(upbeat disco music) - [Announcer] From the WTVP studios in the warehouse district and the corner of entertainment, this is State and Water.

Tonight, Warith and the MC's featuring War Muhammad, Teflon The Don, Dot Bill and Doctor Jones.

(electronic hip hop music) - Yeah.

- Swo.

You hear people all the time be like I want to thank God.

I want to give all thanks to God.

But what God you with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

The most high.

Don't you know who I'm with?

I'm impressin.

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

God.

Don't you know who I'm with?

Mob.

Don't you know who I'm with?

I'm with the dope guy, the ones who get you so high.

Fresh.

They call me ghost minus the suits and the bow ties.

The Godfather paid millions to had them poke ties.

My Gods everywhere he aint just the most high.

Mirror mirror that's the real reason that coats fly.

The CIA brought in more dope on the both side.

The gangsters I know disciples they on them folks side.

Keep them chains on that drake equation no lie.

I'm with the ones who's in control of the whole sky.

My past narrow the way you going that rolls why.

To touch the bottom that move a choirs a nose dive.

Is Cardi B the reason that I see these old drive.

She telling the story how you think that its your life.

Who you with the real or fake are the ones who don't die.

I'm on the front line, like the President.

(mumbles) That's woke element.

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Thank you Creator just for choosing me.

I walk this Earth facing demons with just the you and me.

Thank you Creator, thank you Creator.

They want me stiff while the preacher reading the eulogy.

That's on the door of the beamer's that want me crucified.

I gave them blessing and they still walk the Judas side.

That's why I cut my affiliations and loosened ties then increased my distance 'cause soon there will be suits and ties.

But that's not me wishing evil that's just common.

Every blow strength not just a kink in my omen.

Invest my energies in preparation for this war ahead, and make sure if I take a loss it don't dissolve in.

Y'all make moves in emotion based on you limitations.

Thought they had to execute power moves with intimidation.

I execute moves out of love in every situation.

Even if that comes to destruction, I have no hesitation.

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

Don't you know who I'm with?

(thunder) - If you don't know now you know.

- Yessir.

(hip hop music) Swo.

Teflon.

Don.

Here to give y'all a lesson - No you shouldn't be doing that, killing for the fame and the money gang gang.

This strict name and the gun bang bang.

Everything you hearing me about the name, No you shouldn't be doing that.

The pop been sticking and be robbing this man.

He's gotta give it up right out of his hand.

Suing robbers (mumbles) was not in his plan.

No you shouldn't be stealing tracks.

Marvin Gaye with a lot of his fans.

All this play only got a few bands.

All this yay gonna pop some no pots no pans.

So you can't be cooking crack, unless you got a microwave in you pants.

Cooking them burs and making them dance.

Spending on the curb, picking that chance.

Ya he gon' be going back.

In the old ways that's from the old days.

Call me dark man but I don't throw shade.

Worry about Covid but not about AIDS.

Got on a mask but not a hat.

You shouldn't be stealing and taking them in.

Ya I'm hearing you, you and Satin is friends.

Pull people over cause the shade of they skin.

Especially because they black.

It's time for a change in the place that we in.

I'm not willing to making new friends.

Pay your debt or they taking you Benz.

Yeah the people getting taxed.

Yeah you shouldn't be doing that.

Passed the limit we at the max.

Y'all that ones that got the power.

We about to take it back.

Sitting in the house playing the game all day.

Money and the fame on the brain always.

Waiting for the right one and the gang hallways.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

Sitting in the house playing the game all day.

Money and fame in the brain always.

Waiting for the right one and the gang hallways.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

Sitting at the crib just chilling all day.

Got no goals not getting no pay.

Spending your time, filling your mind with negative thoughts that get in your way.

Most of y'all hating I don't care what y'all say, you don't got my best interest at heart anyway.

Gotta be chasing a bag full of chips so when I get old I gon be Frito Lay.

I can't be the one to set bad examples.

Soon I'm gonna have my own kids to raise.

And they gotta know how to navigate life when I looking corny going through the maze.

I cannot let my emotions get me.

That gives them a weakness to use against me.

I gotta focus, this ain't a joke cause my enemies they be moving quickly.

I ain't trying to do my brother wrong.

I hope that we both on the same page.

'Cause they got us all trying to kill each other, we cannot let evil get in the way.

Can't let jealousy and hatred interfere with us bringing change.

I gotta do this for all of my people and I can't be slacking in any way.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

Sitting in the house playing the game all day.

Money and the fame in the brain always.

Waiting for the right one and the gang hallways.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

Sitting in the house playing the game all day.

Money and the fame in the brain always.

Waiting for the right one and the gang hallways.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

No you shouldn't be doing that.

(echo) Doing that.

(hip hop music) - Dark light.

So far we the only ones getting real like that.

And I know you know we ain't the only ones that feel like that.

The only ones giving real life facts.

And I know you know we ain't the only ones who feel like that.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

Oh no, oh no.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

And I know you know it's real like that.

This lifestyle that I live you can't take it from me.

You a jerk chicken scared to get your making money.

This a money heist and we the ones making money.

Who died and said you the one who get to make the money.

I'm talking to the FEDs 'cause I'm real like that.

Since y'all printing money I should get mill right back.

He cheated then he died, I'm talking about a real life smack.

You spitting fiction what we writing this the real life raps.

You (mumbles), and he still not cracked.

This the art of war rapping on the mill' price tracks.

Hundred mill' right back, and then we making a movie.

And if we die they'll move the house, then we take the jacuzzi.

And we shake the foundation, I'm one nation one movement.

We place the sound that they making (mumbles) Gods music's the future, we the ones that introduced it.

I'm the word in the flesh, that's directing the music.

So far we the only ones getting like that.

And I know you know we ain't the only ones that feel like that.

The only ones spitting real life facts.

And I know you know we ain't the only ones that feel like that.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

Oh no, oh no.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

And I know you know its real like that.

Tell me who be doing this like us.

Tell me who is coming out the loom on the same level that the pacos kill.

Let me know 'cause I missed that bus.

The one that came before it picked us up.

And we ain't get dropped off since, and nobody else took the trip with us.

Still applying pressure never lifting.

Never folding no we never quitting.

Never stopping till they tapping out.

Choke hold by the force of mission.

Times up they getting more stitches.

Coming through patching out these evictions.

Still spitting that propane like I'm Hank Hill doing work for Stricklin.

Most of y'all have been unafraid, and no hesitation I ain't wasting time.

'Cause most of y'all end up being snakes I'm just trying to dodge like the Vipers sign.

Can't afford to slip in my lifetime.

Once it's over no coming back.

Imma make my impression felt, and I ain't about to give them no slack.

Only focus on chess moves, this aint checkers or tick tack.

I know the enemies clever but we do it better and they won't forget that.

This a phone that won't get smacked.

So I ain't tripping on conspiracy there is only on the facts.

I can't never go for the smoke screen 'cause it's real like that.

So far we the only ones who been real like that.

And I know you know we ain't the only ones that feel like that.

The only ones spitting real life facts.

And I know you know we aint the only ones that feel like that.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

Oh no, oh no.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

They don't want me on.

And I know you know it's real like that.

(hip hop music) - But as you see.

They can't stop.

God's music.

Number one genre of music coming to take over everything.

Swo.

Teflon, the Don.

This is War, and I'm here today on the State and Waters show, here with two of the people in our city, that's helping us uplift the youth and uplift our community.

To my left we got D Mill, to my right we got Antoine Banks, and I wanted to bring them too today on this show because what they're doing in the community is phenomenal, it's very uplifting to our youth, and everybody that watches what they doing.

I felt it was only right to bring them on here today.

So we could talk about how we bring in all these things together and using music and the power of influence of the pop culture to influence our youth, to do the right thing.

First, I want to start with the D Mill.

You had an organization called Change the Lyrics.

I want you to talk about that a little bit.

- Right.

So there's a whole bunch of umbrellas of companies that I'm involved in.

But one of the charitable ones that we're starting up is the Change the Lyrics nonprofit.

So that's pretty much it.

We're just reaching out to artists that are in our cipher, bigger artists.

Just ask them to be conscious with the lyrics that they're putting out to the youth.

That's one thing I noticed with coaching kids, the stuff that they're listening to when I'm driving them, I'm like, this is what you guys listen to, like little kids, you know like fifth graders, sixth graders, seventh graders, high school.

But if that's all they're listening to they're just being programmed.

So, you know.

So I know a lot of hip hop artists that choose to, you know, not say this thing or not say that thing for a reason because they know people are watching.

So that's what the campaign is about.

Change the lyrics, that's it.

- Hey that's amazing.

I love that whole concept and that whole organization and I salute you for doing everything you're doing.

I look forward to working with you in the future and projects we already got planned on.

So y'all be on the lookout.

We got some big things coming.

Now.

I want to get to my man's Antoine Banks.

He was at the Don't Start at the park.

And I seen this guy, a little kid came there.

He was unsupervised and he didn't have no parents there or nothing.

We didn't even know how he got there.

This guy spotted this little guy out of nowhere.

Man took him under his wing, gave him a shirt, introduced him to everybody gave him the phone numbers, man, you need some help, you need some support, tell your parents and they could contact any one of us and we'd be there for you.

I mean, it was just amazing to see you snatch a kid right up then and be his mentor right there.

That was amazing to see that.

And I salute you for that.

- Thank you.

So I definitely want to bring you on to talk about all the other amazing things that you already got going on with the youth and the community.

- Yeah.

Thank you.

We work just trying to deter the young men and women to do things different than we did.

We got out there.

We thought we was doing things the right way.

It took a lot out of the community.

So it's always great for us to be, to put something back in.

I think that if we can deter them, we won't have to rehabilitate them 'cause it's unnatural to be incarcerated.

So we need to have some programs.

When we were younger, we had Biddy basketball, we had a lot of things that we can go and do to deter us.

Now it's more like a microwave, a video game type society where the kids are learning what the internet have, So we got to bring some type of morals and values to them so that they understand, you know, to uplift your community is good and bad doesn't necessarily mean bad.

- And I love when you said deterred them so we don't have to rehabilitate them, because that's what the whole Don't Start movement is about.

It's about catching them before they make them wrong decisions.

So if we get them younger, at a younger age to stop being influenced by the negative things and the things that we allowed to lead us astray and, you know, sitting here we happy that we was able to redirect our lives on a better path and a more constructive path that's uplifting.

So to, it's hard to rehabilitate.

It's hard to change somebody or get them to stop doing something that they immersed their whole life in.

But if we could get them before they even get there, we have a way greater success rate at changing the whole game.

- Way, way better change.

- I always tell the kids and the young men like life don't have a pause or rewind button.

So you want to try to do it best the first time and learn from the people who have experience, you know.

I thought it was dope, which I did at the Dome Star.

We had, I had more fun than the kids did.

- I had a ball too.

I seen the chief, he was out there having a ball.

And that's what made me feel so good just to see everybody having fun.

- Yeah.

The police with the community.

I mean, I sat there in the days a few times like, wow I never thought I'd be doing something like this.

And to see how much joy it was bringing the officers, was having so much fun.

Shout out the chief Marion, shout out to Demario Boom, shout out to all the officers that came out, man.

And all the community members that came out in a time where it's probably not the most popular thing to be around police officers and stuff.

So everybody that said, you know forget the naysayers I'm doing what I feel is right.

And we fighting our wars with love and peace and kindness and empathy.

That's the right way to go, man.

So shout out to everybody that came out, man, salute.

I definitely want to salute these two guys right here because me and Joe, we can't do this alone.

You know, hey, I'm gonna bring Joe up real quick.

Come on up here real quick, Joe.

Bring Joe up here real quick because this guy right here, like my little ninja assassin.

Like it when it comes to the Don't Start, Joe might creep up on you, you know, in the stand like, Hey you heard of the Don't Start movement?

And you had a baseball game in Wrigley field somewhere, Joe pushing Don't Start.

So I definitely want to salute Joe.

You know, I definitely couldn't admit, Joe did more work at the Don't Start at the park too than me, imma tell you.

So I'm just going to put that out there for everybody.

He put more, put in more work than me running back and forth like this guy, like 15 years old.

So, you know, I go ahead and, you know, tell them how you feel Joe and give everybody a shout out.

Anything you want to say to the audience.

- Don't Start as War said is very important to us.

I'm retired now.

And this is my new job I might say.

And we needed to shout out to Carl Cannon.

Carl was our inspiration for this song.

- Go ahead and tell the people where they can reach you at if they need to get their kids involved with some mentor programs or something like that.

Because that's real important for people to know that.

- Yeah, we have a curriculum we put together with a youth development academy.

I'm founder and CEO of Product of the Projects, aka POP.

You can reach us at productoftheproject.org for the website and popproject8@gmail.com for the email.

Thanks for the time.

- What about you D?

- Mostly in the community.

If you've got kids that are, hooper's I'm coach involved in team FOE and TTG, Wesley Wotherspoon, and Lo and all the crew.

So if you got a kid that's a baller and you want to get them involved.

That's where I reach the kids the best is on the court.

So I just, you know, stay in ball.

- Only together can we really make a real change.

So like I was saying, we can't do this by ourselves.

Us up, us up here on this stage, we need all y'all help.

We need all y'all support to fight all these wars out here with love and peace.

And that's the way we going.

So we salute y'all.

We thank y'all for having us.

And we bought to get to this music.

(hip hop music) - Yeah.

Swo.

Let's go.

Don't start with that gang gang nonsense.

It's hard as heck to get a job where you a convict.

Even harder when your moms live in the projects.

You a special way bigger than the mob is.

Some of y'all don't even know what a job is.

Clocking in every day, where does God live.

Writing God's music, giving it to God's kids.

This is God's plan and all we not we got six.

I don't love the dope that won't be how I got rich.

Once my legacy is told and the plot thicks.

Everybody didn't blow it and they got bricks.

And they built the house yet out of chopsticks.

Spitting lies out they neck lyrical content.

Don't believe these rappers telling you they gone men.

Putting up the mama's house we'll pay the bonds men.

My British Intel telling me they bondsmen.

Undercover agents like this they rob men.

Trying to infiltrate the nation so they rob men.

Your final destinations war, not my problem.

Call me the dark night I'm here to save Gotham.

Don't start thinking lazy and twerk, twerk.

Get you an education so you can work, work.

Don't start thinking small, get that pay, pay.

So you could pass it down to the little babies.

Don't start shooting people like their skins cool.

Parents shouldn't have to worry to send their kids to school.

Don't start with the Molly and the Percocet.

Ask Pfizer how many lives really worth a cheque.

Don't start promoting violence through rap music.

TI said this a trap this ain't trap music.

Always rapping about that cheese the little rats do it.

You the fiend they the dealer hit this crack music.

Now you addicted to the sound call it black music.

Create a platform and we can let blacks use it.

To destroy themselves a target any black movement.

Trying to free they people calling them the black Jewish.

I spit the facts fluent, go act intelligent.

That's what you going to have to have to stay relevant.

And all the hate you feeling now is irrelevant.

Don't make me come and put it down and run for President.

Forensic files that they found a ton of evidence, that I'm the man that wear the pants check the measurement.

Take them to the promise land where they never been.

Where everybody's striving to be better men.

Don't start thinking lazy and twerk, twerk.

Get you an education so you can work, work.

Don't start thinking small, get that pay, pay.

So you could pass it down to the little babies.

Don't start shooting people like their skins cool.

Parents shouldn't have to worry to send their kids to school.

Don't start with the Molly and the Percocet.

Ask Pfizer how many lives really worth a cheque.

(hip hop music) How many lives really worth a cheque, Pfizer.

I'm just playing, you know.

Don't start abusing them drugs, Don't Start part two we getting it in.

Swo.

(exciting music) Yup.

Woke up early.

Seeing the news.

Two singles just like me.

Okay Drake.

I got you.

We gonna call this Drake's equation, so.

I'm going foreign on them, this an alien invasion, like Trey Songz with me, she ain't on the best behavior.

My (mumbles) bomb money, we ain't taking no probation.

I got God money let me give you Drake's equation.

I'm going foreign on them, this an alien invasion.

Like Trey Songz with me, she ain't on her best behavior.

My (mumbles) bomb money, we ain't taking no probation.

We got God money let me give you Drake's equation.

They sent the signal from space, and sent the wolves coming.

When I arrived everybody trying to hold something.

Bling, blingin in the Maybachs show stunting.

Before Maybach's music stole my whole woman.

We all bosses made back and sold numbers.

Out the back of the Maybach all summer.

After I address issues about the Illuminati, Carol City cartel got a new Bugatti.

Triple seasons underrated like a new (mumbles).

Nobody knew about it like how you do the Ricky Bobby.

Ricky robbed me on the order from the CIA.

Drop the M out the Mayback you got the MIA.

The real freeway Ricky Ross rannin' from the bay.

George Tenet CIA you heard that from the yay.

You not messing with my word crick words to the J. Jay-Z, J.Cole (mumbles) I'm going foreign on them this an alien invasion.

Like Trey Songz with me, she ain't on her best behavior.

My (mumbles) bomb money we ain't taking no probation.

We got God money let me give you Drake's equation.

I'm going foreign on them this an alien invasion.

Like Trey Songz with me, she ain't on her best behavior.

My (mumbles) bomb money we ain't taking no probation.

We got God money let me give you Drake's equation.

Claiming J 'cause that's a lie, when they changed his name.

The J didn't even exist in that other language.

That means J didn't even exist in that other language.

So why do you even persist to send these fallen angels.

Drake I've seen your real face don't be giving angles.

Your nose so big I know Pinocchio is saying this.

You say no lil Wayne didn't start you gangster.

He was the first gangster you met and he ain't even gangster.

He was fresh like you with penitentiary chances.

Y'all was kids the bottom was looking pretty fancy.

I was dealing with Hilary, Rob and Bill and Nancy.

Raid the air was saying no was really chancin'.

Your own future could end up being pretty damaged.

Really made it I guess (mumbles) can't really stand me.

Meek Mill was right you not really creative.

The government is writing your, that's a Drake equation.

I'm going foreign on them this an alien invasion.

Like Trey Songz with me, she ain't on her best behavior.

My (mumbles) bomb money we ain't taking no probation.

We got God money let me give you Drake's equation.

I'm going foreign on them this an alien invasion.

Like Trey Songz with me, she ain't on her best behavior.

My (mumbles) bomb money we ain't taking no probation.

We got God money let me give you Drake's equation.

(hip hop music) Stop stealing.

That's all I got to say on that.

Stop copyright infringing my music.

I'll be back.