Favelas feat. Sadat X & Diana Purim

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lyrics

SADAT X - FAVELAS

V1
Welcome to favela, ghetto dweller, shanty town
Over here in the States the same thing is goin’ down
People mostly brown, rapid growing’ population, crime and starvation
But still elevation, self preservation, people tryin’ to survive
In ’24 I want us all to arrive
Drug trade, sports, local run businesses
People choosing’ fitness are growing’ old fat
For the mice we get a cat, yesterday we caught a rat
But in spite of all of that there’s good in the ‘hood
Please get that understood, it’s a daily struggle, life can be a juggle
But it’s a beautiful thing, whose crowned as king?
As the man who protects his own in the favela where the children are born grown
You better teach your own, reach your own, teach your own, you better reach your own.

V2
The ghetto is a state of mind, the ghetto can’t be clearly defined
What start as a slum is a kingdom to some
Favela, the ‘hood, whether bad or good
From poverty grows roses, crime exposes, there’s a beautiful mix
Homes made of mud and bricks to drug palaces made of gold
Take it all and then behold where the common folks live
Positive to negative, favela, sometimes it’s like animals in cages
We grow, we always do, what about you? We a chosen few, we make old new.
From dirt grows riches, the narrative switches, to greatness
I’m only statin’ this as fact, we survive through the cracks and make new tracks
Righteous acts, that’s what we do, that’s what we do.

V3
Out of struggle and poverty came our verse of rap
Favela, the same thing I call a trap
Dreams told aloud in poetic form
Through Northern winters and Brazilian rainstorms
Me, the God, I change forms, Ima always eat
Dat X on the mic and Connie Price on the beat
Vocals tones, Keystones, no clones
The great Dotty X is one of one
At night I’m with the moon, in the morning with the sun.
Make a list of what I done would fill up the scrolls,
No actors, no movie roles just a strive and I ain’t say I’m the best alive
But I’m close, people say I’m doin’ the most
Please believe and if you press me I’ll make it harder to breath
I’m only here to achieve from New York to Rio
It’s a mutual respect, we gon’ stay on your neck
We gon’ stay on your neck!