My name's Lakisha Named after my Dad His names Lakostia Goes by Coz I go by Kish Because it's shorter And to me A lot less obvious
At home my momma She calls me Kisha But at the school yard There were a million When I was yound I needed freedom And to feel I stood out in the world (Too Many Girls)
Just. Stand. Out. When I was sixteen I wanted money I put Lakisha on my resume How funny It was a joke I found that no one Would call me back Because of it (Oh ****)
I'll tell you the truth Like when I moved to New York Nobody knew my name I put my head down and worked Like 2 jobs at a time Learned to read between the lines I'll say im Kish on my resume this time!
I was meant to be named India After my greatest grandmother (That's her name) But someone had a baby first And the name was given right to her (What a shame) I'd probably end up A lot more conscious I'd burn some incense I'd pray to rocks and
It's hard to say who you would be If you were named after somebody else But I feel guilty Stereotyping Would have me leave it out of all and everything Some people like to assume different But in truth im not a bit ashamed (It's my name)
When I sign my signature It's with an "I" And never with a "K" You call me Kilo But Lakisha Forever will be my name
[00:00.56]My name's Lakisha [00:03.30]Named after my Dad [00:04.07]His names Lakostia [00:04.91]Goes by Coz [00:07.96]I go by Kish [00:08.61]Because it's shorter [00:09.75]And to me [00:10.35]A lot less obvious [00:11.64] [00:13.78]At home my momma [00:14.33]She calls me Kisha [00:15.92]But at the school yard [00:17.31]There were a million [00:18.94]When I was yound [00:19.95]I needed freedom [00:20.85]And to feel [00:22.04]I stood out in the world [00:23.63](Too Many Girls) [00:24.61] [00:25.56]Just. Stand. Out. [00:27.85]When I was sixteen [00:28.50]I wanted money [00:30.19]I put Lakisha on my resume [00:32.03]How funny [00:33.22]It was a joke [00:34.17]I found that no one [00:35.46]Would call me back [00:36.21]Because of it [00:37.05](Oh ****) [00:38.45] [00:39.84]I'll tell you the truth [00:40.74]Like when I moved to New York [00:41.83]Nobody knew my name [00:43.33]I put my head down and worked [00:44.88]Like 2 jobs at a time [00:46.27]Learned to read between the lines [00:47.71]I'll say im Kish on my resume this time! [00:49.90] [00:51.20]I was meant to be named India [00:52.34]After my greatest grandmother [00:55.12](That's her name) [00:56.37]But someone had a baby first [00:57.91]And the name was given right to her [01:00.90](What a shame) [01:02.19]I'd probably end up [01:03.24]A lot more conscious [01:04.69]I'd burn some incense [01:05.93]I'd pray to rocks and [01:07.53] [01:07.88]It's hard to say who you would be [01:09.47]If you were named after somebody else [01:16.53]But I feel guilty [01:17.13]Stereotyping [01:18.59]Would have me leave it out of all and everything [01:21.62]Some people like to assume different [01:23.66]But in truth im not a bit ashamed [01:25.98](It's my name) [01:26.87] [01:28.61]When I sign my signature [01:30.75]It's with an "I" [01:31.85]And never with a "K" [01:33.04]You call me Kilo [01:34.54]But Lakisha [01:35.33]Forever will be my name
