Lil Wayne — After Disaster

[Intro: Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana] Yeah Uhh Uhh Uhh Uhh Yeah I Can't Feel My Face, yeah I mean it sound so beautiful, you dig? Yeah, I know 'Elz, talk to 'em [Hook: Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne] When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? You know the same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? The same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster [Verse 1: Lil Wayne, Juelz Santana] They couldn't kill me, holla if you feel me Hurricane Katrina victim in the building Okay, daytime soldier, nighttime rider (rider) 9/11 survivor, holla (Yeah, I feel you) And who am I to try to keep hope alive When I'm seeing dead babies floating by Damn, burning buildings, flamed up (up) They couldn't take the heat so they jumped (jumped) Man, they want to want to transform the streets we grew up on A deck of cards with no aces: luck gone Uhh, tower 1 fell (fell), tower 2 fell (fell) Now everybody screwed like loose nails I'm like what are we to do with a house with no roof Look up and pray to whose above You God, now just look in your seat Black people, white people, all covered in debris Yeah [Hook: Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne] When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? You know the same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? The same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster [Verse 2: Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne] Yeah, we try to keep our head up, and not get fed up (nope) But it seems like they won't let us, live And I was told that life ain't shit and this world ain't neither That's why I scream fuck the world not the people (nope) Yes, but in the Belly of the Beast People get swallowed like meat, eat And your president was lying while my people was dying In the helicopter flying, looking down reading signs (Help!) SOS, somebody save us! Ten dead inside, where our savior? And, I've seen tragedy I've looked it in the eye Hate being at my lowest so I choose to get high (high) So high, that my name should be sky It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's I Yea, I holla 504 till they bury me man I'm the father of New Orleans and I'm a family man You heard me [Hook: Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne] When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? You know the same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? The same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster [Verse 3: Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne] Now, if I should die before my time, Lord Take care of Ju Ju and his mom (please) Take care of little Jah (please), take care all the kids (please) Cause through us they live Yeah, Lord please keep Your eyes on me And if I die, I pray my soul You keep And I don't want this world to kill me, but I'm getting so weak I can't take much more, I just want to be free (free) They said they knew there was a problem with the levees, and they did nothing (nothing) Clinton approved the money, Bush did nothing (nothing) So, Katrina hit (hit), and three days later, Fema just coming Ain't this something? I'm feeling like what the hell is really going on Planes into buildings, what's next, King Kong? I wish we didn't even have a reason for this song (but we do) Moment of silence for the people that's gone (Shhhhh) To those resting in peace Those dead and deceased, soon again we meet (soon) Or 'til I'm high and drunk and my car swerves off road (Ha) I'll meet you at the crossroads (yep) Lord please keep Your eyes on me And if I die, I pray my soul You keep And I don't want this world to kill me, but I'm getting so weak I can't take much more, I just want to be free [Hook: Juelz Santana, Lil Wayne] When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? You know the same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster When the levees broke, when the planes hit What's going on my nigga? The same shit After Katrina, after the towers We hold our heads high, after disaster