And I was in school I was a fool And I'd never gain none But I used my flow as a tool, they was I'd be no rapper, but I did work and became one
Now it's a cryin shame, I'm thangs And they got debts, they got to pay I think I know why my would in my eye and say that And that?
Cuz I'm a Came nothin, don't mean my life means nothin Made it out the through the pain and sufferin Y'all don't think I see them y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a when you see me, frauds disappear like a genie Little want to be me But you don't want to go through I go through True definition of a
It must be the way my pants sag Or the sparklin diamonds on the watch my hand has I know my appearance is lookin I am bad In your department all I wanna do is pop a damn tag
it honest, that's why the blacks get mad at you Even shop and got big gratitude I make more than you, but you got attitude I can't be shoppin at Saks Fifth Avenue
I'm just tryin to buy my baby some spring flower But they don't know that the Tecca Nina cheese means So they look at me like none of my breed valor Thats why when you see us in passin we seem
Last I checked, my power shockeras I was on top of the Indy charts and not a But I'm the of darkness and I like the opera So why when I'm at Macbeth they wont treat me more
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, don't mean my life means Made it out the game through the pain and Y'all don't I see them purses y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a when you see me, frauds disappear like a genie Little want to be me But you don't want to go what I go through True of a blackboy
Frontline shoot, soldiers that Frontline shoot, Grand Verb, it's the back Head wrapped in the desert, boombox on the back Escape from the clone lab, fugitives black
With finesse in you, its the from way back The prophet of the page dont eat right it all cracks Blackboy from the pages torn scriptures more classic than the Jimmy Cracked Corn
A spawn of the movement, keep the movement So my purpose stays clear and my music stays I do it for the real, I don't Jena Six For me to know America is on that bullshit
So people think black are just ball players and singers That complex is what fuels the street bangers And street soldiers to stand up, no choice to get it So blackboys can finally get they man up
Cuz I'm a from nothin, don't mean my life means nothin Made it out the game the pain and sufferin Y'all think I see them purses y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, disappear like a genie Little want to be me But you don't to go through what I go through True definition of a
I'm a blackboy and always gettin But when I next door, I know you hate it You had my whole investigated And when they didn't no crack, you said I ate it
Uh uh, a just elevated Over life that was designated You see this blackboy, you know heaven it I don't to go if I got to integrate it
You know pellot boy, be you made it Just take you got, and stop complainin Ok, weather man will the rainin On my people head, and start
What your people said, in the bible But you act barbaric and psycho My name is Ice Cube, bitch, it Michael I'll never bleach my own skin to be like you
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, mean my life means nothin Made it out the game through the pain and Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, disappear like a genie Little want to be me But you don't want to go what I go through True definition of a