Stephen the Levite Rehoboam Lyrics Stephen The Levite lyrics

This is for my back-packers who hate the crap they play on the (radio)/ all of it is garbage they callin' it (entertainment though)/ boobs, booties and booze, fools spewin' the (lamest flows)/ no respect or etiquette ethics are (situational)// I remember listenin' mimickin' in the (age of gold)/ hip hoppers who taught and brought me back to the (days of old)/ it was retrospective respectin' the heads who (came before)/ cats who battled for status rappin' before their (names were known)// started in the parks in the Bronx with parties and (crazy shows)/ crowds wowed by the styles wil'in' shoutin' and (sayin' “Ho!”)/ innovators made it amazin' changin' the (way we flow)/ turnin' turntables from players to something (playable)// now a days we're labeled as haters because we (hate the flows)/ skills have takin' a chill to make a mill for some (shady folk)/ djs are eliminated from the (equation so)/ mix-tapes are mistakes a generation has (labeled wrong)// rappers battle without a track to back it or (make it dope)/ mo' like poet with jokes you know they wrote it some (days ago)/ if you're spittin' a written just admit it and (make it known)/ don't mislabel or fake it take it the way you (take it homes)// I am sure there's more deplorable horrible (ways to show)/ disrespect and disconnection from heads that have (made the culture)/ givin' into the industry in the name of (makin' doe)/ ditchin' definitions traditions gave us to (make your own)// folks who don't even know the culture control the (way it's goin')/ sayin' school is for fools and do the music the (way you're told)/ make absurdity circulate and (perpetuate the clones)/ all the slaves are afraid they won't get paid if they (break the mold)// all that's under the sun has been done a bunch of (ways befo'e)/ history is repeated frequently you can (trace it bro)/ young bucks who buck against wisdom written in (ancient scrolls)/ one in particular we should consider is (Rehoboam)//

Scratch: “(Reject) the rebellion of the youth and the stubborness...” // “stop the trend of spiritual fatherless-ness we got us in”

Followin' his father Solomon in line to (take the throne)/ heads met him in Shechem requesting rest for their (achin' bones)/ didn't listen to the wisdom he's given (forsake the old)/ traded it to obey the peers he played with at (eight years old)/36/ instead of blessin' ‘em he's threatenin' ‘em with a (weighty load)/ scorpions for the insubordinate or the (lazy folk)/ they retort reportin' they have no portion in (David's home)/ after that they attack the task master who's (slain with stones)// they divide like Ahijah prophesied in the (reign before)/ Jeroboam is over most of ‘em he's a (hater though)/ every kid that sits in his throne is wicked and (can't be told)/ one rebellion begets a plethora (separatin' homes)// these are the dangers that our generation is (facin' bro)/ a legacy can be spread or end w/ me if I (make it so)/ we be makin' the same mistakes and say we can (change the globe)/ change it prob'ly our biggest problem that needs to (change the most)// make the bigger decision quicker than we can (change our clothes)/ peers cheerin' us on steer us wrong (what you waitin' fo'?)/ old heads who know better tell us to (take it slow)/ we dismiss what they're pitchin' trippin' sayin' (they ain't Jehovah)// we be tryin' to justify our defiance with (names and quotes)/ even blamin' Lecrae when that ain't what he was (sayin' though)/ even I with “to die is gain” I feel like I (played a roll)/ fuelin' revolutionist with a truth they had (taken wrong)// the commission depends on the submission of (baby souls)/ how you gonna train up a child that's not even (trainable)/ just a couple years in the faith and babies will (say they' grown)/ just because they studied a bunch of books they would (say they know)// but maturity's more than readin' more of these (saints of old)/ it's puttin' to practice the stuff you scratch when you're (takin' notes)/ livin' it consistantly with some length bein' (faithful bro)/ when someone who is gives you wisdom, remember (Rehoboam)//


Scratch: “(Reject) the rebellion of the youth and the stubborness...” // “stop the trend of spiritual fatherless-ness we got us in”