From the recording Nation of Immigrants (The Album)
Life, the Mic & Beyond: The Making of (“Water World”) from Nation of Immigrants (The Album) - https://youtu.be/LJI1H0HwouI
Lyrics
CHORUS:
Chasin Something Real … You bartered to slaughter Her, the only way to return home is through the Water World …
Chasin Something Real … Peace and Serine, while living our dream, controlling our body and agency, boi …
Chasin Something Real … Militant Minded, even in the afterlife we goin keep on grinding …
Chasin Something Real … Worth more died than alive, my body is tired, bout to give up the ghost and die, ah…
VERSE 1
1 Prisoner of conflict, handcuffed and bonded
2 Seeking assistance from another that’s responsive
3 Who you armed with? Seeking vulnerable souls in bondage
4 On the margins, regrettably indebted, and insolvent
5 At this auction and hoping to get a bargain
6 Triangular trade .. human traffic, to get it started
7 Global involvement, needs to be known, irregardless
8 Warlords are heartless, middlemen earning a profit
9 So now we Godless, selling souls through the supply chain
10 Preferably childbearing women for economic gains
11 Disabled and elderly, set aside as who could remain
12 Britain obtained a monopoly, it was brokered with Spain
13 Miles to the coast, marching with folks, who’s locked up in chains
14 Some of us won’t make it over this Godforsaken terrain
15 Seeking a sign, through this facade, I’m looking for change
16 “Point of No Return”, nothing to earn, but something to gain
CHORUS
VERSE 2
1 Boarding this ship, no avoiding the stench
2 Prior voyages and dissent, human bodies thrown overboard for benefits (FLIP THE FLOW)
3 Casualty claim for the loss, worth more dead than alive
4 Who’s gonna work in the field, who’s gonna work in the house
5 Will I have any rights? Is this what life is about?
6 A victim of circumstance, throwing a wrench in the route
7 I’m thinking about taking over this ship, skip missing the stop
8 Amistad for the cause and effect to be figured out
9 Packed tight as sardines, below deck, but they won’t let me out
10 Death is in the air, and despair, is gonna take me out
11 The ceilings are super low and I’m lying in waste
12 Sexual Assault, desensitized, cause its commonplace
13 We all gotta date with death, but I don’t gotta wait
14 Controlling my agency is the way to build my own fate
15 A slice of life, that I painted, in my own space
16 Strokes on the canvas create a vantage point to home-base
BRIDGE
CHORUS