1] I try to always buy call from the F.O.I Even though that's not what Islam signify Y'all gotta love the in 'em They get on their knees and shine shoes 'fore they ever let the drugs 'em Makin taco's and fuckin McDonald's Nickel and broke, but dignified with high hopes Some people shoulder the weight of the median, make it easy Even though they walkin the tight Immigrants, twelve in one bedroom I'm too cool, I look at 'em fools Those combine forces and put the resources And guess who the new owner of the store is Shit, what's stoppin me from that? I probably could with drug smugglers of that Because if one dime sack in the time can a billion dollar industry, then look at my abilities But I'm a dreamer in ways I feel if you in God that you believe in brighter days Keep my son's heartbeat in my walk the Planet Earth with his name carved deep in my feet like
x2] Children growin, women Men go workin, but the use When the real strive and stress about the rent And can still die poor and in without a cent
2] Born christian creatures from the suburbs to save souls on Broadway, they got some nerve Comin unaware that the one's with no material gifts most spirits leave rifts Lazyness got me spare the back and what was that That can't hold me back, my man Vast me that "Harlem got all that on a scale" When there's bullets in the every bid is real
I see children up within a wicked system I wanna kiss 'em, I see prophet Muhammad in 'em Poverty's people from my generation And hands down to world's creative I've seen both of the fence Picket a link and we ain't all thinkin the same thing but teens got so impressed by me They try to walk, talk, interact and dress me We the world's imagination I to idolize athletes and entertainers Cause they let the situation capture 'em System 'em lemons, made lemonade and sold it back to 'em
x2] Children growin, women Men go workin, but the use When the real strive hard and stress the rent And can still die poor and in debt without a
3] Marvin Gaye said it "This ain't livin" No matter your religion the earth keep And the sun keep shinin, babies keep Old folks dyin in within you put ya chiming And here I am, still class America room, same view, different cast of characters Regina got as a late prowler trick, got evicted, lost her section aid voucher Onward my neighbourhood's revolving door A gang of rental properties owns at all I that's why we call it a hood Nobody as long as it takes to become neighbour
x2] Children growin, women Men go workin, but the use When the real strive hard and about the rent And can still die poor and in debt without a