Killah Priest — Golden Calf

[Verse 1] The submissive, obedient faith to niggas on Gates, adoring power and money that rich folks make Stack your paper lowkey, enjoy the wonders and grace Words spoken of a hustler now buried a saint ‘cause at the end there’s salvation for all of my men Crucified in the streets and resurrect in the pen We cringe at tone of the beef, sacrifice for our sins ’til we rise from the corner after life then begins Bullets take the shape of hood silver wolves It ain’t living no more Come outside then it’s pistols at jaws Lord is my shepherd Crack fiends running [?] for more The drug lords measured and supplied through the lobbies and halls [Chorus] In this world that we know, only one time to go Diamonds glow The sun help us dig out [?] We make big holes We fail at the end of our soul Scuff and scrap only to shine brighter as gold [Verse 2] So was god’s plans raised in these streets, a harsh land Survived the ‘80s sweep system and Jeeps and park jams Garage bands, Duran Duran, save a player, gangsters’ll stare at funerals with tattered ink as his tears The youth believe in godfathers Suspicion grab the wrist of the barber Any snake you with, the fish at the harbor Grip revolvers, official armor, spit the llamas The devil ganja blunt lit up the drama At his wake he lay stiff, kiss his cheek in his honor Drug merchants, perfect serpent spirit Jesus Christ the only son and God is one Two thousand worlds I spit from my tongue The word was made flesh and manifest me Holding a tech, show some respect Poison bitch killed the connect HIV had him erect, had him for sex Black suit, hats and veils, it’s Kill Bill style She buried him and smiled [Chorus] In this world that we know, only one time to go Diamonds glow The sun help us dig out [?] We make big holes We fail at the end of our soul Scuff and scrap only to shine brighter as gold [Verse 3] The Holy Grail was really Christ and Mary Magdalene’s baby girl They all sprang, moved to the other side of the world Quickly advanced to France, became the Merovingians, desert people like the Palestinians Sumerian texts spoke like the Abyssinians Yeah, try and cross me like Chris Columbus did the Indians That’s white devilishment, black president, crime elements Crack atoms, rhymes come together like matter Solid to gases, I spit a whole new universe will scatter Astro shower, astro powers Every verse is a starburst My light shines brighter than the sun When I go outside, I grow flowers Hubble Space Telescope thug in a spiral galaxy In cyber hell we blow slug virtual reality Like the Jetsons, cyborg cops seal off our sections Grab our weapons for protections [Chorus] In this world that we know, only one time to go Diamonds glow The sun help us dig out [?] We make big holes We fail at the end of our soul Scuff and scrap only to shine brighter as gold