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That Savage Beast (prod. by Prolific)

by AntiFrantik

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Much like the character study that lies at the center of BLACK COP, "That Savage Beast" explores the state of mind of an Afro-Canadian police officer frustrated and pushed to the edge by today's sociopolitical climate.

lyrics

I see every one of the four centuries
sent through these generations until it gets to me
That psychological weaponry:
accepting these shackles on these ankles
and thinking it's feeling heavenly
I see it in a blue iris;
A new sight I developed for leading me to a new kindness
But instead it put dozens of voices into my head
They keep on saying that
"Maybe it's time to choose violence!"
Then I believed in the logic and responded --
catching a spirit, I can see what it haunted:
a murderous batch of lyrics on a spree
Many targets want to be pardoned;
they notice how I'm beasting the hardest
I wouldn't have made to the present without that part of me;
limitless source of energy pumping into my arteries
This win is such a coincidence in this lottery;
complacency becomes a lobotomy

Who could've ever known that the tide was gonna
turn when I stepped up?
Didn't think that I deserved your respect,
but I serve and protect us
What would happen if the permanent threats
and the burdens have left us?

The beginning of a brand new season
Boots to the ground, not a man who's dreaming
Just so that y'all understand who's speaking,
motherfucker

My existence: a fly on a windshield;
a sore thumb
stuck in the middle right when the war comes
Both sides entrenched; every bias is instilled
The screams all a fantasy; the silence has been real
from these authority figures
I should be more at ease
These peers of mine, however
are preying upon minorities
In response, I cry with desire;
I want to fight fire with fire
and never open the door to peace
Cuz I'm a nigga, a horrid beast
right?
You see the badge, and then realize that there's more to see
Brush aside notoriety
for the sake of the healing of my society
that is at the core of me
But then these crackers and devils, they want to perpetrate
and SIU doing nothing got me a certain way
Turned away feelings of empathy for my fellow human
I'm the teacher; they're gonna learn today

Every bit of this is justified
Every convention now I must defy

Every bit of this is justified
Now every motherfucker must comply

credits

released September 17, 2017
(M. W. Carter, W. Rideout)
produced by Prolific
recorded, mixed, and mastered by Prolific at The Den of Wolves

license

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