Cold Beat, smooth chorus & deep lyrics. The 1st 2 verses focus on people i knew that died b/c of bad decisions & the third tells of the fall of morality.
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Lyrics
The Price We Pay
Chorus
Throughout our lives we willingly sacrifice
our well-being for tha whims of a night (until the price we pay)
becomes a painful burden that we can't take
and we wind up as a victim of Fate (but that's the price we pay)
V1
Yeah, we all knew "Shaun"
a cocky nigga that dreamed of being a don
like any con artist, he charmed all
that he came upon
in his early days he was praised
for his style and ambition
that all changed as he grew and threw
patience to the wind and
started chasing shady deals,
stabbing clients in the back
he even had his cousin robbed and bought
a flashy car with tha cash
his own niggaz grew to hate him,
disgusted by his dirty methods
but this amused him, saying he'd rather
be feared than to be respected
so when he finally crossed his niggaz
and intercepted a shipment
they nearly killed him,
but he still got away with a quarter million
and he knew they were plotting
but thought he'd safely managed to flee
so he got a house in the 'burbs
and started flossing with tha cheese
but karma finally caught up with him one night in July
they ambushed him in his yard
before he could make it inside
they later found his body face down
on his marble floor
still clutching his chain,
but was it worth dying for?
Chorus
V2
The second subject's a dame,
won't mention names so let's call her "Renee"
slim waist, pretty face and
all tha niggaz would chase
had her own place, was getting paid
and kept a smile on her face
she took her hope for brighter days
all the way to the grave
see Renee's man was staying with her
and he was abusive to the core
what started with yelling turned to pushing
then slapping became the norm
he held her back from her dreams
saying she was better off doing chores
and her low self-esteem's what kept
her coming back for more
until that day she caught him
with another girl in her bed
she blamed herself but it got heated
when she finally said
he had to go, he snapped and dude
knocked her to the floor
she kicked him low, grabbed her clothes
but as she made it to tha door
she froze up, giving it one last
chance instead of walking
and that nigga thanked Renee,
letting his fists do tha talking
by tha time the ambulance made it
he'd beaten her more than she could take
as she passed out that final time
she realized he wasn't worth the pain
Chorus
V3
I'll end this with a revelation
on the rise of the pagans
tha shattered dream of independence
and the death of a nation
your leaders sell you fantasies
so the illusion's complete
and the public's greed and complacency
will seal the defeat
what started with a search for spices
and the slaughter of the Mayans
became an obsession with global power
and the alliance with Zion
you put your faith in men of science,
dismissing the repercussions
while ignoring those those profit from
fueling your own destruction
tha spawn of Shatan's minions
and Babylon's children
inbred by design, so you're infected by the millions
so your men marry men and your
women kill their children
you've rejected all religion
so the pious are the villains
now, my instincts are urging me
to watch from afar
as tha walls of this Babylon fall but naw
cuz if i let my people starve
i'd be no better than y'all
so regardless of tha price i pay
i've gotta answer the call....
Chorus