You can see it in the hustle
no denying that the
struggle been inherited
Our so called saviors got em
closets full of skeletons
Pockets full of gold
ever wondered how they got it
When a generation after another
punished to death with it
generations left in the gutter
without a therapist
Every smile that you encounter
not always genuine
Brainwashed kept in a bubble
I wasn't hearing it
thinking that this system
was built to all our benefit
Black girl sick of the curls
tryin' to be Marilyn
hurled in the middle
she learned how to be fairer skin
coseven the brothers out be saying
that is my preference
Fuck staying celibate
chasing white like it's heroin
hoping that it get abit better
with the next specimen
praying to a Jesus
who look like Samuli Edelmann
Twisting up this sinsemila bud
with the fellowship
my favorite quote
"I don't give a fuck"
Just to manage in this crazy world
holding up a cup
slipping purpleness
the purpose is to keep us in a buzz
Like we never been interested in
getting better jobs
only selling shit
the yellow brick road
wasn't for us degenerates
I tell em that affecting lives is
where the wealth and merit is
so tell me why the fuck
they would be sharing it with us
look
Write down our own testament
definite
Never putting mines
on these presidents
to hell with em
The worst parts are secrets
you cannot change
what you don't know
Are you alive or just breathing
been led to believe that
change will come from silence
Pain is cured in silence
but no
from the root we can start again
Am I part of the problem
promoting bullshit
Brothers laid at the bottom
I got em full clips
and a half-empty bottle
Unable to look at this full pic
is it common
I mean
Motherfuckers neglected
when all we ever wanted
was to be respected
So there's a whole lot more to a necklace
and if it don't work
still got this hot temper
Now as a kid you was down
if your actions were reckless
Microaggressions
while clowning out for the acceptance
They talking now
so without a doubt
I caught with the message
Look at my role models
like that's what I'm destined to be
Anthony Curtis after his service
Can't work on my knees
tryin' to nourish the tree
searching for Heaven
going out like Tony
just to become a legend
I was told that's the only way
for ma brethren
Hold on a second
Don't get too comfortable
Emmet Till's killers slipped away
but they got Huxtable
Guilty or not
it's fair to say that
we're more vulnerable than all of you
when it comes to the wrongs to prove
all is true
I know you feel some type of way
Who wouldn't wanna ball and hoop
If the stage is set we celebrate
so it's easy to get drawn into
The worst parts are secrets
you cannot change
what you don't know
Are you alive or just breathing
been led to believe that
change will come from silence
Pain is cured in silence
but no
from the root we can start again
The worst parts are secrets
you cannot change
what you don't know
Are you alive or just breathing
been led to believe that
change will come from silence
Pain is cured in silence
but no
from the root we can start again