SOLIDARITY RECORDS PRESENTS...
"BUTTERFLIES"
Raps by Equipto
Production by MCSTRAVICK
Hook/vocals by Byron Mayhew
Video by Bocana Media
Mixed by Monk HTS and MCSTRAVICK
Mastered by Audio Kemestry
FEATURING CLIPS OF:
The Jacka, Baba Zumbi (Zion I), Nina Simone, Fela Kuti, Billie Holiday, Otis Redding, Gil Scott-Heron, Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis, Jojo (Bored Stiff), Kwanz (Bored Stiff), Priz (Bored Stiff) , Aretha Franklin, Minnie Riperton, Whitney Houston, Biggie, Tupac, Gangsta Boo, Aaliyah, Nipsey Hussle, Jimi Hendrix, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Double K (People Under the Stairs), Marvin Gaye, Eazy-E, Old Dirty Bastard, Shock G (Digital Underground), Mac Dre, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Bob Marley, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, Mr. Cee (RBL Posse), Charizma, Traxamilillion, Lil Yase, Young Curt, King Von, Young Dolph, Wake Self, Pop Smoke, Juice Wrld, PnB Rock, XXXtentacion, Drakeo The Ruler, Takeoff (Migos), Mac Miller, MF Doom, Phife Dawg, Pimp C, Big L, Left Eye (TLC), Eyedea, Big Pun, DMX, J Dilla, Trugoy The Dove (De La Soul)
RIP to all the artists and creatives who have passed.
Butterflies Lyrics:
Fela: Im very spiritually inclined and in prison it gave me a lot of time to meditate and think about what this world is really about
Nina: I mean really, no fear. thats the closest- thats the only way I can describe it, thats not all of it but it is something to really, really feel
Byron Mayhew:
Butterfly Butterfly
Butterfly Butterfly
(Equipto: Flutter through the sky)
Oh I know that I owe you I feel it in my soul
(Butterfly man you trip off that)
Equipto:
Yeah... Man
I remember trippin only when my shoes was untied
Cause I was lost up in the moment having fun times
They say the ugly falls will really make you tough inside
cause its a bumpy ride caterpillar to a butterfly
still rooting for my family tree
into the next realm where Im finally free
no longer restless times we can cherish all in due time
for now we celebrating new life and blue skies
just want some happiness instead of the pain
forever in a day they say its never too late to change
when i was scared I would hold on my sister
and think of my old friends thats no longer with us but in spirit
so we carry on traditions for those who dead and change and live they life different huh
its known to break the curse of a bad omen
and they say its lucky if it land on you
Byron Mayhew:
Butterfly Butterfly
Butterfly Butterfly
Oh I know that I owe you I feel it in my soul
Equipto:
Man this is for the artist and musician who made that transition
enjoy the simple things 'Little Wing' Jimi Hendrix
in time still suspended yet born into another day
like Baba Zumbi gift of gab and double k
A hustlers prayer to Marvin's old mercy
Or Eazy in a derby thats raw like Old dirty
The folks that left early yet continued on the journey
like Shock G and Furly
Yeah
Bob:
I don't have that type of riches
My riches is life forever
Byron Mayhew:
Butterfly Butterfly
Butterfly Butterfly
Oh I know that I owe you I feel it in my soul
Butterfly Butterfly
I don't feel at all
Butterfly Butterfly
Oh I know that I owe you I feel it in my soul
(Zumbi: Outro)