Agony (No Jugamos) - Nate Denver, MF Grimm

Agony is the key to a happy life

You can’t know joy if you don’t know strife

There’s no good or bad by itself

You can’t have poverty if there is no wealth

My dad is an optimistic man

My dad is an optimistic man

(Everybody's gonna wanna dis you)

They’ll build you up and they’ll break you down

But you’re stronger for the next time they come around

They’ll smile in your face and they’ll give you praise

And they try to destroy you in a thousand different ways

Cause with every bad there’s a little good

And with every good there’s a little bad

So you’re gonna get happy and you’re gonna get sad

So keep movin on like my good ol' dad

Cause agony is the key to a happy life

There’s no Tribe Called Quest if there is no Phife

Agony is the key to a happy life

I like my ice cream straight and I like it fried

In actuality, I mean in reality

The words that I speak are a mere hypothesis

Pure agony might not be what it’s about

But comparisons of one state to another, no doubt

Agony might be more than I can claim

I have known pure joy and I have known pain

I know a person we can ask who’s known Agony

A grandmaster on the mic, Percy Carey

With hardy laughter from my heart and tears pouring from my sockets

I pass the mic along, Grimm Reaper rock it

Thanks, Nate

Hello America

Hundreds of years, hell’s been America

Auctioned off yes, sold like eBay

Told to be a good boy, listen to what they say

Don’t get smart boy, life will be easy

Try to run boy, the dogs get angry

Picked that cotton in the field, be happy

What you say to me, you nappy

Head little nigga?

Talkin' back

String him up good, then we whip off the black

Speed time up, meanwhile tell some facts

Power to the people?

Nah, Nixon killed that

Nas pimpin' all the women, yeah bitches gettin' smacked

Speed up time, whole nation on crack

Drug wars and ghetto, dealers kidnapped

Ransom not paid, found all hacked

Hip hop daisy age, peace knapsacks

Now we in the dizzy age, gangster rap

Everyone is strapped, in the street bustin' caps

Someone come save us, please cause we’re trapped

Taste all the agony, put some fear in 'ya

Get home safe now, goodbye America