Soul Decay Lyrics by Roots Manuva

Soul Decay Lyrics


    The dark art
    Bring the pensive dub
    The dub is wise
    Open your eye-dem

    From nineteen-long time them let loose the crackin'
    The god that 'nuff praise is Sterling collapse
    Eyes closed, heads bowed, I hear the prayer
    Proud, them must sing praise to the pound sign, sire
    Hoping that they read from their pinnacle lessons
    'Nuff buy scratch cards and gain jack-shit
    Nothin' ain't fair in love, strife and war
    Fat cats get fat while the poor stay brass
    Nothin' could go on without brack-a-tiv(?)
    Will you live to work or will you work to live?
    Will you step to the future or dwell on the past?
    For what be your fight, be it color or class?
    Know if you can't ask this, the tip is me
    I and I, scammin' on a fat piece of pie
    And as the greed gets thicker, minds get sicker
    Bloodthirsty fiends cap cocaine and liquor

    [Chorus]
    These streets is thick with bad cliques looking for that raise
    It don't really matter how these kids get paid
    Cos we're living in the days of ill soul decay

    We all got to be something and somebody
    We all got to find them modes to get large
    But when that love for the pound starts flooding
    Every thought we hold, devil disciples collect souls
    Like my man's bouncing weed ounces and everything's nice
    Then in comes the crackle it bounces him tight
    Triple dividends, new-found rank and position
    But more reason to be cautious, much more to defend
    Ends is meetin', criss skeets is greetin'
    Bloods them never dreamed shit could feel so criss
    While rollin' round the city in a brand-new Benz
    Feelin' kinda deft 'cause there's cash to collect
    Ego's on the boost now that ego needs feed
    Watch the devil dance, proceed as them lick up the powder
    Mans start feel like Jesse West 'cause the next plan be to
    Take out the middleman and make more grand

    [Chorus x2]

    The roots of evil run deep and keep runnin'
    You sticka with the cunning while the war drums are drummin'
    If you don't see now, you might never see
    'Cause the enemy strikes with them sick-tight ballistics
    Sadistic, no error, in the guise of a friend
    That was tight from way back, chewin' up the fat
    Talkin' 'bout how we gonna keep stuff true
    Through the thick through the thin, closer than the skin to flesh
    But everybody has their price
    When the beast strikes ain't no tellin' what will happen
    Just when you was thinkin' you was in the same team
    You catch the cold frowsy whiff of a snake in your midst
    Bringin' blitz to your plans when he done shook hands
    And said he's cool with his cut
    Now he wants to cut my throat and take the whole lot

    [Chorus x2]

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