[Part I]

[Intro: The Last Poets]
Radar, sonar, laser beams
Jets, tanks, submarines
Megathons, H-bombs, napalm, ga—

[Verse 1]
I got the shit you could light with a lighter
Fuck a lighter, I could light on the stove
Dark at night, I'll drop a log on the fire
Wander in the woods out in the cold
I got the shit you could play for your mama
I got the shit you could play for the hoes
I got the shit you could sell to the trappers
In Decatur with the K and the Colt
I know some rappers that—how I'ma say this?
I know some rappers who paid but broke
Lotta money but you played your soul
You played yourself, you played the role
I got some n***as who down the street
Some of my n***as been down the road
Lost a n***a that was down with me
You know what they say, it rains, it pours

[Chorus]
It rains, it pours
(Ooh, we have a penalty flag thrown at the thirty yard line)
(Personal foul, unsportsmanlike conduct, number six on the defense, fifteen) It rains, it pours
It rains, it pours (Look, okay)
[Verse 2]
They got the shit they could pull out
I know it could blow out a back, yeah
They got the cure, it's the vax
Facts, you know where it's at
They put the money, the crack in a sack
They got the axis, they got the Atlas, they got the map
I got a real, real, real bad bitch
I just told her to come to the back (Oh man)
They got the people in office
The crackers that had us in chains
They made the law, they goin' hard
Dang, they even started a gang
How you gon' win at a losable game?
Make a change, man, n***as say the same thing
Every day, complain in the sunshine
Or the cloud rain, but won't lift a finger
End the danger, n***as been endangered
Been indentured, now my n***as got business ventures
With my .9, I'm like ten Avengers
Snap a finger, I could end Avengers
Rapper? Singer? No, killer, n***a
You a copper, you a n***a killer, woah

[Outro]
It rains, it pours
It rains, it pours (Ooh, we have a penalty flag thrown at the thirty-yard line)
(Personal foul, unsportsmanlike conduct)
It rains, it pours
(Number 6 on the defense)
It rains, it pours
[Part II]

[Intro]
Man will understand, man (Oh, shit)
And man will understand, man (Fuck, yeah)
And, man will understand
I live in harmony and peace (Uh)
And the sun will once again rise up in the East (See)

[Verse]
Somebody told me when I was small
That the pride cometh right before the fall
God's son died for us all
So for mine, I'm running through a wall
Lost the battle, it's still a war
I'ma steal the cattle, then burn the farm
We could travel but the journey long
I prefer we get a lil' murder on
Drop a top on your convertible
How we feelin' should concern you
We been speakin' but ain't never been heard
So now we screamin' at you word-for-word
Everything a n***a learned gotta burn
My lil' n***a in a hearse, I was hurtin'
Fuck a rap and fuck a verse, I could blurt
Tryna see how many urns I could earn
Are you entertained or are you concerned?
I'd be afraid, I'd be in church
I'd say a prayer, I pray I say, I say àṣẹ
They play like God, no play-by-play
We take our charge, we take our place
It'll take our hearts, it'll take our faith
But we need a majority to make shit shake
I'ma get me a quarter, I'ma get in a car
And I'ma get on a call and go state-by-state
And I'm picking the target, then I'm picking them off
Better be Beyoncé if you say my name
Orange ambient sunlight and daylight savings might save a n***a life
It ain't never too bright to broad day a n***a
Night time vampires and they'll slay a n***a
Slide like landslides and you can take they slide
I'm a canine, stray in the pack
Lookin' for Jiddy, he stay in the back
Crackin' the whip, whippin' the crack
Just like them crackers had did to the Blacks
Just if they thought I was finished attacking
A beast awoken, I appear like the Kraken
They inferior, in fear when I'm rappin'
But I ain't rappin', this is spiritual
Shed a tear or two'll cure it and miracles happen, huh
Mirror, mirror, why the fuck is you laughing?
Be a dear, let me volunteer 'cause I'm not in fear
I'ma jump in the action (Ooh)
Oh shit, it's getting weird
Nah, shit is weird, where the hell is heaven on this hemisphere?
If them bitches said it, I'ma end it here
If we come together, we could send a message
But I know they never gonna lend an ear
So I got a method, one, do you better
Do you one better
Bet you won't do it, let's bet I will
Collect my stones, ho, collect my gems
Protect my stronghold, respect my shield
Until I'm long gone but while I'm here
I can snap my fingers, they'll disappear (Boom)
[Outro]
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