One To 31 (J-Live)

What up man? We’re back Ah what up? Fancy meeting you here Yeah what up man, how you been? Been good, yo sit down man Time to start Oh yeah? Peace, peace, peace My name is Justice Allah I way to New York my way of my old earth (That means mother) My father came here from Haiti about 40 years ago My father did not teach me his language I barely knew him as my father He is like the devil in that he gave me nothing Why’s he like the devil? Because he avoided me since I was a little boy Why do you not seek him out now that you’re a grown man? Because my mother gave me food for thought and belly Does this have anything to do with the above question? I didn’t need him to acquire the knowledge of myself What is the knowledge of your self? I own self is a righteous god Are there any gods other than righteous? I beg your pardon, I never heard of one After all that degree ain't hard Cause if you ain't righteous how you supposed to be god Another question you might have no doubt How does god on his album cover looking knocked out? For me it’s simple and plain Let me explain Its symbolic to the fact I’ve been through some things I was tripping to taking no ass whooping literally I’m just trying to show you my pain Cause life imitates art like even before I had kids naming my best album the best part The life of this artist was drawing kind off dark But darkness accentuates the light’s spark To reveal there’s room full of powder keg That explodes into all of these sounds So visually that was me knocked out Musically this is me getting up off the ground I use the assault and battery to energize And set sail on a whole nother enterprise Boldly go where MCs are scared to Man up in ways boys ain’t prepared to Take life’s hardest hits one the chin Wife the blood off my cheek and begin again So why these rappers fantasize and pretend This just shows you art imitates life now and then How many records have your released as J Live? A little over five How many records have you sold combined since your first album? Approximately 100,000 Do you mean to say that the millions of people Who love hip-hop aren’t aware of your music? Yes sir I can hardly believe that unless they were blind, deaf and dumb Well they were made blind deaf and dumb By popular culture since they were babies Can a label fool J Live? No not nowadays Do you mean to say the labels will fool J Live in the ten years? Yes The labels made the interpretation I’d receive gold for my labor More than I could earn in my own company Then did you receive gold? No The labels disappeared And there was no one there to speak my language Then what happened?