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Short film for song "Higher Self" created by Navy Blue and directed by Ryosuke Tanzawa
Transcript
00:13Spent time sitting in it, both times I was swimming, keep still, don't budge, my heart's
00:19still, my life ain't like no movie script, this shit is non-fiction, practice non-violence,
00:24that's a bold decision, a cast like my mama know the prison well, my cousin know the prison
00:29cell, can't count the lonely moments, chewing fingernails, looking in my hands, all these
00:34blessings I was dealt, stone roller, sinking in it, I'll prevail, rolling in the deep,
00:39you niggas singing like Adele, birds, soaring high, what's the password when you get to
00:45the gate, how absurd, call the nurse, flatline, won't catch me in no hospital bed, I'm that
00:50guy, wreak of death, when you walk through them stairs, they chastise, reprimand you, blood
00:55stains, saying like it's Cancun, sun rays dance on my man's roof, six braids, this place
01:01was nothing till I found truth, hunting all around you, I know you want a slice, change
01:07it's a buck fifty, young nigga pay the price, beans over rice, can't compare to a black woman
01:13plight, but what's the mission at hand, mademoiselle, get a kiss on her hand, spirit nimble, roam the
01:20middle, I'm still getting it in, we the shit, tell a friend or two, we smoking clean herb,
01:25you niggas smoking chemicals, and it show, I told my image, I ain't scared of you, not
01:30no more, like mother Mary, it's a miracle, pure snow, and all I carry is not curable, and
01:36I hope, you niggas know Navy the spiritual, sled go, walk for miles on these timid toes, ten
01:43of them, on my own, medicine, to the dome, heaven sent, we bestow, represent, all I know, search
01:49within, I was turning grief into gold, crew tighten it, close like the speech that I hold,
01:54speak from the soul, duly noted, he a poet, blessings on me till I'm gone, keep it going,
02:01every day, I give thanks for all I know, bow my head, say a grace for eating well, on my
02:08own, throw a stone in the lake, why she skip, nigga pay the price
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02:17I'm standing right now, I'm standing right now, I'm standing right now.
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