Released: November 26, 2019
Featuring: Natalie Oliveri
[Intro]
Say “happy birthday, uncle”
Happy birthday, uncle
“I love you”
Love you
Give him a kiss
The art of finding your soul
See people try to steal it, take it, sell it
Sometimes you just lose it
But if you lost your soul
It’s never too late to find it
Sometimes you find it in places you never expect
Sometimes you find it at your lowest point
But it’s there
It’s still there
[Verse 1: Add-2]
Yo, I found a reason to live inside of my niece’s eyes
Peace of mind is what I need to find
I was split like division
And how ironic ‘cause the vision still can lead the blind
They outta sight, not like outta mind, so I give ‘em mine
Just give it time, the flow is blowing up, feel like a field of mines
I’m ghetto art, I’m like Frida Kahlo screaming free the gods
For all them suns who never got to shine
I’m reading mines while even reading between the lines
A picture’s worth a thousand words, you need to redesign
I got a masterpiece, no, tryna master peace
Know it’s no limits like black card from Master P
When his brother behind the bars they see murder
When you reaching a new level, I’m three further
So many clowns, we don’t need a circus
I’m going ape like Andy Serkis, I know this for certain
It’s what they waiting for
Flow as cold as ice, they see me skating more
Yea I worry less because I’m praying more
This God’s plan, all in God’s hand, I make the sky land
My lady laid up looking like Sagat stage in Thailand
Gone for a minute but came back to the scene
Tryna describe to the blind all the things that I’ve seen
I know that people are sheep, I count ‘em when I need sleep
I know they really ain’t woke, how you a king with no dreams
With these lines, there’s no equal, ain’t no point in drawing parallels
I fire rounds, I like pouring kerosene on carousels
But carry on, I be going over heads, they tripping now
Seeing how, uncle lived the real, I took the fishing route
Y’all I’m on a mission, you ain’t listen then you missing out
All this food for thought I brought the dishes out
Uh, ‘fore I came to the game, I looked up to niggas
‘Til I met the real them and seen the smoke and mirrors
I guess that saying is true
When you searching for that hero but that hero is you
I left the bars with so much drive, I call that DUI
Some rappers wrote me IOUs, not saying who that’s TMI
This that Dave Chappelle fresh up off the plane back from Africa flow
All these rappers should know
Pick ‘em out and watch me climb it, I’ll be raining, [?] climate
Soul searching took some time but I found it
Yea I found it
Yea man I found it
Yea I found it
[Chorus: Natalie Oliveri]
I’ve tried for miles to find my soul
To find myself
To find myself
I had to rise and fall alone
To find myself
To find myself
[Outro]
Good evening, evening is good
It is our duty to fight for our freedom
It is our duty to win
We must love each other
We have nothing to lose but our chains
Peace and love
I’ll be watching
Sincerely, your ancestors
Say “happy birthday, uncle”
Happy birthday, uncle
“I love you”
Love you
Give him a kiss
The art of finding your soul
See people try to steal it, take it, sell it
Sometimes you just lose it
But if you lost your soul
It’s never too late to find it
Sometimes you find it in places you never expect
Sometimes you find it at your lowest point
But it’s there
It’s still there
[Verse 1: Add-2]
Yo, I found a reason to live inside of my niece’s eyes
Peace of mind is what I need to find
I was split like division
And how ironic ‘cause the vision still can lead the blind
They outta sight, not like outta mind, so I give ‘em mine
Just give it time, the flow is blowing up, feel like a field of mines
I’m ghetto art, I’m like Frida Kahlo screaming free the gods
For all them suns who never got to shine
I’m reading mines while even reading between the lines
A picture’s worth a thousand words, you need to redesign
I got a masterpiece, no, tryna master peace
Know it’s no limits like black card from Master P
When his brother behind the bars they see murder
When you reaching a new level, I’m three further
So many clowns, we don’t need a circus
I’m going ape like Andy Serkis, I know this for certain
It’s what they waiting for
Flow as cold as ice, they see me skating more
Yea I worry less because I’m praying more
This God’s plan, all in God’s hand, I make the sky land
My lady laid up looking like Sagat stage in Thailand
Gone for a minute but came back to the scene
Tryna describe to the blind all the things that I’ve seen
I know that people are sheep, I count ‘em when I need sleep
I know they really ain’t woke, how you a king with no dreams
With these lines, there’s no equal, ain’t no point in drawing parallels
I fire rounds, I like pouring kerosene on carousels
But carry on, I be going over heads, they tripping now
Seeing how, uncle lived the real, I took the fishing route
Y’all I’m on a mission, you ain’t listen then you missing out
All this food for thought I brought the dishes out
Uh, ‘fore I came to the game, I looked up to niggas
‘Til I met the real them and seen the smoke and mirrors
I guess that saying is true
When you searching for that hero but that hero is you
I left the bars with so much drive, I call that DUI
Some rappers wrote me IOUs, not saying who that’s TMI
This that Dave Chappelle fresh up off the plane back from Africa flow
All these rappers should know
Pick ‘em out and watch me climb it, I’ll be raining, [?] climate
Soul searching took some time but I found it
Yea I found it
Yea man I found it
Yea I found it
[Chorus: Natalie Oliveri]
I’ve tried for miles to find my soul
To find myself
To find myself
I had to rise and fall alone
To find myself
To find myself
[Outro]
Good evening, evening is good
It is our duty to fight for our freedom
It is our duty to win
We must love each other
We have nothing to lose but our chains
Peace and love
I’ll be watching
Sincerely, your ancestors
more tracks from the album
Jim Crow the Musical
- Git Yo Hand Out My Pocket
- Wings (Please Don’t Leave)
- Willie Gets Lynched
- Slave Awareness Skit
- Homecoming
- Nappy Hair
- Hashtag
- Black in Amerikkka Skit
- Jump the Broom
- Fear of God
- Mama Said Skit
- Souls 4 Sale (Soul’d Out)
- Young Niggas (Maintain)
- You’re Different Skit
- Back in the Day
- 3 Fifs
- The Secret Life of Blacks
- Welcome to Jim Crow
- Soul Searching
From the album
- Jim Crow the Musical (2019)
Add-2 popular songs
- Modern Day Coons
- Assassination of Add-2
- Cotton Fields
- Mic Jack
- The Almighty Add-2
- Tale Of Two Citiez Freestyle
- Iron Mic
- Bomber & a Fly Chick
- Ghetto Dreams Freestyle
- Death Of Chicago
- The Glorious
- Eulogy
- Runnin’
- Club Church/Club Hell
- The Ugly Side of Beautiful
- It’s OK
- They Call It
- Rings & Crowns
- Couples Therapy
- Knock Knock
- Get Up Get Down
- Paper
- Reset
- Die