True Savage

From the mud, from the cane fields

From the heat where the rain feels

Like a war drum on the zinc roof

Yeah, that’s home, that’s proof (hey!)

Passport say Guyana, heart say “any block”

Jungle in my blood, turn a gravel road to rock

Grandma stirring pepper pot, I was stirring up a plot

Turn a lil’ rice money to a whole rice stock

Cutlass in the yard, not a movie prop

Uncle keep it sharp, say the strong don’t stop

He ain’t talk violence, he mean don’t drop

But I took both lessons when the night sky popped

Barefoot child, had to outrun trouble

Two dollar sweetie, dreams came double

Now they see the chain, think it came from luck

They ain’t see the bus rides and the backseat tuck (true)

Guyanese True Savage

Turn pressure into package

Turn hunger into habit

I came up hard, I managed

Guyanese True Savage

Gold teeth, heavy baggage

From the mud to the mansions

Still walk with that badness (yeah yeah)

Oil money talk, but I came from the drought

One pair shoes, had to make that count

Mama say “pray,” but I stepped out south

Had to learn quick what the street about

Creole in my talk, got the slang in my spit

Lil rum in the cup, but the mind stay fit

Cane-cut hands when they grip that mic

Make a big man shake when I say my lines

Georgetown nights, lil’ bike, big dream

Corner shop fries with the hot sauce steam

Now it’s first class wing, same old team

Only thing that changed is the way we scheme (yeah)

Guyanese True Savage

Turn pressure into package

Turn hunger into habit

I came up hard, I managed

Guyanese True Savage

Gold teeth, heavy baggage

From the mud to the mansions

Still walk with that badness (true savage)

You feel that sun?

We was raised in that

You taste that salt?

We was bathed in that

You talk ’bout pain?

We done blazed through that

Every scar, every mark

Put my name on the map (woah)

Guyanese True Savage

Turn pressure into package

Turn hunger into habit

I came up hard, I managed

Guyanese True Savage

Gold teeth, heavy baggage

From the mud to the mansions

Still walk with that badness (yeah yeah)