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Necessary Evil

from The 6th Extinction by Tombstone da Deadman

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1st verse:
I learned a lot of lessons in this long life
like there’s nobody that’s keeping track when you do right

all they seem to remember is when they think you’re wrong
no matter the instrument playing... it’s the same song

it doesn’t matter who you with you really all alone
just because you lay your head there don’t make that place your home

reality brutal….it steps in and takes its toll
believe what you’re shown and never what the fuck you’re told

everything you don’t do...shining like a beacon
any words you’re speaking get’s twisted until you’re weakened

if you gon be the bad guy..regardless of the outcome
you might as well embrace it it’s something you’ll never outrun

labeled as a villain? Stop tripping it’s just a title
their opinions are not vital...they use it to be spiteful

believe me I done seen me an eyeful
the world will aim at you like the scope on a rifle
and say that you’re trifle

Chorus
there’s such a thing as necessary evil
Cause they will violate you expect you to be peaceful

sometimes you gotta do what you want so fuck people
if anybody crosses that line then get lethal

2nd verse:
when there’s a narrative that’s rolling around that says you ain’t shit
there’s some real life repercussions you gon deal with

and you gonna feel this
every time you walk inside a store and they follow you thinking you about to steal shit

or when you riding down the road
then stopped by another suspicious officer that that thinks the car was stole

they’ll shoot your baby boy dead in the street
and tell the world “he wasn’t an angel….more like a beast
you should have heard the way he talked back….disturbing the peace
and when I asked him for his id...I think that he reached”

watch them say that he was justified…..and ya’ll will agree
that’s why i know it’d be the same if that shit happened to me

they gonna pull my album covers...then point and say see
looks mean he’s exactly what we said he would be

so when they say that I’m the bad guy I laugh and i shrug
no matter how legal I’m living they gonna say I’m a thug
fuck em

Chorus:
there’s such a thing as necessary evil
Cause they will violate you expect you to be peaceful

sometimes you gotta do what you want so fuck people
if anybody crosses that line then get lethal

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from The 6th Extinction, released October 31, 2015

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Tombstone da Deadman Baltimore, Maryland

Raised in Edmondson Village on the west side of Baltimore, Maryland, Tombstone’s style is heavily influenced by pioneering hip hop legends like Rakim, LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane and Public Enemy.

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