[THE BLACK SHEEPS REQUIEM]

FIRST OF ALL THE MUSIC. YOU ARE GOING TO NEED IT.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew0GJIrwC2o

RAT MEAT WAS A WINO WHO I KNEW WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN. THE FIRST TIME I EVER REALLY GOT TO KNOW RAT MEAT ME AND MY FRIEND WERE CALLING A GIRL A BITCH. AS IN SAYING "MAN THATS A FINE BITCH". RAT MEAT WALKED UP AND SAID "SAY IT AGAIN AND I WILL SLAP THE SHIT OUT OF YOU". ME AND MY FRIEND JUST LOOKED AT HIM CAUSE WE KNEW WE COULD KICK THIS OLD WINOS ASS. HE WENT ON TO ASK US IF WE HAD SISTERS,A MOTHER. WE SAID "YEAH" ALL ARROGANT AND SHIT AND RAT MEAT SAID "WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF SOMEONE CALLED THEM A BITCH". BOTH OF US AGREED THAT WE WOULD KICK THEIR ASS. RAT MEAT SAID "THATS WHAT I'M GONNA DO TO YOU". WE STILL TALK ABOUT RAT MEAT WHEN WE SEE EACH OTHER. RAT MEAT DIED IN THE CLOSET OF AN ABANDONED HOUSE FROZEN TO DEATH IN THE CLOSET.

[THE BLACK SHEEPS REQUIEM]
I PERCH ON THE PRECIPICE OF THE BLACK SHEEP...IN FAMILY AS WELL AS SOCIETIES VIEW.
OSTRACIZED FOR HAVING PRIDE IN MY PEOPLES PAST SO TATTERED AND TORN. THEY WANT ME TO FORGIVE AND FORGET...BUT IT JUST AINT THAT EASY AT TIMES YOU SEE.
A VILLIAN THAT DOES NOT MAKE ONE OR SO I THOUGHT...UNTIL I CHALLENGED AUTHORITY AND FORCED MODES OF THOUGHT. UNTIL I LEARNED OF THINGS THAT WERE HIDDEN IN TIME.
I WAS BORN THIS WAY AND MY ENVIRONMENT RAISED ME. I HAVE SEEN YOUR REFLECTION, YOUR VERY BAD SIDE.
CAUSE THE ONLY TIME YOU SEE A PREACHER IN THE PROJECTS IS WHEN HE'S BEGGIN FOR MONEY, ROBBING PETER TO FATTEN PAUL. OR ASKIN YOU TO SELL YOUR SOUL TO HIS PULPIT...PIMPED OUT CHURCH PEOPLE ALLAH KNOWS YOUR SECRETS.
HOPE SOLD TO MANY IN THE CLOAK OF FAITH AND GOOD DEEDS. I'M SO SORRY BUT YOU NEED TO RE-EVALUATE THIS RELATIONSHIP. CAUSE AS TIME PASSES BY MAN FALLS DEEPER INTO CHAOS.
THESE LIQUID LYRICS THAT FLUIDLY FLOW, LIKE THAT WINE AS IT HITS THE BACK OF RAT MEATS THROAT...CAUSE THIS IS WHERE I CAME FROM, I WAS RAISED BY THESE STREETS. WHERE AT TIMES I WAS VICIOUS AND AT TIMES JUST PLAIN MEAN.
SPENT A YEAR OF MY LIFE IN A CELL FIGHTING TO BE FREE... COULD'NT SEE 25 YEARS MINIMUM MANDATORY IN NO MANS EARTHLY VERSION OF HELL...THAT I COULD NOT SEE, IT COULD NOT BE.
DID'NT RUN TO YOU THEN AND ASK FOR HELP, DID'NT PLEAD AND CRY...CAUSE ALLAH AND I STOOD I GROUND. LIFE FOR ME HAS NEVER BEEN OF EASE, POVERTY AND HATE SURROUNDED AND ENSHROUDED... STRANGERS IN AN EVEN STRANGER LAND.
DONE SEEN SO MUCH IN THESE 43 SHORT YEARS...DONE GROWN TIRED AS HELL ON A PURELY PSYCHIC LEVEL...THE BLACK SHEEP, THE BLACK SHEEP AND THIS IS HIS VISION.