JACOB'S TROUBLE Lyrics

Jacob's trouble, we gotta fight our way out of this bubble

They got us locked in their sights, scope as big as the Hubble

But we don't peep it, people lackin' knowledge, it ain't no secret

Look at the climate, shots firin', niggas dyin' every weekend

Lotta disciples, but don't none of them follow what Christ do

Babylonians move like the Romans, quick to crucify you

Don't get confused, it ain't just the dudes brandishin' tools

It's them hypocrites behind the pews who worship Tammuz

Sunday service, pull out these verses it make them nervous

It's folly in these churches, wonder why we still sufferin' curses

My people wicked, I'm just tryin' to endure

Remain pure and follow the Torah, before the fan hit the manure

The choice yours, dating back to when Moses hoisted the laws

We been off course, now we gotta face the force majeure

Two-thirds should be cut off to die, thus sayeth the Lord

The one-third should be put through the fire, tried as gold

Jacob's trouble, the rose that grew from out of the rubble

Petals laced with melanin and adamantium skeleton

A rebel, which is why we reside at the bottom

Every socioeconomic problem, we got em

A bevy, of generational baggage

Post-traumatic stresses, plus depression, plus a misguided adolescence

Recipe for disaster, friends turn into Casper

By shorty blowin' a 40 with a heart colder than Aspen

If you askin' yourself how we got the cards, we was dealt

Deuteronomy chapter 28, go read it for yourself

It's easily to see that we the reason we in hell

Self-awareness, the first step to reversing our travail

Then we balance the scale, gaining knowledge of self

First shall be last and last shall be first is how we prevail

It was written, I wish I can change this wicked condition

Who am I kidding, unless Esau's spittin, they not gonna listen

So from 7 o'clock last night until 6-11 this morning, 11 hours and 11 minutes

45 people were shot

That's more than 4 people per hour

And if anybody doesn't think that Chicago, the south side, the west side

are war zones at this point in time, they need to look at the numbers again