Damn, time's done changed these thugs do what they Some of them be your friends to try and find a new And still hit the block and slang rocks at But you could be dead wrong with pockets right
Contrary to what the B.I.G. had to say You don't have to sell drugs or the NBA It's to get a grant and get an MBA To achieve one there's more than one way
Young people on the whole we have our way I care what it cost, I'm not impressed my nigga That throwback jersey is a dress my I remember diamonds to be girl's best friend
Enslaving children with them third world gems I don't care about your rims, kids ride Big Up until they learn balance and it's obvious you With way more ego than you have talent
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Any boy who thinks he knows my struggle 'Cause he to 'Pac and his adrenaline doubles Now I ain't got with you being yourself But you front and use the N word, it just don't help
I not trip and your friends'll laugh at you But I know some real niggaz that'll up slap you Now you be down but let's act growed up 'Cause we ain't the same color police show up
My culture's not a being Black is not in But for you it's just a phase you're gonna have to While if I tried, I could never blend in To society's mainstream, dream
Yeah, it's all one but remember one thing This is my life not a cultural fling It's an of the soul when 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, they stop to shows It's like scared of the white boys in the front row First I was like, So? I'mma get my But the kept falling as my fan base would grow
And now I'm so I gotta speak up the money was the only thing shutting me up But now I don't care, don't me, get mad Why wouldn't you abort me, my own have
I feel, I should have the white rappers have sad but that's the way it is What's the that my album doesn't sell like his? And front like you don't, why the hell that is?
It's he's white, you can relate to his face Through the years, you've been taught that Black is Plus it's natural for your own to be embraced Conscious or subconscious you can't say that ain't the
Only reason it took so long to take Was up now your only choice was 3rd Bass Or others like Ice, wasn't that tight Now you got some white who can truly rock the mic
You relate to their stories 'cause you share that Question is, why would you listen to Murs' Black I asked myself for a while but now I get it Good music transcends all physical
It's more than something that you hear, it's something that you When the author and and passion is real to feel I should be silent, I was scared to do this song But I everyone aware of what is going on
Yes, it is jazz and yes it is the And yes it is the same way they did rock But I refuse to the same thing happen to Hip-Hop I refuse to watch bullshit
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