Solitude of Enoch Ka

[Part I]

[Chorus]
It's hard to say, every sentence is pain
Brothers killing brothers, descendants of Cain
Props if getting knocked, and no mentionin' names
Had to steal, all that time I spent in the flame

[Interlude: Sample]
Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and slew him

[Verse]
Got to be in grace first, to fall from it
That money chase birthed the fall summit
Was wasteful as big eyes and a small stomach
Funny used to call my friends money, I lost hundreds
From low lands, shook of no man, God fearin'
Had death threats, not deaf yet, I'm hard hearin'
Revenge is the engine, with my heart steerin'
Enough disastrous crashes, had to start veerin'
Had to use your fists to change your fiscal
Figurin' how to get rich became the ritual
As teens bought full magazines, if we had an issue
We all had beef, but for dinner havin' gristle
All hooded, even headed in doubt, I'm sure-footed
Fear built relationships rapport couldn't
Being angelic get you popped, saying somethin' that's off-putting
Feeling weak for being in love, like amour shouldn't
Was action packed, cut your cap just to hate hub
For years spoke the code like every place bugged
Since them dudes in school, move like I taste blood
Fights bought forty nights, like the great flood
Still a nexus to the treacherous gutter
Kept two, never monochrome, my gift technicolor
Like the coat of Joseph, hope it don't affect my brother
Became man in the house quick, had to protect my mother
One of my cousins said he was gon' beat me like my pops
I blacked out, was ready to leave him in a box
My sister calmed me down, saw me reachin' for the shots
That's my linchpin, since then, we been on the rocks