KENDALL WA
FUGEE (2018)
I made this about the current climate Americans live in. From police brutality, to women's rights, to immigration problems, this country needs all the affected voices we have to come together and help ensure we all get the rights promised to us! Si se puede!
Fame in America
You train to cope/
and many funerals you raise a toast/
know how many careers were reared/
by the ugly head of success this stress/
this test so many fail/
then live the rest of they life all pale/
colours don’t swipe they pallet/
no dressing for the salad/
no variety in they ballots/
just trump after trump a slump/
this lil dump we been tryna grow from this stump/
but umm burn the whole forest down/
it’s far fetched to see ya self in a car stretched/
or on jets transeuro express/
got mi Oyster card in the negatives/
do you know the direction that you headed in/
Fame in America
Be a slave in America
It never change in America
So many walk around w blinders/
not cognitive to reminders/
some hate looking in mirror/
they book it cuz it gets clearer/
it gets too real ask how the crew feel/
they do seal fates/
cuz we all lose friends on the road but yo/
shed a tear stay on yo toes the end is near/
you wake n everything grey/
hijos in the position you were in yesterday/
as you scratch n tryna stretch/
n catch a breath you just lost a step/
no more pep your rep has tumbled a bit it/
you get blind sided like a bigot/
walking round Baltimore/
chanting hate n getting ignored/
Fame in America
Be a slave in America
It never change in America
Is there even such a thing as death/
or is it just a self imposed exile/
wondering wot the hell comes next/
like the next series of x files/
always live for tomorrow wot about now/
wot about the moment wot about this style/
you like mi copeira you luv me on la playa/
or should I bow down to a higher sire/
money is the culprit I’m chasing a villain/
champagne spilling I’m pissy it cost a million/
counting every penny im stingy I hate the feeling/
chasing fame gives you I’m jumping right thru the ceiling/
why the hell is this so appealing/
the self mutilation that we dealing is the reason we are never healing/
the onion been peeling eyes been watering/
why even bother again/
Fame in America
Be a slave in America
It never change in America
Claim to be Woke
Iiiiiii didn’t mean to bother you/
I only wanted to spark the feud/
you got a lil too comfortable/
it’s the only way I could get you to move/
you deedeedeedee didn’t see quite what I meant/
this faint distance between us increase when we don’t speak/
I just wanted a soldier on mi side but you too blind/
to realize we go thru the same plight/
when will the switch be hit and release that dormant light/
iiiiii am not convinced it will be this life/
you claim to be woke but last time that we spoke/
up everyone else’s ass you tried to blow smoke/
Did you ever never think about your actions/
addition and subtraction/
if you thought for a fraction of a second/
you too could see where you headed/
pigheaded outlandish garish/
snobbish bordish scaredish/
I could stomach a misinformed opinion willing to listen/
but you too ehh for moi/
Can we talk about the things we been talking bout if only for a second/
you claim to boycott then go back to shop the next day/
your mood is like a bomb to the system/
it messes w all kinds of chemistry/
what topic you gonna pick today/
did you forget what you were once championing/
love that’s not your cause that’s not your fight please look the other way/
we all willingly walking towards a cliff what’s wrong w our generation/
you will never know the true meaning of patience/
you will never know the true meaning of patience/
you will never know the true meaning of patience/
Sonrisa
She luv her papi nothing stop me/
copy copy/
came over for a cup o coffee/
the shit got stickier than toffee/
sonrisa Mona Lisa at least a/
lil smirk I trek to yo stars I’m Captain Kirk/
flirt drop skirt reverse repeat/
my missile heat seek it ain’t too deep for me/
another week in beautiful America/
it hurts it hurts dog chupa mi verga/
they hate mi vulgarness fair enuff/
maybe he’ll go away if we stare enuff/
acting like they saw a ghost or possibly I’m/
the greatest of all time n y’all the men who stare at GOATs/
crying rivers n I’m the one who built the boat/
every flows a stroke n row/
every homes flooded in dope/
I’m bring the supply for the kinfolk/
Drive it once trade whips feel like a slave ship/
work hard break mi back working that grave shift/
next night do it again this how we aspire to live/
have kids tell them work hard to make others rich/
you do something for 20 years n fear/
it’s loss in translation or the ends near/
it’s time to quit throw the towel sit your dreams down/
who u gon complain to now/
art is a synonym for bullshit/
I can preach on its richness from mi pulpit/
but honestly we hide behind easy lives/
it’s all fun till your pockets hella lite/
say what they wanna hear/
pay when fear appears are you afraid the end is near/
when the fear leaves your body and the pain is not a feeling/
that’s the moment you start illin' n feeling life is appealing/
you hearing the crowd cheering n seeing the haters peering/
they fuming hot n searing your success led to tearing/
Can you smile while/
your face has been pile driven/
or run a mile/
but only if master permit it/
by chance would you dance in the pale/
moonlight knowing life is frail n lately so stale/
we float like kale read this bumpy road like Braille/
honestly I dunno what the hell fail means/
by any means achieve/
be all you can be
American Fool
You pay taxes n break your back it’s/
so taxing to support another face slapping/
you watch marathon runners straight lap ya/
when ya just 100 meter dashing/
you got your refund n try to cash it/
just for the el bancos manos asking/
where is mi cut feed mi gut/
rich get richer n still got tee time to putt/
wot at wot point do you say/
aye being aquí ain’t all it’s cracked it up to be/
these celebrities make it seem so peachy/
they just the fruit of the loom/
while we the doom n the gloom you got room for shrooms/
I see why meth is a thing we need a release/
we had a key they changed locks/
sold all the stock n bailed/
Got mi house leveled n FEMA said/
yo here's a lil check/
knowing that it wasn't gonna fix shit/
they just walked away n grinned/
now I gotta leave my homeland/
what's a brotha to do/
guess I turned into another/
American fool/
Powers out killings on/
when clean water is scarce the feelings raw/
when presidents turn cheeks n act like they do things/
peeps freak ceilings start to leak/
homes corrode tiendas close/
no burrito por barrio we broke/
bullets begin to seek the heat that we don’t seem to be/
able to feel for weeks/
babies have no heated formula/
has your shower ever been cold enuff/
you bold enuff ya run ya guff/
ya tweet but it’s buried underneath/
we march feet but death peaks it’s beak/
it shows it’s green teeth n frankly I’m beat/
when the powers that be are banging cheeks
instead of fixing these streets/
it makes me commit dirty deeds/
Got mi house leveled n FEMA said/
yo here's a lil check/
knowing that it wasn't gonna fix shit/
they just walked away n grinned/
now I gotta leave my homeland/
what's a brotha to do/
guess I turned into another/
American fool/
Mi isla under water trump said stop/
lending hands n growing crops/
stop!
Oh pare/
olé we lived to see a day/
when you at a point when toilet paper n paper towels/
is something that makes you proud/
and the parting of clouds w the sun bursting out/
knowing this the only light you gon see today/
and the looting happens your belongings are fare game/
and beggars no longer ask for spare change/
n gente so bold they don’t don ski masks/
this when you decide to chug on thee flask/
and drown yo sorrows in the next empty bottle/
till it’s hollow why bother/
fuck this administration/
put yourself in these zapatos of frustration/
Got mi house leveled n FEMA said/
yo here's a lil check/
knowing that it wasn't gonna fix shit/
they just walked away n grinned/
now I gotta leave my homeland/
what's a brotha to do/
guess I turned into another/
American fool/
Saturday Nite Slam Master
I got girls that should check they baggage/
at the gate you may have to wait/
round here beating hearts get pancaked/
retorn when we rip that bandaid/
the damage is fan made fanatics in mi cama/
cut the drama bitches wanna hump like llama/
sweat it out like sauna blow the chronic/
become mi mail order bride like Milania/
bang a porn star pay her off some/
keep it on the low we got wives at home/
sister wives like a Mormon my home is nicknamed/
Utah they call me Joseph/
xplosive we have traveled to another mountain range/
on a horse w no name n I’m going insane/
it’s a shame when I’m tamed cuz I can’t stay in lanes/
I blur lines n blow turbines sir I’m/
Ima Saturday nite slam master go faster/
after clean up this disaster/
no mas chatter zip it up/
keep it to ya self when we splitting up/
kiss up suck up lick up/
swallow hickup beat it up beat it up/
Saturday nite slam master go faster/
It goes jacket top bra off/
pants thong all off/
shoes off socks on/
me climb like Mt Kilimanjaro/
silly funny like Will Farrell/
girls love a personality laughter leads to casualty/
casually sexing before texting/
then casually losing numbers it’s vexing/
young girls w wrinkled foreheads perplexing/
wondering when n if we’ll ever be intersecting/
buzzing round her cabeza I’m insecting/
it’s flu season when I’m around I’m infecting/
yo soy Dr. K all day I’m inspecting/
that ain’t phlegm that’s him you’re digesting/
when him is no longer hers when you have indigestion/
then the imposter Kendall’s come around for your selection/
it's never the same/
The pulse of the nite makes me feel whole inside/
not a single light I bathe in the whole skylight/
the time is limited tho it feels infinite/
perhaps this moment could fill mi emptiness/
never again will we see each other the same/
never again will I cope w this pain/
the shadow of the nite is the only place I live/
don’t get complacent any moment we’re wasted/
Kente
Can you see thru me am I transparent/
are these words mijos am I a good parent/
did I raise em well do I captivate/
do it make you wanna shake shake shake/
I only got eyes for you/
and god gave me 2 so I see double u/
keep being so sexy/
yo last name gon start w a W/
I’m so tired of this village/
where’s next on mi pilgrimage n will you come along/
will you clap n sing yo song/
can I sing along
where’s next on mi pilgrimage n will you come along/
will you clap n sing yo song/
can I sing along
I only wear kente made by mi gente/
It make me feel proud stand up n shout/
Ima put it simply plain n gently/
that’s how I go out/
that’s how I go out/
The nights been a fog grey green w smog/
n I dunno what you been on/
but I been on a binge/
hanging on the fringe n you been in mi lens/
if life’s a sin then I wanna live again
cuz hell ain’t ready for me yet/
gimme a kiss gimme a peck your regret
if you never see me again/
Ghana Uganda African beauty
all this unity got me gigging sue me/
the cloth we maaaaade of/
they can’t fock w our flava/
I only wear kente made by mi gente/
It make me feel proud stand up n shout/
Ima put it simply plain n gently/
that’s how I go out/
that’s how I go out/
If mi lip quivers n mi heart quakes/
will you still give me a fair shake/
will you call me eager will you clown me/
or more love would you surround me/
could we got to church hit the cathedral/
would you ride in mi modest vehicle/
could we exchange kiss could we exchange numbers/
could we remain this could we remain lovers/
I only wear kente made by mi gente/
It make me feel proud stand up n shout/
Ima put it simply plain n gently/
that’s how I go out/
that’s how I go out/
Blonde boys don't happen here
2 guns none of em loaded it's a show/
they counted every footprint I left in snow/
as brave as rope mislead by mi toes/
only thing to mi name is trouble I poked/
Blonde boys don't happen here and I know/
blonde boys don't happen here and I won't/
Why they die they hair wot happened to au natural/
it must’ve been they au pair you think you from the islands now/
what’s up w all this smiling now/
this whole planet is a farm cuz it seems everybody has a cow/
you left the hood but the hood what it stood for was lust/
that fast life new crush wot you doing now make em blush/
your own family start smh-ing/
it’s always silly when they really doing Nathan/
take it abuse come in 2s/
death come in 3s hate's a whole community/
there ain’t enuff weed speed or heroine/
stems n these seeds who am I s'posed to be/
not blonde not red not anything but black n blue/
not any joyous things these scars is tattoos/
in the packed room you gotta fat chance/
of being apart this dance enhance your mood/
Blonde boys don't happen here and I know/
blonde boys don't happen here and I won't/
The lights too bright/
should I stay n fight/
this dye got me blind/
dripped in mi eyes/
society lost/
God don’t watch/
he gotta job/
and kids at home/
yo kings a lie/
yo queens a tie/
the limit is not the sky/
that too was a lie/
they tryna leave us dog/
escape us all/
in they rockets take off/
where does that leave us/
Blonde boys don't happen here and I know/
blonde boys don't happen here and I won't/
Brixton Town
You wanna riot you wanna try it/
this plane you can pilot/
they wanna silence us quiet our crying/
then wonder how it got so violent/
crooked smiling book it right kid/
if we could throw politicians in prison these streets would be cleaner than a whistle/
they wanna take it after we make it/
turn around n break it than tell us to shake the spot/
The force had us by the collar told us here’s a dollar/
n said you can take that down to Brixton Town/
your pound isn’t good here we don’t serve you clowns/
we were told to take ourselves right back to Brixton Town/
The coloured man packed the van he can’t stand/
what do you expect when he ran/
the police took em the judge sentenced him/
they clipped his Achilles never to be seen again/
with wings broken it’s hard to fly into the sun/
we learned our lesson but we ain’t done/
one sacrifice sprung a movement of large proportions/
he gained more followers than opponents/
who wants to die a martyr while the rest live free/
you get nothing but mi thanks and a spot of tea/
The force had us by the collar told us here’s a dollar/
n said you can take that down to Brixton Town/
your pound isn’t good here we don’t serve you clowns/
we were told to take ourselves right back to Brixton Town/
Then the women went what about feminism/
then the Jews went what about Judaism/
then the whites went what about our rights/
then the blacks shook like we tired of getting our ass whooped/
then the Mexicans said what wall/
then the Chinese said we tried that
then the white man came n flied in/
in took pics at our monument they all riffed/
at least talking leads to solution
the only way we end this confusion/
The force had us by the collar told us here’s a dollar/
n said you can take that down to Brixton Town/
your pound isn’t good here we don’t serve you clowns/
we were told to take ourselves right back to Brixton Town/
Brixton Jamaica
The kids were singing the adults were leaning the old folks beaming/
pride was drippin' this wave we hittin' never slippin'/
Jah was watching giving out blessings wanting us to evolve n pocket/
a lil bit of piece of mind they told us to stop it but this party we rocking/
the boats undocked n took off past the surface we started sharp turning/
our lives were blossoming we kept on growing the wives starting showing/
black babies born n being sworn in
to a lucky world we lucky that we get u/
this is the next issue of the magazine of life ight/
All thru the road known as Brixton/
ventured from Clapham kept it electric/
Call up Yusef you said the children were useless n roofless/
u calling us baseless and rootless
then wonder why we shooting n ruthless/
turn to meth n toothless
the less is more approach don’t work do it/
not in this situation the more the merrier/
y’all see crime
I see ethnicities n shades similar to mine/
tough spines thick minds/
you’d see hearts if you went in blind/
time after time we defend our kind/
we just trying to stay alive/
fall in love have kids then die/
but you trying take us before our time/
Christ was watching God was smiling Satan wildin'/
playing tug o' war w our emotions
one break us out one keep us zoned in/
mamas scolding led me to a higher level/
every slap on the butt kept me afoot/
every neighbor who watched me w a hawk eye/
I got nothing but thanks we made it out might/
I try to reach back/
n teach that we have to do more than react/
be proud to be black of any shade/
you gon make bank honestly any day/
happy holiday it’s not another day/
no such thing as decay/
we rebirth in every way/
in every continent so wot u say/
Immigrant
They acting like we dirty need sanitation/
don’t you feel all this sweat n this frustration/
take it out on another it’s motivation/
salutation relations/
have soured like milk it’s all spilt/
your bigotry has been shown I been warned/
thought this only happened when you were foreign/
be forewarned even if you call it Home/
we been trapped in zones cornered in holes/
were invited to come now told go/
were unwillfully brought they turned cold/
got bold and more anger they showed/
got terrorized in our fields like scarecrow/
they wear masks don’t ask just move slow/
you give an inch they take a yard ya know/
never backpedal stay on ya toes/
I think you know who I am/
you just choose to turn the other way/
our downfall was the other day/
put yourself in mi feet just wait/
Wait think about it
Wait conquer
Wait destroy
Call the convoy
I think you know who I am
I'm 3 minutes in mi death sentence/
good riddance I paid a pittance n still you sitting/
all this good living has got me trippin'/
we living a lie so I should be taking from those who are thankless/
here we are bankless/
rake this lil bit we worked hard for n stuff yo pockets/
bottle rockets couldn’t begin to burn a hole in the skin
of the hand that taught us how to fend/
when it’s you and your family back you got/
you don’t get the luxury of friends/
it’s the pits not the bends/
cuz backs don’t twist when you ruined our ligaments/
dismissed walking round pissed/
open hands turn to fist
no more prayers no more shit/
no more strong wrist/
they all limp we getting fucked by the man/
Got the blood of a martyr named Martin/
turned Spartan I’m charging n auto parking/
on Gibraltar and Plymouth it’s slim pickings/
survive the kidnapping now where mi riches/
mi reparations in spades I’m underpaid/
work hard in the sun n still I get shade/
then they wonder how he ended up a renegade/
how dare you want free treatment aye/
Fuckin bitches in Wakanda without a condom/
what we about to create is gonna haunt em/
running from ghosts and sheep I couldn't sleep/
now we bout to put em in a deep one/
the world is filled with pimps and hoes/and all I know it's the oldest profession/
do you know what side you on/
if you stand or fall if you stand or fall/