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    1. A Beautiful Eulogy

    From the recording The Synoptic

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    I don’t mean to be critical
    But Kayne ain’t the pinnacle
    Actin like them other rappers are typical
    Like they the east far removed from West like sins abominable
    I ain’t falling for it
    Dude drops one gospel album
    And now all of a sudden he’s lit?
    Everybody in the church talkin’ about him
    And the rest they forget?
    Like the rest ain’t legit?

    But while Yeezy was still sleazy
    Them boys were the grain in The Grits
    Overworking it
    Scattering them seeds until the soil relents
    The money’s been spent
    Crae #1 on the billboards
    And folks wanna act like he’s a kid playing in the sand
    That’s insane!
    He’s the original Anomaly
    West ain’t the key
    He just one solitary grain
    Of dirt beside a titanic sea
    of fish that paved his dropout way
    Man, y’all be Trippin’ like Lee

    All this talk is sheer Propaganda
    West ain’t the only bad mamma jamma.
    Give me 52 reasons why Kanye’s the hamma
    And all these others are just nails
    Yeezus ain’t the warden of this slammer
    Jesus is!
    He’s the one putting on the feast
    Kayne’s just the yeast
    The least of these
    He ain’t the honey, he’s just a bee
    Getting all this buzz
    There’s no need!
    He ain’t the main course, the platter
    He’s just the hors d'oeuvres, the appetizer
    The third course is what’ll take us higher
    The T-Bone to your Aunt Jemima pancake par-tay
    With no nutrition, just revelry

    Yo, all this empty speech is like DC
    Words are worthless when Talk is cheap
    Kayne ain’t the king of hip hop
    He’s an assistant to the veep
    Even if the commander in chief
    Shouts him out in his tweets

    All this chatter is like legs without feet
    West ain’t the only Gospel Gangsta on the street
    This Cross Movement began in the east
    been goin’ since ’96 in Philly
    Nearly a decade before he dropped outta uni

    So put down them new records
    And pick up them old CDs
    Let the cloud of witnesses sing
    Them pioneering, sacrosanct MCs
    Kanye’s still a plebe
    Jesus the only king
    The Life of Pablo
    Now just a Beautiful Eulogy

    © 2020

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