Damn, time's done changed these thugs do they like of them be your friends to try and find a new wife And still hit the block and slang rocks at But you could be dead wrong with pockets right
Contrary to the legendary B.I.G. had to say You don't have to sell or make the NBA easy to get a grant and get an MBA To achieve one goal there's than one way
Young people on the whole we have our way I don't care what it cost, I'm not impressed my That throwback is a dress my nigga I remember used to be girl's best friend
Enslaving Black children with them third gems I don't about your rims, kids ride Big Wheels Up until they learn and it's 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 doubles Now I ain't got problems with you being But when you front and use the N word, it just help
I might not and your friends'll laugh at you But I know some real niggaz that'll straight up you Now you could be down but act growed up 'Cause we the same color when police show up
My not a trend being Black is not in But for you it's just a phase gonna have to transcend While even if I tried, I could blend in To society's mainstream, American
Yeah, it's all one love but remember one This music is my life not a 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 same music, stop coming to shows It's like they scared of the boys in the front row First I was like, So? I'mma get my 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 me, my own people have
I feel, I should have the scans rappers have sad but that's the way it is What's the reason that my album doesn't sell his? And don't front you don't, why the hell that is?
It's because white, you can relate to his face Through the years, you've taught that Black is unsafe Plus it's natural for your own to be embraced Conscious or subconscious you say that ain't the case
Only it took so long to take place Was up until now only choice was 3rd Bass Or others like Ice, wasn't really tight Now you got some white who can truly rock the mic
You relate to their stories 'cause you that past 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 that you hear, it's that you feel When the author and and passion is real Used to feel I should be silent, I was to do this song But I want everyone aware of what is on
Yes, it is and yes it is the blues And yes it is the exact same way they did But I refuse to the same thing happen to Hip-Hop I to watch that bullshit
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