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Download Ian Kamau - Love & Other Struggles Mixtape
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(Original song Thats That One produced by Black Milk for Elzhi, interlude The Agronomist a film by Jonathan Demme)

Lyrics:

(verse one)

A.E. reminded me I was an artist / reflection of me and their eyes and I promised / in trials to stay honest, wise beyond years / tried my very hardest, cried beyond tears / Im modest but the immaturity in people / it builds up, fighting insecurity and ego / black joyful, cant deny my blues / switch moods more then Tai flip shoes / since I could tie my shoes, I step forward every time I choose / I want to win but every time I lose / I learn something, and earn something in the process too / Im focused so I dont notice you / my mistake, but when you have touched a burning flame / trust just like rugby such a dirty game / change, still coming at a pace still running / strange Im struggling but dont say nothing / I watch kids as they aim and then they shoot / I see they worship money know that money is the root / but do they know that money is the root / evil opposite of truth, they wont live to see the opposite of youth / and thats old age, I am an old sage / when the spirit comes I fill the whole page / Im getting so young, I got a silver tongue / I was a golden child what will I become

(verse two)

Love, where will I be when the smoke settles / we walk on mostly glass and rarely rose petals / we want the roar of these guns to cease / but war raised more funds than peace / such a shame, my parents came from the west indies / now Im cold as the western breeze / we are less than free / but speak a language of the east like we knew hindi / she watches me dark eyes and a blue bindi / they told us that we were dirty untrustable / guess Im a dalit too, untouchable / but we dont live for a caste impatient / one of six nations, seven generations passed / theres a logic in my misery and the misery of my logic its killing me / I see two souls walking on the same path / sometimes you cant see the sun until the rains passed / like even if we grow, theyre still our mothers / so even if we fuss, we are still brother / walking the world with an open mind / its like climbing a mountain with a broken spine / hard, as nails so the jails they are full of us / imagine if in the past they were good to us / but in the past they were colder than December / komagata maru, seaview church, we remember / my spirit it sees yours namaste / my folks in Côte-des-Neiges sak passe / meak shall inherit so blessed who bares the birth / the world it dont care we are the wretched of the earth / no matter what they say we are not joking / we are out here praying we are not hoping / together as ever brother, we are not broken / you should hear my thoughts that are not spoken

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  • thats killa i love this under rated bro

  • "the world raised more funds than peace" killa! Peace Sun of the universe

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