Life… is always harder than you think
The hardest difficulty culminating into this
Tribulations and suffering surrounds your circumference
Feels like its crumbling ground below rumblin
Looking for some sun behind the clouds hope it comin in
Rain coming down weather’s loud and its thunderous
Askin why we hurt and I’m told its God’s punishment
Or life just happens so we keep strugglin
Hustlin ya skill putting muscle to ya will
On the double multi-triple grindin harder than a drill
Gotta father mother real dedication of your best
Nothing less then better effort with whatever that you bless
Under pressure under stress overcome it nonetheless
An epic through the ages like a hero on his quest
Navigatin through the jungle slay the dragon in its rest
And the treasure is that heart beatin hard beneath ya chest
Yup daily movin through life
Spendin minutes the commodity of time
Steady travel through these passages I write
And I keep it elevated tryna kiss the sky
The moment, when-you-feel-it, you been pushed to your limit
When you search within your soul to find the energy to finish
Draw from memories, an image, to carry you, you lifted
Just enough to keep you up above the water that you swim in
Sharks and sharps reefs, dangers that scar deep
A lyricist whose heart speaks to four bar beats
Struggle written on the dashboard and old car seats
Tattoos of bloody wounds that won’t stop leak
Carry pain like tragedy oppression tryna bury me
Bury my people an attack on our capacity
To rearrange reality fly defy gravity
Bursting through the canopies crossing over galaxies
Travel back in time to kill the king and his majesty
I come from a people where survival is a mastery
…And I’m inspired for the moment
Take a deep breath and let the ancestors know it
Yup daily movin through life
Spendin minutes the commodity of time
Steady travel through these passages I write
And I keep it elevated tryna kiss the sky
credits
from Cities & Rivers,
released February 24, 2015
lyrics written and performed by A. delaCruz
beat and music composed by A. delaCruz
Prolific Mexico City rapper SPEAK ponders the self-isolated age on a booming EP, recorded live in his kitchen during quarantine. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 24, 2020