ESSENCE Lyrics

Uh, yeah, I'm armed with the black belt, that's a rap belt

I charm them with black magic, that's a black girl ting

Bars like a prison, think God when you see me

Thank God for this season, or Allah if you with it

Boy, these new kids on the block

There's so many I could foster, these niggas say they're kings

But none of them Mufasa

Queen Nala to these motherfuckin' lions in the jungle,

I rewrote the script and I don't know no Simba motherfucker

It's been a while since I caused a scene, since I made a ruckus

Gave it all up again, it's been a while since I bothered

Nothing's stopping up all of this venom that's in these veins

It's better to free the reins than leave the Leo in chains, right

I can, I can testify I'm

Rising

Rising

I can, I can testify I'm

Rising

Rising

I know you like it when I don't stop, don't stop, keep that comin

Keep this bitch on the leash, I'm warning you

Couple hundred ways to deliver it

Couple hundred more if this change when I run you up

Everything's wavy and everything's G

See, everything's nice, so nice, so sweet

When everything's shady and everything's bleak

See, your for make nice, so nice, so sweet

Take you to the area, that's a location

That shit's on your mom tellin' you to have patience

That shit's on a burial, pour the libation

My shit's on your mind, givin' you the vibrations

Yeah, everything's wavy, everything's me

Sittin' at the top, watchin' everything breathe

Hey, what's the occasion

Hittin' big three, so I for make nice

So nice, so sweet, so nice, so sweet

I can, I can testify I'm

Rising

Rising

I can, I can testify I'm

Rising

Rising

I've seen a lot of these niggas, I've seen a lot of y'all

I've seen the birth of a nation, I've seen a lot of love

I've seen the future too, it's such a fuckin' mess

Guess that's the usual, curses inside the blessings

It's somethin' to be a God

And little to be the reverend

But nothin' to be the peasant

The message is all you're gettin'

So study it with your all

Guard it with all your might

Pray to it when you sleep

The Book of Nala the Queen