(Intro)
I only wish for victory and the death of capitalism since it's been killing my people off! while you sit and watch!
I pray to the lions,
pray to the panthers
Pray to the ones who fed all the families
They know my heart, they know my creed
But they ain’t ever heard of a Soviet Americans be
How I’m the devil, answer me that
When allies showed love and we gave it back
Old and new history, peel that layer
Truth get heavy when you face that mirror
VERSE 1
Cold steel nights, I was raised in the pressure
Black pride heavy, carry weight like a stretcher
I seen Panthers feed the babies on the low
While the suits uptown was watching the glow
I pray to the lions, strength in my chest
To the Black Panther Party, yeah you
know the rest
Even the White Panther Party peeped the plan
Unity always scared the powerful man
They label truth when it get too strong
But paperwork been singing this song
I’m just a hyena watching the board
History deep like a rusted sword
PRE-HOOK
They don’t feel this weight I drag
They just wave that painted flag
If love was the crime we paid the fee
Still they ain’t heard of the hyena, me
I pray to the lions, pray to the panthers
Pray to the ones who fed all the families
They know my heart, they know my creed
But they ain’t ever heard of a Soviet Americans be
How I’m the devil, answer me that
When allies showed love and we gave it back
Old and new history, peel that layer
Truth get heavy when you face that mirror
VERSE
I’m a Soviet hyena born and raised in the 412
Steel City blood, yeah the pressure made me move
We unionized as fuck, that’s stamped in the veins
But we also shoot back if you bringing that pain
As Philly got them real soldiers protecting the people for the people I put that on my ancestors
From the Burgh to the east where the nights feel colder
Same fight spirit on both them shoulders
But we’re both Pennsylvanian with the same goals
He’s not an ally he’s a brother that bleeds through Penn
But cries out for our pain that this government’s tryna weaponize as shame
412 to Philly, same roots run deep
Different blocks but the same lost sleep
Hyena laugh but the heart stay real
Panther lessons in the way I feel
BRIDGE
Educate the pride, educate the youth
Panthers and lions moving with truth
Don’t just rage, you gotta learn
Every lost page is a lesson earned
FINAL HOOK
I pray to the lions, pray to the panthers
Pray to the ones who fed all the families
They know my heart, they know my creed
But they ain’t ever heard Soviet Americans be
How I’m the devil, answer me that
When allies showed love and we gave it back
Old and new history, peel that layer
Truth get heavy when you face that mirror
OUTRO
Hyena watching
Lion standing
Panther forever moving
412 and other area code
RISE FROM YOUR CHAINS
feel out pain and cry for change!
SoviSilentHyena
