And I was in school I was a fool And money I'd never none But I my flow as a tool, they was cruel Said I'd be no rapper, but I did work and one
Now it's a shame, I'm buyin thangs And they got debts, got to pay back I think I why my teachers would Look in my eye and say And why's
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, don't mean my means nothin Made it out the game through the and sufferin Y'all don't think I see them purses clutchin?
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, frauds disappear a genie whiteboys want to be me But you don't want to go through I go through True of a blackboy
It be the way that my pants sag Or the sparklin diamonds on the my left hand has I know my appearance is like I am bad In your department all I wanna do is pop a damn tag
Made it honest, why the blacks get mad at you Even foreigners and got big gratitude I make more you, but you got this attitude Like I can't be shoppin at Fifth Avenue
I'm just to buy my baby some creed spring flower But they don't know that the Tecca cheese means power So they look at me like none of my brings valor Thats why when you see us in passin we sour
Last time I checked, my shockeras I was on top of the Indy charts and not a But I'm the author of and I like the opera So why when I'm at Macbeth they treat me more propera?
Cuz I'm a from nothin, don't mean my life means nothin Made it out the game through the and sufferin Y'all don't I see them purses y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, disappear like a genie whiteboys want to be me But you want to go through what I go through definition of a blackboy
Frontline shoot, represent that Frontline shoot, Grand Verb, it's the back wrapped in the desert, boombox on the camel back Escape the clone lab, fugitives spook black
With finesse in you, its the from way back The prophet of the page eat right till it all cracks rappin from the pages torn Street scriptures classic than the Jimmy Cracked Corn
A spawn of the movement, keep the movement So my stays clear and my music stays groovin I do it for the real, I don't need 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 to get it right So these can finally get they man up
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, don't my life means nothin Made it out the game through the pain and Y'all don't think I see them y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, frauds disappear like a Little want to be me But you want to go through what I go through True of a blackboy
I'm a blackboy and always underestimated But when I move next door, I know you it You had my family investigated And when they find no crack, you said I ate it
Uh uh, a just elevated Over ghetto that was designated You see this blackboy, you know heaven it I want to go if I got to integrate it
You know pellot boy, be happy you it Just take what you got, and stop Ok, weather man will stop the On my people head, and explainin
What people said, believe in the bible But you still act barbaric and My name is Ice Cube, bitch, it ain't never bleach my own skin just to be like you
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, don't my life means nothin it out the game through the pain and sufferin Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all
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