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Walk Alone (prod. by Serious Beats)

from The Righteous Turn Up by Cortext

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lyrics

-Take a look, through the windows of a different seer-/
-Follow my footsteps in the dark you'll see me crystal clear-/
-Coz you can hear it in my voice I keep the vision pure-/
-And feel the heat that's rising up from underneath the sewer-/
-The things I've seen are hard to process in a single verse-/
-I'm all alone inside my head it's like I'm living cursed-/
-That's why I'm greatful that there's something I can give the world/
And tell the truth I'm humbled every day I get my lyrics heard-/
-I went to Freetown saw a beggar wearing battle scars-/
-And he was laying in the gutter looking at the stars-/
-They have to get it you don't get it then you have to starve/
Your country don't look after you it's prison just without the bars-/
-I've seen the long forgotten children that the war, bred-/
-Taken in and spend their first nights, in a warm, bed-/
-There's nothing better than that smile you can' t describe the feeling-/
-When every child deserves a life but still they dying needing-/
-One of the kids I met was shy but said he liked to rap-/
-We started talking he was vibing said he liked my tracks-/
-During the war him and his family were fleeing scared-/
-His fathered died along the way they had to leave him there/
Running through the jungle, hiding from the rebels/
14 he's a survivor man that boy deserve a medal/
But there ain't no recognition all they see is repetition/
Trying to scrape a meal together that's as far as they be thinking/
-When we left they lost, Mary that was hard for me to swallow/
Man that girl was crazy beautiful she could've been a model/
But instead she didn't make it man this shit I can't, take it/
Got me waking up at night in cold sweats, hands shaking/
It's injustice, what happened to the justice-/
It's just, us, coz the government can't trust us-/
-They wanna watch us stop us, shock us and knock us/
Wanna process us as criminal instigators and lock us/
Down - sometimes I feel alone in this-/
-And like the microphone is my confidant and my only audience-/
-But then I think about my fam and all I have in store-/
-And man I'm lucky there ain't soldiers knocking at my door-/
-Me and my girl were in Nairobi that September morn-/
-The same, day that Al Shabab attacked the Westgate mall-/
-I think about how easily we could've been there too-/
-And how I know I couldn't live if something happened to her-/
-The girl that shows me everyday to keep my actions pure-/
-The girl that shows me every way that she could possibly/
Be all I need and more and I don't say that she belongs to me/
Coz man we work together it ain't nothin' that's my heart she keep me/
Pumping, my mum called me today and said she's getting married/
-To the man she's been with over twenty years it had me-/
-But I can't be more happy for her coz I know she happy-/
-That lady gave me everything hope I can give it back see-/
-That's all I'm trying to do, look after my family-/
-Look after my crew, maybe go to the Grammy's-/
-Always speak the way I'm feeling and never be scared-/
-Get my dad a better home and some medical care-/
-Keep my little brother out of trouble-/
-Let my little sister grow up and change the world if she want to-/
-And what we gotta do is educate the young, too-/
Coz they gone have to deal with all the problems that we've run, through-/
-The air is heating up, I hear the storm ahead and/
You gone feel it young blood, you gone have to walk, steady-/
-War ready, speaking til they free you/
Coz we know how the elite can treat the sheeple when they need to-/
-And send my wishes for the children of Gaza/
-And all the victims of religion that passed us-/
-And know that even if there ain't no one to hold your hand-/
Blessed be the ones that walk alone into the promise land-//

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from The Righteous Turn Up, released October 1, 2015

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Cortext Perth, Australia

Cortext has been putting pen to page for over a decade, developing and honing his unique style and performance. Taking roots in South West WA, he boasts a prolific resume that includes 4 studio albums and countless online releases, and has shared the stage with the likes of Cypress Hill, Immortal Technique and Atmosphere. He brings to the game a message of positive change and a hunger for more ... more

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