell the truth man I'm f**kin' disgusted
[01:23.72]I fear for the lives for my sisters my brothers
[01:26.52]Less fortunate than I let's formulate a plan
[01:29.24]I'm sick of holdin' grudges I'm loadin' in all my slugs and
[01:31.77]Aimin' it at the judges f**k the cops
[01:34.04]F**k the system and the government you f**kers not
[01:36.85]Protectin' and servin'
[01:37.91]You more like damagin' and hurtin'
[01:40.01]And letting off shots 'til you motherf**kers certain
[01:42.85]He ain't breathin' you made it clear
[01:45.30]F**k your breath ni**a don't even deserve air
[01:47.82]Don't even deserve sh*t don't even deserve nothin'
[01:50.25]If black lives really mattered you niggas would do somethin'
[01:52.94]Instead we mean nothin' in fact we being hunted
[01:55.84]They don't want us in abundance
[01:57.28]They know it's strength in them numbers
[01:58.50]That's why they gave you one
[01:59.95]The time is comin' no discussion
[02:01.72]If you ain't got a gun then you better start runnin'
[02:05.33]Run to the rock of my salvation yeah yeah yeah
[02:10.92]Run to the stone that the builder rejected yeah yeah yeah
[02:14.91]I run to aboriginal christ haile selassie
[02:18.73]Hear them call some other name
[02:19.92]Them other guy nuh qualified
[02:21.69]A long long time mi see ah idiot a try
[02:24.13]Tell me America is the land of the free that's a lie
[02:26.96]'Cause nobody nuh free 'bout yah
[02:28.92]Bet how we leave babylon and go ah ethiopia
[02:31.63]And if you don't believe we can achieve that
[02:33.97]Then you is just another idiot or another
[02:36.65]Motherf**ker
[02:37.36]It's the J O Z I F B A D M O N
[02:40.83]Come on bring them m's on in
[02:42.64]I'm on the upside now you can turn 'em m's upside down
[02:46.04]We 'bout to win there's an one
[02:47.64]The other side of him
[02:49.15]Most greats that you lost I invite 'em in
[02:51.54]To my soul don't you feel the vibes when I'm channelin'
[02:54.37]The innermost of my spirit been engulfed with plenty gold
[02:57.44]'Cause most of them labels throw pennies so
[02:59.90]Who you think investin' in penitentiaries though
[03:02.26]Same owners as them labels same owners of your cable
[03:05.09]Spoon feedin' you fables tryna keep your mind stable
[03:07.93]Your eyes blind and your skins hazel
[03:09.92]The truth is under your nasal but even
[03:11.69]The air's all f**ked up
[03:13.47]How we supposed to see stars chemical trails above us
[03:15.91]Plus bunch of other sh*t that's undiscovered
[03:18.29]Detached from the roots since we set sail my brothers
[03:20.94]That's word to motherland sold us on stolen land
[03:23.70]Visions from brother man he seen us all holdin' hands
[03:26.55]Fifty years later still see my brothers choked to death
[03:29.41]RIP to eric garner only right I show respect
[03:32.10]Nowaday they hangin' us by a different tree
[03:34.89]Branches of the government I can name all three
[03:37.48]Judicial legislative and executive
[03:40.47]Lock your pops away your moms then next the kids
[03:43.08]It's all consecutive I'm just tryna break the cycle
[03:46.45]I wonder if I'll do it all before
[03:48.22]They take my life yo
[03:49.57]Crucify my image the lord is my witness
[03:51.76]If them heaven's gates closed
[03:53.16]I'ma break all them hinges for my niggas
[03:55.84]Yes I'ma break all the hinges for my niggas
[03:58.61]Yes I'ma break all the hinges for my niggas
[04:01.38]Yes I'ma break all
[04:06.97]They say you never know what you got
[04:10.09]'Til it's all up and away
[04:12.65]And it's so lonely at the top
[04:15.48]Sometimes you wanna throw it away
[04:18.05]But lately I've been talking to god
[04:20.81]He told me heaven is a way better place
[04:23.40]So I'm taking everything that I've got
[04:26.73]And I'm running away I'm running away
[04:30.88]I just can't cope with the pain
[04:32.71]You just won't understand
[04:34.24]Running away away from here
[04:39.73]I'm running away
[04:41.92]I just can't cope with the pain
[04:43.75]You just won't understand
[04:45.40]Running away
[04:47.29]As fast as I can to mount zion
[04:48.99]I'm running away I'm running away
[04:51.95]I'm running away I'm running away
[04:54.53]I'm running away I'm running away
[04:57.06]I'm running away I'm running away
[05:00.08]I'm running away I'm running away
[05:02.85]I'm running away I'm running away
[05:06.07]Running away I'm running away
[05:08.18]Away running away
[05:12.80]You better start running running
[05:14.98]Babylon boy them ah coming coming yeah
[05:18.30]You better start running running
[05:20.54]Babylon is coming
[05:22.32]Babylon get jealous of we of we
[05:26.07]Just because I walk this way
[05:27.89]Babylon get jealous of we of we