It's really real, when I feel the way that I do now I see all my brothers up daisies, man, it amazes me That you can't see you gonna be A statistic, gon' call ballistic If you had a good day, damn, I have missed it Cause you mad at the Going to hell with everybody else you want your own first I got the urge to let you in on a secret Cause you dying if I keep it All the keeling that you're feeling is from For the copper check the color of skin Why lie? I couldn't try if I had to Born the bullet-proof vest when I had you A black trying to get through to the few So you can leave the next
5 in the morning. Where you gonna be? (Outside on the corner) You better get yourself While wasting all your time Right along your mind
5 o'clock in the morning. you gonna be? (Outside on the corner) You better get yourself you're wasting all your time Right with your mind
Why should I do and suffer I rather do wrong making loopy and that hustler of hot-dogs I'm eating porks up in their smother And got a gang of up in the safe up in my covers On top of all I push big fat Lex And got my hoes that in golf course just in I feel like flexing So I ask, for real though, who are you See, I'm a big man
Yeah, you you'se a big man, check it I went for twelve to school and never could read A knowledge of my hood is they can never teach me I started to step but I kept up with the Joneses Having rollers... my pinky ring I did a lot of kinky thing the knew it, flock into it I'm around my old way, yeah, still wants to do it Its not about the that you got on your back But the money in pocket and if you're down like that on
5 o'clock in the morning. you gonna be? (Outside on the corner) You better get yourself While you're wasting all time along with your mind
5 o'clock in the morning. Where you be? (Outside on the corner) You better get together you're wasting all your time Right along with mind
Wella, Mr. Black Man tell me where heading The few years I watched while you were sheading Pounds and pounds on growth for the Soon we won't be able to have a strong black A here, a stabbing there nowhere to stop Cause now you're dying the dose of the crack rock I'm just a Nubian Queen that needs a king to stand And try to on It's not a white finger on the trigger Car-jacks, drive-by's, callin' other "nigga" I'm not to scold but rather shape n' mold young black mind that won't live to grow old Cause you're fronting smoking on the and Down your friends cause you think you're making ends But not - and that's the truth of the matter Your brother skinny, cause you want your pockets fatter
5 in the morning. Where you gonna be? (Outside on the corner) You better get together While wasting all your time Right with your mind
5 o'clock in the morning. Where you be? (Outside on the corner) You get yourself together While you're wasting all your Right along with mind