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