Dem Blues

Chorus

Made plans in the afternoon
When the sun was greeting you
As the rain began to fall
You got dem blues

Mad bills to pay
And now the rent is due
Boss says you been laid off
You got dem blues

On your knees in prayer
And you don’t know what to do
You wonder if He hears you calling
You got dem blues

Living in da bottle
But it seems it’s just no use
End your life, thinking suicide
You got dem blues



Verse 1

2Tomy people in the bad place, I been there too
Think you’re not gonna make it, but you come right through
Keep your I on the sign of the one
You got to live this here life thing
Yo, ‘til your job is done

And in the dark of the hour
The one will send the shower to cleanse you anew
And tell you just how to move to the next level past
Stay devoted to the task
‘Cause your days be numbered
And your candle burn fast

If you got kids
You got to represent for them
‘Cause they be the branches from your very own limb
And fruit don’t fall too far from the tree
How they ‘spose to shine if you don’t shine, G?

Knowledge, wisdom, understanding
Hope you glad that I came
To cross your life path with some words in the game
I never know when my last rhyme be spoken
But dig deep within and you’ll see where the hope is

Verse 2

Never had much money, but was blessed with wealth
With a mind state to elevate and knowledge of Self
And opportunity to spread the truth
Like a divine gardener, spreading seeds at the root

Might’ve not clocked fame and material riches
But never want for nothing
Yo, I gots no wishes
I understand life force alone be a jewel
Be the system emulator or the master’s tool
So what I want to know is what you received
From the line sublime divine mind did conceive?
A grain of sand or the earth foundation?
Something to live on or change your situation?

Soon I’ll be gone
Time pass me by
But don’t you shed no tears
And don’t be starting to cry
Just use my life, good or bad, for inspiration
I’ll catch you in the cipher, ‘pocalyptic dedication

(c) 2004 Nikitah Imani (DP Da Reapa)