Manifest - Guess Who

Listenin' to my old songs Back when I would talk about Things that hadn't happened yet But now I get to talk about Just got back from South Beach Collins Ave, Shore Club Always celebrating what I want to see more of Took my mom with me Let her soak up all the sunshine Let her watch the rain stop All because her son shined That's what I call foresight That's what I call manifest Movin' to the rhythm Of my intuition Anything I want I Speak into existence That's how I'm living That's how I'm winning Five bands a show now And you know it's going up Plays in the millions Guess I'm finally blowing up Oh, what a feeling Ten years makin' beats Patience taste bitter But that after taste is so sweet Could've stopped at anytime Wouldn't have believed this People used to talk down But now I got 'em speechless That's what I call foresight That's what I call manifest Movin' to the rhythm Of my intuition Any thing I want I Speak into existence That's how I'm living That's how I'm winning Look around, everyone soundin' lazy Am I the only one who does themselves on the daily? I don't wanna hear about these rappers with the same flows Everybody cut, copy, pastin', where'd the game go? I remember when I was a kid that woulda warranted Ex-communication from the game, now they rewarding it Got me so glad I know myself Movin' to the rhythm Of my intuition Any thing I want I Speak into existence That's how I'm living That's how I'm winning

'Cause I remember It was four hundred years or more Since you came to crucify And they were taken far away from home There were promises of paradise But if they had been told that day That they would be sold this way To satisfy the souls of chosen men See I had to look carefully At the shame of my ancestry To redefine the story line again Hey, if I was taken for a day and shown another way Now every child can learn a different thing See I tried a million times but I had to change my mind Oh, sadness was the best thing I can bring On the inside he was dead and this is what he said As he took away the bloom above the clouds Oh, superiority was clearly meant to be So destiny will manifest in time So where has love all gone? A troubled trail of tears will tell the take Of how I was put down where I don't belong Woman, child and man for sale For ethical slavery is just an absurdity How can you be alive when you are dead? With these chains of hypocrisy, the shame of my ancestry Forever stained by blood in which you tread Hey, if I was taken for a day and shown another way Oh, now every child can learn a different thing See I tried a million times but I had to change my mind Oh, sadness was the best thing I can bring On the inside he was dead, oh, and this is what he said As he took away the bloom above the clouds Oh, superiority was clearly meant to be So destiny will manifest in time So where has the love all gone So wanna know where, wanna know where Wanna know where, wanna know where Somebody tell me where the love has all gone

The video game says "Play me" Face it on a level but it takes you every time on a one on one Feeling running down your spine Nothing gonna save your one last dime cause it owns you Through and through The databank knows my number Says I gotta pay cause I made the grade last year Feel it when I turn the screw Kicks you round the world, there ain't a thing that it can't do Do to you Who made who, who made you? Who made who, ain't nobody told you? Who made who, who made you? If you made them and they made you Who picked up the bill, who? And who made who? Who made who, who turned the screw? Satellites send me picture Get it in the eye, take it to the world (take it to the wire) Spinning like a dynamo Feel it going round and round Running out of chips, you got no line in an 8-bit town So don't look down, no Who made who, who made you? Who made who, ain't nobody told you? Who made who, who made you? If you made them and they made you Who picked up the bill, who? And who made who? Ain't nobody told you, who made who?

Let me tell you what I wish I'd known When I was young and dreamed of glory You have no control Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? President Jefferson I'll give him this, his financial system is a work of genius I couldn't undo it if I tried And I've tried Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? President Madison He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity I hate to admit it But he doesn't get enough credit for all the credit he gave us Who lives, who dies, who tells your story Every other founding fathers' story gets told Every other founding father gets to grow old And when you're gone, who remembers your name? Who keeps your flame? Who tells your story? Who tells your story? Who tells your story? (Eliza) I put myself back in the narrative (Eliza) I stop wasting time on tears I live another 50 years It's not enough (Eliza) I interview every soldier who fought by your side (She tells our story) I try to make sense of your thousands of pages of writings You really do write like you're running out of time I rely on Angelica While she's alive, we tell your story She is buried in Trinity Church near you When I needed her most, she was right on time And I'm still not through I ask myself, what would you do if you had more time The Lord, in his kindness He gives me what you always wanted He gives me more time I raise funds in D.C. for the Washington Monument (She tells my story) I speak out against slavery You could have done so much more if you only had time And when my time is up, have I done enough? Will they tell your story? Oh, can I show you what I'm proudest of? (The orphanage) I established the first private orphanage in New York City (The orphanage) I help to raise hundreds of children I get to see them growing up (The orphanage) In their eyes I see you, Alexander I see you every time And when my time is up Have I done enough? Will they tell your story? Oh, I can't wait to see you again It's only a matter of time Will they tell your story? (Time) Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? (Time) Will they tell your story? (Time) Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?