World War I

As I walk through the valley of shadow of death
These streets, you gotta travel with techs
A bottle of Hennessy just to goggle the stress
Drink half the bottle then scatter the rest
Pay respect to the spirits that be, souls that ascended
The genesis and the ending
From da darkest parts of the motherland, Afghans in Afghanistan, to all my militant Russians in Kremlin
Blood on my sword, Cry Nation on da emblem
I'm just nineteen, my destiny pending

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The book of life, the book of life, the book of life
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The book of life, the book of life, the book of life

From dying of hunger, scrapping for provisions
Pots on da stove but no food in da kitchen
The devil whispers in your ear, what you’re gonna do bout these cruel conditions
Bend a knee and live but you a fool if you listen
More Pain, more tears
More pride, more ego, equals to a blood bath for four years
War in da streets, war with my fam
At the age of eleven, I had to draft up a Schlieffen plan
I'm from where my own mother called da cops and said my son thuggin’, could you come and kill this man

Uh, yea, uh
The book of life, the book of life, the book of life
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The book of life, the book of life, the book of life

One love, one life
Everything changed in one night
When the Serbians denied Ferdinand of a long life
The assassination, after that the bombs strike
Central powers on da rise
Allied powers mobilized
Bomb smoke in open skies
Human life demoralized
Careful of the air that you breathe, chemical warfare now normalized
Unprecedented
Good men been killing good men for centuries
For a basis so senseless
Hopeless Africa, still stuck in a maze
Pick a side, it’s like choosing cancer or AIDS
Everybody gotta die now
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, bombs falling from the sky now
It’s all about survival
Even the egotistical and narcissist gotta put their pride down
Propaganda running rampant in da media, the western world deceiving us
With lies they’re misleading us
A change is coming, can you feel the rush
Disciples of change, believe in us
The empire fell
Oh well
Relocate my people to the other side of hell
Survived the worst conditions, no food to fill my tummy
I'm still here cause God will it on me
I'm from where my own mother called da cops and said my son thuggin’, could you come and kill him for me

Uh, yea, uh
The book of life, the book of life, the book of life
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The book of life, the book of life, the book of life

World war one, 1914 to 1918
The Central Powers versus the Allied Powers
Who were the Central Powers
Austro Hungarian, Germany, The Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Who were The Allied Powers
France, Russia, Romania, Italy, Japan, The Great Britain, The United States
World war one helped to strengthen America’s economic status
Empires fell, nations were created