My Name Saïd

French, turn me up in the headphones
My name Saïd
Ayatollah Al-Saïd is what you know me as
I was born 9/16
Check the zodiac
represent the great white north - not the kodiak
I aint never sell no crack - my mom was smoking that
Times was hard, I know that my mom love me
We was child rebel soldiers that grown in the wrong country
Man was 11 the first time I got arrested
So I figured I’d put rhythm with my criminal record
They wanna see me fail, it’s apparent I’ma winner
The apparel that I’m wearing is embarrassing you niggas
Donna Karan in the winter, bring a baroness to dinner
Gotta 6ft bombshell that’s scaring all you bitches
These the fruits of my labour
Borrowing food from the neighbour
Who thought Farooq would be able
To bring these fruits to the table
This rap shit opened doors
To keep me from being poor
How the fuck can you critique
A culture that aint even yours
My name Saïd
My name Saïd, nigga
My name Saïd
Yo I’m 9mm incentivized
Penalized for surviving the genocide
Never tithed for the reverends lies
That aint my steez
My name Saïd
Born leader formed fetus
Trained in the street
Qu’ran reading in all seasons
I pray to the east
Salaam Alaykum, no wrong thinking I’m saying my “peace”
Gave man a soundtrack to fight back
Take your rights back
Flexed on the DA rep he aint like that
Should I repent for shells sent
That never hit they mark
When they paying top dollar
For black body parts
I try to use my fashion as a faction of my activism
Today’s mathematics
Knowledge after wisdom
21 gun salute for the troops that we lost
Paying the cost of some white mans cross
Islamophobia? You scared of the wrong religion
Who took the bible to the continent to conquer niggas, huh
My name Saïd
Ismi Saïd
My name Saïd
Now Uncle Sam and Uncle Tom they one in the same
They trying to trap us with the army or under the chains
I made my way inside the schools
To hear the youngers explain
Why they are the way the are
Because they subjects are lame
They put cops inside the halls
Are you fucking insane
Look at the word detention, nigga they wanna detain
I gotta whole new lane that I wanna reframe
So I cut Jaxx off and used my government name, Saïd
Ismi Saïd, uh
Ismi Saïd, nigga
My name Saïd