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What I Been Saying

from What I Been Saying (Maxi Single) by Substantial

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lyrics

What I Been Saying
(‘Cause I… got) Substantial (got, got… got)
For my people (got something to say)
I’m just saying… (got something to say)
I’m just saying what I been saying (got something to say)
They can’t kill us all though they try
Justice for all been a lie (got something to say)
Fighting to live and I’ll brawl ‘til I die
Freedom is all in the mind (got something to say)

Ain’t shit but what I been saying
They tell us pray but we been praying
They tell us vote but we been voting, They tell us march but we
Been marching, they talking change but they been talking
Let’s get it crackin and make it happen today
These bammas blocking progress lets get’em out of the way
400 years of struggle how long are we s’pose to wait
Giving y’all solutions for problems we ain’t create
All these black lives matter, bruh. Whether we on a stage,
In the streets, millionaires or making minimum wage
Gay or trans, made you dance and do more than just entertain
This world ain’t shit without us, I know you know what I’m saying

(‘Cause I… got) I’m just saying… (got, got… got)
I’m just saying what I been saying
Know what I’m saying? (got something to say)
They can’t kill us all though they try
Justice for all been a lie (got something to say)
Fighting to live and I’ll brawl ‘til I die
Freedom is all in the mind (got something to say)
Black father, black artist with a black business
Married to a black woman raising black children
Black love, Black teacher, sharing Black thoughts
Shout out to Black Root, Black Boo, these black bars
Fills the safe but it can’t guarantee my safety
Trying to rewrite history before they ass erase me
Love me when I’m rapping, I ask for action then they hate me
Maybe they hate us because we’re everything that they can’t be
Tell me where’s the love for us, dirty cops on the hunt for us
System isn’t just to us, some white folk say “it’s just for us”
School system ain’t helping much, truthfully their fucking up
You’re one of us. Black women originated everyone of us
Vainglorious, protected by RGB
Look past the me your mind manifested and see the real me
But really, this moment feel different I hope it stick
But I’m just saying what I been saying on songs you skipped

I’m just saying… (got something to say)
I’m just saying what I been saying (got something to say)

They can’t kill us all though they try
Justice for all been a lie (got something to say)
Fighting to live and I’ll brawl ‘til I die
Freedom is all in the mind (got something to say)

Blackity-black rappity raps from your man
This brought to you by a black dude named Stan
I’m just saying…
Freedom is all in the mind (got something to say)

Freedom
For the
People
Today

Freedom
For the
People
Today

credits

from What I Been Saying (Maxi Single), released July 3, 2020
Written, produced and performed by Substantial
(S. Robinson)
Additional vocals by A Tribe Called Robinson
Contains samples from the Omega Music Library omegamusiclibrary.com

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Substantial Alexandria, Virginia

Virginia based International Hip Hop Recording Artist from Maryland.

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discography

Apeks (Maxi-Single)

Nov 2023
Adultish (Deluxe Edition)

Jul 2023
Salt N Pepa ft. Black Root & Marcus D (Maxi-Single)

Apr 2023
1580 ft. DJ RBI & T.Lucas

Mar 2023
You've Grown ft. MLLN

Feb 2023
Reed Richards

Oct 2022
No Per Diem 2.0 ft. Mega Ran

Oct 2022
Animal Arithmetic, Vol. 1 (Instrumentals)

Mar 2022
Animal Arithmetic, Vol. 1

Feb 2022
Keep Cookin' V.1.5

Dec 2021
Winter Breaks 1 & 2

Dec 2021
We Met in Tokyo (Instrumentals)

Oct 2021
We Met In Tokyo

Aug 2021
A Soundtrack for Fatherhood (Inspired by the book 'She Sees')

Jun 2021
Spizzy Commercial

Apr 2021
Dirty Sneakers (Instrumentals)

Feb 2021
Dirty Sneakers (Deluxe Edition)

Oct 2020
What I Been Saying (Vol. 1)

Jul 2020
ARTdustry (Season 1)

Jun 2020
Bridges (Instrumentals)

Aug 2019
Splendor (Single)

Sep 2015
Another Day in the Life of...

Apr 2014
The R & R (Remixes & Revisions)

Dec 2011
Substantial & Marcus D are Bop Alloy

Sep 2010
Lyrical Terrorists

Jan 2000
Nakagyo (Kyoto)

May 2019
Recompositions (Instrumentals)

May 2019
Recompositions

Feb 2019
Alone In The Rain [SINGLE]

Dec 2018
Substantial Sundays, Vol. 1

Oct 2018
Exposition (Remix) [SINGLE]

Aug 2018
Loopin' (Lupin) - FREE DOWNLOAD

Jul 2018
The Garden

May 2018
Seeds EP

Dec 2017
The Past Is Always Present In The Future

Jan 2017
Little Black Dress

Oct 2016
Home Is Where The Art Is - 10th Anniversary Edition

Sep 2012
Present EP [Clean]

May 2016
Present EP [Explicit]

May 2016
Follow The Master b/w Cool Mornings [SINGLE]

Oct 2015
Black of All Trades (Time Cards Mash Up)

Oct 2015
Always EP [Clean]

Jul 2015
Always EP [Explicit]

Jul 2015
The Past... [Clean]

Mar 2015
The Past... [Explicit]

Mar 2015
Art Is Where The Home Is [DELUXE EDITION]

Mar 2014
Jackin' Jill [MIX]

Apr 2013
WINK: Something Substantial [MIX]

Feb 2010
U Were There (feat. JsouL) [SINGLE]

Feb 2010
Substantial vs Samurai Champloo: Beats, Rhymes & Strife

Oct 2009
Substantial/Burns

Oct 2009
I'm Here (feat. Kokayi & Gods'Illa)

Jun 2009
Make Love (feat. Substantial) [Chew Fu’s Small Room Sax Fix]

Jun 2009
Sacrifice [DELUXE EDITION]

Jan 2008
Resurrection of the House Party [JAPAN EDITION - SINGLE]

Aug 2007
Sacrificial Lambs (The Prequel to Sacrifice)

Jun 2006
Substantial Evidence [MIX]

Oct 2003
To This Union A Sun Was Born [DELUXE EDITION]

Oct 2001

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