Symba has taken it upon himself to put out a freestyle over a classic 2Pac instrumental to honor Juneteenth for the Black community.
On Monday (June 19), the “Never End Up Broke” artist took to Instagram while driving a flossed-out Benz and went off the top of his head to 2Pac’s “Keep Ya Head Up,” about the importance of staying strong and powerful through adversity. Symba made sure to mention that his freestyle was to honor the 50th year of Hip Hop in partnership with Apple Music.
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“I know you fed up/and life won’t let you keep ya leg up/but when it all falls down my n-gga, keep ya head up/I remember having trouble tryna’ get my bread up/feeling like God let me down/but I never let up/We made it through the struggle, bills late playing catch up/Always had hotdogs, but couldn’t keep ketchup,” he raps over the bass heavy instrumental.
He continued: “Heating up the house with the same oven that fed us/To broke to catch a cold and ain’t got it to get a check up/Government assistance keep us in these conditions/It’s hard to keep fighting a system when it’s against us/Drug dealers ain’t no different from politicians/Benefiting from bad conditions is common interest.”
“N-ggas get accustomed to failure and feeling fed up/When good things happen we always think it’s a set up/But God ain’t tell us/Our parents gone fail us/But no matter what you going through/keep your head up.”
This isn’t the first time Symba has used Hip Hop to address prevalent issues in society.
Back in May, the Bay Area artist released a blistering track aimed at addressing the drama surrounding Ja Morant, as well as calling out Hip Hop for fostering gun culture.
Another Instagram Live video of the Memphis Grizzlies player brandishing a gun surfaced online in May.
In Symba’s opinion, Hip Hop has been overrun by gun culture, almost as if it was a natural extension of masculinity. However, the Bay Area rapper argued that people look up to the young NBA player and that his recent behavior isn’t appropriate.
“To my n-gga out in Memphis, moving senseless/ I love you, you someone that my nephew and all my cousins look up to/ You sell out every game at every stadium you come to/ And you made it out environments that most of us get stuck to,” he raps.
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He adds later: “But I get it, this life we living is different, we flex in front of the cameras to show the ghetto we did it/ Some of us like to flex, just to show the rest they can get it/ But you glorifying a life you ain’t really out here living/ I mean my n-gga, you up 200 million, and you about to risk it all to show n-ggas you brought a pistol.”
“It’s one thing if you do it once, we’ll dismiss it/ But you done did it twice in two months, n-gga you trippin/ I blame the culture we put you in this position/ The music we that we making is influencing you young n-ggas’ decisions.”
