Damn, time's changed these thugs do what they like Some of be your friends to try and find a new wife And still hit the block and slang at night But you could be dead wrong with pockets right
Contrary to the legendary B.I.G. had to say You have to sell drugs or make the NBA It's easy to get a and get an MBA To achieve one goal there's than one way
Young on the whole we have lost our way I don't care what it cost, I'm not my nigga throwback jersey is a dress my nigga I remember diamonds used to be girl's best
Enslaving Black children with them world gems I don't care about your rims, ride Big Wheels Up until learn balance and it's obvious you haven't way more ego than you have true talent
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Any white boy who thinks he knows my 'Cause he listens to 'Pac and his doubles Now I ain't got problems with you yourself But when you front and use the N word, it just don't
I not trip and your friends'll laugh at you But I know real niggaz that'll straight up slap you Now you be down but let's act growed up we ain't the same color when police show up
My culture's not a trend Black is not in But for you it's a phase you're gonna have to transcend even if I tried, I could never blend in To society's mainstream, dream
Yeah, it's all one love but one thing This is my life not a cultural fling It's an expression of the soul when we dance and And you are blessed to have a chance to glance the scene
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Man I do the music, they stop coming to shows It's like they scared of the white in the front row First I was like, So? get my dough But the numbers kept falling as my fan would grow
And now I'm concerned so I gotta up First the money was the only thing me up But now I don't care, don't me, get mad Why wouldn't you abort me, my own people
I feel, I should the scans white rappers have sad but that's the way it is What's the reason that my doesn't sell like his? And don't like you don't, why the hell that is?
because he's white, you can relate to his face Through the years, you've taught that Black is unsafe it's only natural for your own to be embraced Conscious or subconscious you can't say ain't the case
Only reason it so long to take place Was up until now only choice was 3rd Bass Or others like Ice, wasn't that tight Now you got some white dudes who can rock the mic
You relate to their stories 'cause you share that Question is, why you listen to Murs' Black ass? I asked myself for a but now I finally get it music transcends all physical limits
It's more than something you hear, it's something that you feel When the author and experience and passion is Used to feel I should be silent, I was scared to do this But I want everyone aware of is going on
Yes, it is jazz and yes it is the And yes it is the exact way they did rock But I refuse to watch the same thing to Hip-Hop I refuse to watch bullshit
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