I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Royal Fam, IAM, Sunz of Man, Wu-Tang Clan
'Bout to take it to another chamber
From Medina to Marseille, Marseille, Marseille
Yo, IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
In the beginning there was darkness, then came light
I grab the mic to dis' your ass just for spite, what?
You can't fuck with the flows I bring
Watch the staff I swing (my man!)
It's Timbo King, astonishing, I'm dramatic to the ear
Television tells lies to your vision so, beware
Of the trick-nology sent forth to fool the mind
If you're dumb you're lost, if you're wise you will find that
Poison is a devil substance made for scratch'
'Cause one rotten apple destroys the whole batch
You scratch, I throw jabs to your jaws so quick
You get bashed in the head with a stone-face brick
We're thick like molasses, deeper than the earth's mantle
Royal takeover, stampede, trample
Those who force kids tell lies to the youth
I branch out, my roots run deep, here's proof, what?
À dix-sept ans, je me suis fait une raison
J'étais un petit con, un nerveux, spasmophile, baston
Et je frappais un coup de pied dans la table, tout volait
Envenimé par la négativité
Tant d'échecs, tant de défaites
Ont forgé le mordant, pour encaisser les coups dans ma mentalité
Fauché, sans occupation, il n'y a pas pire
Je ne possédais rien et je voulais fonder un empire
J'ai persisté, dit des trucs vrais, ai été pisté
J'ai insisté et le groupe IAM a existé
Pour de bon, j'étais sincère, j'écris des vers pour mes pairs
Et il n'y a qu'eux qui flippent derrière
De l'attention, ils se foutaient donc j'ai roulé pour ma poire
Comme le gaz, les intouchables phases de mes phrases
J'ai même changé d'avis pour la Saga
C'est plus je revenais quand tu allais, j'y retournais
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam (New york, Marseille)
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam (Brooklyn)
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
I'm blowing niggas out the frame
Now what's my motherfucking name (Dreddy Krueger)
I'm playing niggas like a boy game
You can't fuck with the drunk Dreddy Krueger, blaow-blaow!
Two slugs from my Ruger and I move ya
I write rhymes when I'm sober
Say it when I'm drunk
The Buddha Monk got the skunk, yo
I smoke niggas like Kryptonite blunts
Dog bitches like soup, fuck 'em on my stoop, then yo
I step the gates and troop to see my nigga
The GZA, who had my bulletproof (my bulletproof)
Vest for my chest to relieve some of my stress
And now I'm safe from my neck to my waist
But still I got to worry about a nigga catching me in the face
And beat the case, just 'cause he had papes
(Get it straight)
Yo, IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
La route vers le but fixé est longue et périlleuse
Souvent bordée de tavernes aux enseignes lumineuses
Et c'est dur de résister à l'invitation
De rester posé sur le rail comme un wagon
Telle une flèche filer droit sur la cible
Ignorer les ragots est la seule solution possible
Le temps passe trop vite pour que j'y prête
Une attention quelconque
Je sais qu'en fait tout le monde veut la même chose
Mais personne ne veut que tu l'obtiennes avant les autres
Partant, je roule pour moi, fils
Tant pis pour les autres si la médisance est leur hobby favori
Je suis sorti de cette période néfaste où
Tu te prélasses en attendant que tout se fasse
J'avance fort de mes expériences passées et je souris
En voyant ceux qui s'empressent d'y aller
'Bout to take it to another chamber
From Medina to Marseille, Marseille, Marseille
Yo, IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
In the beginning there was darkness, then came light
I grab the mic to dis' your ass just for spite, what?
You can't fuck with the flows I bring
Watch the staff I swing (my man!)
It's Timbo King, astonishing, I'm dramatic to the ear
Television tells lies to your vision so, beware
Of the trick-nology sent forth to fool the mind
If you're dumb you're lost, if you're wise you will find that
Poison is a devil substance made for scratch'
'Cause one rotten apple destroys the whole batch
You scratch, I throw jabs to your jaws so quick
You get bashed in the head with a stone-face brick
We're thick like molasses, deeper than the earth's mantle
Royal takeover, stampede, trample
Those who force kids tell lies to the youth
I branch out, my roots run deep, here's proof, what?
À dix-sept ans, je me suis fait une raison
J'étais un petit con, un nerveux, spasmophile, baston
Et je frappais un coup de pied dans la table, tout volait
Envenimé par la négativité
Tant d'échecs, tant de défaites
Ont forgé le mordant, pour encaisser les coups dans ma mentalité
Fauché, sans occupation, il n'y a pas pire
Je ne possédais rien et je voulais fonder un empire
J'ai persisté, dit des trucs vrais, ai été pisté
J'ai insisté et le groupe IAM a existé
Pour de bon, j'étais sincère, j'écris des vers pour mes pairs
Et il n'y a qu'eux qui flippent derrière
De l'attention, ils se foutaient donc j'ai roulé pour ma poire
Comme le gaz, les intouchables phases de mes phrases
J'ai même changé d'avis pour la Saga
C'est plus je revenais quand tu allais, j'y retournais
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam (New york, Marseille)
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam (Brooklyn)
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
I'm blowing niggas out the frame
Now what's my motherfucking name (Dreddy Krueger)
I'm playing niggas like a boy game
You can't fuck with the drunk Dreddy Krueger, blaow-blaow!
Two slugs from my Ruger and I move ya
I write rhymes when I'm sober
Say it when I'm drunk
The Buddha Monk got the skunk, yo
I smoke niggas like Kryptonite blunts
Dog bitches like soup, fuck 'em on my stoop, then yo
I step the gates and troop to see my nigga
The GZA, who had my bulletproof (my bulletproof)
Vest for my chest to relieve some of my stress
And now I'm safe from my neck to my waist
But still I got to worry about a nigga catching me in the face
And beat the case, just 'cause he had papes
(Get it straight)
Yo, IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
IAM, Sunz Of Man from the Royal Fam
Never ate ham, never gave a damn
La route vers le but fixé est longue et périlleuse
Souvent bordée de tavernes aux enseignes lumineuses
Et c'est dur de résister à l'invitation
De rester posé sur le rail comme un wagon
Telle une flèche filer droit sur la cible
Ignorer les ragots est la seule solution possible
Le temps passe trop vite pour que j'y prête
Une attention quelconque
Je sais qu'en fait tout le monde veut la même chose
Mais personne ne veut que tu l'obtiennes avant les autres
Partant, je roule pour moi, fils
Tant pis pour les autres si la médisance est leur hobby favori
Je suis sorti de cette période néfaste où
Tu te prélasses en attendant que tout se fasse
J'avance fort de mes expériences passées et je souris
En voyant ceux qui s'empressent d'y aller
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