Noble verse
You might catch me dressed fresh to death, looking regal/
But still in you hood yelling power to the people/
lyrical acupuncture, the pins and the needles/
Gil Scott Heron passed, I'ma be his sequel/
These rappers just feeble/
They the type to feed pigeons and shoot the eagles/
But I'ma do good, even if illegal/
Cause just cause it's legal don't mean it ain't evil/
We in the streets trying to make ends meet/
While stock broker get paid to cheat and reap
Profits, so large extreme and obscene/
it's like fornication under consent of the king/
I write dreams, to chase away nightmares/
Throwing rocks at tanks but they say I don't fight fair/
Breath light from my lungs
I can kick the hornet's nest and not get stung/
Hook
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
mikeflo’s verse
Flo…
Decisions, decisions, a brother gotta make/
You wanna live or survive, struggle or eat the cake/
Fuck it, give me the steak. And I don’t eat meat/
Or buy beef, I’m just saying that snapper ain’t cheap/
The motto here is no compromise/
If you do and get bread then capitalise
Take opportunity and prosper, optimize/
I push the pedal to metal and maximize/
Decolonize ya mind, break free, shake shackles/
Neocolonial mind control, have you backwards/
Elephants in the circus, killer whales at Seaworld/
Get out the zoo, I’m talking to you/
You wanna make it in Amerikkka, build your crew/
That team work, dream work, I tell you the truth/
Cause only steel sharpen steel, so gather your tools/
No one man is an island, heed the jewels. Flo!
Hook
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
How to make it...huh? How to make it...huh?
Uh...How to make it in Amerikkka
Noble breakdown verse
I speak truth like Farrakhan/
Like Kanye at that Katrina telethon/
Patiently pepper the page I pen Paragons/
this ain't a sprint homie it's a Marathon/
I'm a verbal war head, they barely cherry bombs/
While these punks panic I keep very calm/
My performance is enhanced sorta like Barry Bonds/
I spit hidden treasures kinda like buried bonds/
You can dig it/
Dying of thirst, you get water from this spigot/
Pictures so vivid, we living so livid/
Rebellious righteous and rigid/
No time for compromise with the wicked/
I see through you suckers like ghost/
I speak for those who got it rougher than most/
Hope in my verse, the people clutching it close/
And they spread news about me like the huffington post/
credits
from High Art Fetish,
released December 11, 2015
Written by Noble Artright and mikeflo
Produced by KTGotBeats and Noble Artright
Bare Essentials project was release in January 2012. It's a joint project with Anderson Scott and features Noble Artright as the sole producer and 1/2 of the rap duo Bare Essentials. Noble Artright