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Sustenance

from Water by Drematic & Y?Arcka

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“Sustenance”
(A. Pascoe, S. Kelly)

Verse 1

Cheers to you
The listener, for perusing through
This integral entry
Essential musical- profound s**t to poop- a- scoop
This for my people getting beat down and abused
From B-More up to G-Town Avenue
We need more
So we scheme for avenues
To make killings, stash winnings and to act a fool
Nocturnal moves
Take a snooze in the afternoon
Do the same thing
Gotta do what you gotta do
Gone a foreign but we never ever left the roots
And never do what these weak rap singers do
Black thought process
Mind state of ghetto youth
Is getting’ loot, eatin’ well, never dwell destitute

Chorus

Who you know that don’t need food fi eat?
Yeah my wife and my momma need food fi eat
D. Brown, Y?Arcka need food fi eat
That’s the way we justify what we do on beats

Yo who you know that don’t need food fi eat?
Femstar, Dalmar need food fi eat
Lil’ Z and Henry need food fi eat
That’s the way we justify what we do on beats
(We gotta get it)

It’s a blessing
The way I force-feed you life lessons
In a mic sesson
In these times of recession
You expected cut backs
But we yellin’ “F**k that”!
Where the guns at?
Mother F**ker, where the drugs at?
It’s ridiculous
Mr. Officer, you’re so inquisitive
Bunch of f**kin’’ animals
He wonder how we live like this
Steeped in madness
Porch monkeys cheefin’ grasses
Sand in hour glasses- slip away tease the anxious
Salivating on big thoughts
In the search for sustenance
Basics
Food, Water, Nourishment
Dealing in traps
React- Violently snap
Abandoned offspring chasing skins slow to adapt
To the ways of the beast
Blood thirsty, most savage
Pigs cry wolf, get wrapped in blankets
It’s tragic
When you’re tryna maintain in the food chain
Only the strongest remain

Chorus

Yo take your hat off
Wash your hands, It’s dinner time
In my apron
Slaving, serving, dishing rhymes
Full of protein
Healthy 16’s, antioxidants
If it makes green please believe rappers jockin’ it
I-
Balance positions like a dietician while I’m spitting
Materialism
Switch it with self-wisdom
They think the beat sickening
‘Course they gon’ dig in
Facts on the back you can peep the nutrition
It’s a tradition
Ode to the old school
Never looking back though-
They call it fresh produce
Soul food
For the mind- minus swine
‘Cuz its time
We left those shackles behind
But it’s hard
When the hunger pains are inherent
Seen so many starve
Dawg we gotta have it
Big dough status
A piece of the pie, bread, cake
Yo, you chose the batter
It don’t matter
Long as we got a platter

Sustenance
Never mind all the suffering

Sustenance
Never mind all the suffering

Essentials of living, man. That’s what we’re going for, man. F**k the bulls**t.


Chorus

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from Water, released October 5, 2013

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Drematic & Y?Arcka Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A collaborative effort between recording artist Drematic and producer Y?Arcka, the first priority of Water is to present listeners with an essential piece of music. Just as the substance that inspired the project; the purpose, functionality and presentation of Water is rife with all of the complexities that are synonymous with being a citizen of the world. In short, water is humanity. ... more

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