The Deep by clppng
[Intro]
Our mothers were pregnant African women thrown overboard while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on slave ships. We were born breathing water as we did in the womb. We built our home on the sea floor, unaware of the two-legged surface dwellers until their world came to destroy ours. With cannons, they searched for oil beneath our cities. Their greed and recklessness forced our uprising. Tonight, we remember.
[Verse 1: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember how deep it go
Started from the bottom
Y'all remember how deep it go
'Fore y'all had to come back, deep
Y'all remember when it used to be deep
So deep, so, so deep, ayy
When y'all swim up out yo' mama while y'all mama was asleep
So deep, so, so deep, ayy
And y'all remember when y'all had the dance floor lit, dark
No two-step, deep, y'all don't even sweat, deep
As deep as it gets
Dreaming dead asleep and keeping time
Y'all heartbeat, deep, y'all heartbeat, deep
And all the fishes had they eyes bugged out
Cause y'all dancing underwater and y'all don't get wet
And the dark smelled sweet and y'all tails touch reef
Y'all feed off the bottom, but now y'all remember
[Chorus: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember
Y'all remember
[Interlude 1]
Pressure outside the vehicle: 832.2 bars
[Verse 2: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember when the deep got hot when y'all move on up
How y'all used to argue 'bout the water getting warmer
Still y'all loved a little bit of light up in the deep
So deep, so, so deep, ayy
Y'all remember saying how it couldn't be them two legs
Cause y'all came from two legs
And y'all mamas would've loved y'all if they could've breathed
But they wasn't ready for the deep
So deep, so, so deep, ayy
Y'all remember when the first blast came
And the beat fell off and the dreams got woke
And the light bent bad and the fishes belly up
And them coral castles crumbled 'cause they wasn't quite enough
And conversation used to break like the floor quake
Like the bleached bones and the fin friends fled from they home
But the blasts wouldn't stop 'cause they wanted black gold
And them no-gills had to feel it 'cause they couldn't be told
[Chorus: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember
Y'all remember
[Interlude 2]
Ocean salinity: 35 PSU. Water pH: 7.91
[Verse 3: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember when the regime changed
That no pleas, no calm seas, let the water rise
So deep, so, so deep
Oil slick upon the sleeper was an awful thing to realize
If the two legs wanna wake the dead
They gon' have to bring more fire, y'all is closer to the earth
So deep and y'all was talking how to get up in they heads
And got to bein' real inspired circumstances of the birth
Has got y'all feeling like an army, better yet a navy
And they gone gave y'all the blessing now y'all going crazy
They live with green up on the surface but they ain't deep
That pistol shrimp could knock a two-leg off his feet
Y'all perfecting the steam void to rip up they ships
They using sonar as second language, y'all fluent with it
And all the dreamers is woke now, but nightmares swim
But everybody hear that "bloop" know y'all coming for them
[Chorus: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember
Y'all remember
[Interlude 3]
Surface water temperature: 308 Kelvin
[Verse 4: Daveed Diggs]
Y'all remember when the call went out, ayy
No deep, no more deep, sunshine
Y'all remember when the call went out, ayy
No deep, no more deep, sunshine
Y'all remember feeling wind up on your skin
No deep, no more deep, sunshine
Y'all remember how it burned in the beginning
No deep, ride on 'em, ride on 'em, ride on 'em
Y'all remember seeing sun across the surface
On the day that y'all first came up out the water, so, so deep
How the breaking of the surface showed the sky without a border
And the air was so much hotter, so, so deep
How the woke dreamer screamed and it rose tides
And the waves stretched up like a mountain high
And the no-gills gasped and they closed eyes
And they prayed to they gods and they asked why
And then y'all cried too 'cause y'all recognized Mama
In the faces of the ones that y'all would terrorize
They were sisters and brothers
They were the babies born up out the water
Not connected to each other
Not in knowledge of the one drop
But they had to learn today
Y'all had one shot, let the sun burn today
Let them feel the dark even deeper today
Make a two-leg a believer today
Let them know that they done woke a sleeper from a sleep
So deep
That y'all been dancin' without any feet, so, so deep
Here's the nerve that they struck with a blast
That they broke with a drill, that they burnt with the gas
Y'all remember, so deep, sunshine, ride on 'em
Y'all remember, so deep, sunshine, ride on 'em
Y'all remember, so deep, sunshine, ride on 'em
Y'all remember when y'all had to let 'em breathe
Ride on 'em, ayy
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CLIPPING - Nothing Is Safe
[Verse 1]
Everyone safe and sound; this how family do
Only homies around, everyone here is crew
Somethin' foul in the air, somethin' feelin' askew
Wind is in the pipes, is that whistle callin' for you?
Don't holler; it's cool
Windows boarded and sealed, doors are bolted and locked
Product cookin' on pace, weaponry fully stocked
Bodies sleepin' in shifts, other bodies keep watch
Bullets are for anybody caught runnin' up in the spot, the pop, the pop
Drop the lights, so drop low, something shot from the trees
Went straight through the front door, homie drop to his knees
Blood seepin' from his neck, as he struggle to breathe
Wooden floors stained wet, gets soft the more that he bleeds, he leaves, believe
[Pre-Chorus]
Didn't no one summon what was comin'
But it creepin' on a come up
Now it's right up in your face
Face it, let it resonate up in your bone a minute
When you shiver, make a sliver
Big enough for it to have a space
Ripped life slipping away
Maybe you can make it out with just a little bit of grace
But it truly doesn't give a fuck about the fear you feelin'
It is here to make you understand that nothing is safe
[Chorus]
Nothing is, nothing is safe
Nothing is sacred
Nothing is safe, nothing to pray for, nothing is safe, nothing is
Nothing is
[Verse 2]
Cut the light and stay low; all is quiet and still
Peerin' through the window, starin' over the field
Scent of death in the air, nothing out there looks real
Close the homie's eyes, now is not the time to be feelin', really load up
Furniture to the walls, barricade you inside
Lose the lights in the hallways, everyone gon' be fine
Phone that no one should call starts to ringin' one time
All the homies' eyes slide to it then the walls split from the outside
The air rushes in; it's cold as fuck, bullets slappin' like hail, more homies struck down
The mission has failed; the wood is split, splintered chandelier falls and smashes hard
Glass and steel everywhere in every throat, screams in protest
You all are dyin', and really will anyone care?
Truth, like death, comes for everyone
[Pre-Chorus]
Barely had to summon what was comin'
It was creepin' on a come up
Now it's right up in your face
Face it, let it resonate up in your bone a minute
When you shiver, make a sliver
Big enough for it to have a space
Ripped life slipping away
Maybe you can make it out with just a little bit of grace
But it truly doesn't give a fuck about the fear you feelin'
It is here to make you understand that nothing is safe
[Chorus]
Nothing is, nothing is safe
Nothing is sacred
Nothing is safe, nothing to pray for, nothing is safe
Nothing is
Nothing is
[Verse 3]
Death is comin' for you, but you already knew that
Thought the clique up brought you some safety up in this pack
But that didn't add up, back up, stand up, strike a pose
With your gat up, that's what they like, you suppose
They gon' rack up, stack up that stuff that you stole
But the fact of status wrapped up in black cold
Caskets cannot be ignored; runnin' so fast should had an award
Homies got gassed for cash from that score
Y'all could have made a dash just after one more
So your foot up on the gas and smash 'round the corner
Only one man was sent to the coroner
Wasn't part of the plan, but damn, the fast foreign
Whip was too quick to flip and fast-forward
The past smashed every wall, pillar and floorboard
Ashes to ashes, dust in the lung
Fire now on everything, gasoline been poured
Last piece of action 'fore you succumb
Just catch a glance of what could have done this
Somethin' 'bout how he walks remind you of someone
You look and see a gun, a man with no face
A golden halo that could be the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
Long ago, you summoned what was comin'
It was creepin' on a come up
Now it's right up in your face
Face it, let it resonate up in your bone a minute
When you shiver, make a sliver
Big enough for it to have a space
Ripped life slipping away
Maybe you can make it out with just a little bit of grace
But it truly doesn't give a fuck about the fear you feelin'
It is here to make you understand that nothing is safe
[Chorus]
Nothing is, nothing is safe
Nothing is sacred
Nothing is safe, nothing to pray for, nothing is safe, nothing is
Nothing is
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