The Realness - Jahi

Living just enough for the city it’s all in me

Never pretend to be nothing more than an emcee

10 years and counting raised in project housing

Made it out of that now you see me giving back

Teaching at a school not far from my grannies house

Plug in the mic and I still turn the party out

Canging like leaves on trees planning for my seeds

Balance out my wants and needs my soul bleeds

H-i-p h-o-p forever start a new chapter — still getting it better

Thankful for the lessons that got me to this space and time

Seen the lowest lows but now my life is on the incline

2 words: I shine

This is the Realness

I want everybody to feel it

It’s the Realness

And yo it comes from the spirit

It’s the Realness

I don’t talk it, yo, I live it

And it’s the Realness, yeah

It’s the Real-

(Never late, never fake)

It’s the Realness

I want everybody feel it

It’s the Realness, yo, it comes from my Spirit like…

Don’t look for the hook again to the very end sharp like the autumn wind

This story never ends

My catalog is a treasure chest filled with jewels

Vibes to make you dance but wisdom you can use

On the daily, parables like Mary’s baby

I’m not a video game so please don’t try to play me

I just here to add texture into the landscape

Use my two hands and mind to put food on my plate

It’s never too late my muse hits me at midnight

Seen too many wrongs the conscious side is where I write

And don’t be afraid of that word it’s just awareness

Never careless in my speech, thank God I found this beat

Let me pause for the DJ on the techniques

Ok I’m back like I never left it, child of the star and crescent

Yep you guessed it, Jahi in his zone again, home again

But this time I’m staying new bricks I’m laying

Displaying my passion inside the rhythm, obeying

Higher laws, higher cause you’ll never find

A fresher style word to Lou Rawls from school halls

To clubs when I come I show my love

And make timeless music like the dude with the glove

Who’s watching from above with the other greats

Putting this on vinyl — you can dig inside your crates

And spin it and blend it, head nodding that’s what I intended

Pay attention don’t miss it cause I

Keep it perfect timing

Even when the DJ flips it, yo I feel so terrific

Music Is inspiring

Motivation music so I’m bringing the fire in

That’s why I love Hip Hop cause it’s self reliance

Pious in my speaking, arms stretched and reaching

Write an album in a weekend put it out on Monday

7 day 7 styles from Sunday to Sunday

Call this my mellow flow, bask in my inner glow

Hit the target like an archer with his arrow

Bullseye

Set the limits beyond the sky

Walk with head high, never saying goodbye

Don’t want no more children to die

Everybody unify

This is the Realness

I want everybody to feel it

It’s the Realness

And yo it comes from my spirit

It’s the Realness

I don’t talk it, yo, I live it

It’s the Realness, yeah

It’s the Realness

I want everybody to feel it

It’s the Realness

And yo it comes from my spirit, like