Girl, this mother******'s got rhythm So am I 'posed to be dead or doin' life in prison? Just another dummy caught up in the system Unruly hooligan who belongs (?) Plus gettin' that degree at Stanford or Harvard And by my work ethic, the way I speak Yo, should I be mentally weak, (?) Malik Yo, should I be trapped in the trap? Would you prefer that? Fourth grade mean level but he knows how to rap Are you amused by our struggles? The English that's broken? The ************ that I'm smokin'? The guns that I'm totin'? The drugs that I'm sellin'? No need for improvement ****** you and who you think I should be, forward movement Melanin is shrouded in complexity Brain charge shocking like 'lectricity Mouth translate happens organically The media relates to what it thinks it sees Judging steps in shoes from a path they never walked Shot down in a blaze over phrases, how to talk Dark skin, walk with a bop, a trade feelin' I'm chillin', feelin' down (?) Supplement the youth, ********ualizing women They ain't got the strong enough hold, so they built a prison Pumping false religion to all of these ******s' systems Every voice devoid of the truth Come on, listen Look at this, look at this Whatever will be will be Like a billionaire investin' in a ******'s dreams Certainly a head scratcher, like Pac and Big's killas Or a woman with the wisdom who's leadin' the way The rarity is in the rear, but never today Man, picture a (?) lettin' good records play On the strength of what it is, not the finesse of your biz And your lady calls you dirty, her dirts under rugs You'll find out only if she tells you, take her kiss and hug, cuz In the answer for cancer in a prodigious kid's mind Yes, the government will for learning is feed for everyone And from that lie, your leaders will rise in the eyes Of despair and adversity in some universal sense will be true Everybody runnin' when they see the stars comin' But whatever's gonna be will be Everybody runnin' when they see the stars comin' But whatever's gonna be will be Some will dash to the mountain, some will crawl And the weakest amongst them, they will fall But the strongest in fate, they will stand tall Everybody runnin' when they see the stars comin' But whatever's gonna be will be I just wanna feel as liberated as lions in Liberia 'Cause recently my heart turned cold as Siberia 'Cause everywhere I go, bein' cold is the criteria Let's see how well you know all your Tribe trivia Green and the white, we servin' that Nigeria North side of Queens, one-nine-two is the area This is for my dawgs from ************h Tzus to Terriers ****** it, it's showtime Tip, make sure they hearin' ya
[00:00.18]Girl, this mother******'s got rhythm [00:21.76]So am I 'posed to be dead or doin' life in prison? [00:24.62]Just another dummy caught up in the system [00:27.19]Unruly hooligan who belongs (?) [00:29.71]Plus gettin' that degree at Stanford or Harvard [00:32.35]And by my work ethic, the way I speak [00:34.88]Yo, should I be mentally weak, (?) Malik [00:37.26]Yo, should I be trapped in the trap? Would you prefer that? [00:39.95]Fourth grade mean level but he knows how to rap [00:42.34]Are you amused by our struggles? [00:44.09]The English that's broken? [00:45.39]The ************ that I'm smokin'? [00:46.55]The guns that I'm totin'? [00:47.81]The drugs that I'm sellin'? [00:49.14]No need for improvement [00:50.34]****** you and who you think I should be, forward movement [00:53.13]Melanin is shrouded in complexity [00:55.57]Brain charge shocking like 'lectricity [00:58.35]Mouth translate happens organically [01:00.76]The media relates to what it thinks it sees [01:03.52]Judging steps in shoes from a path they never walked [01:06.91]Shot down in a blaze over phrases, how to talk [01:08.41]Dark skin, walk with a bop, a trade feelin' [01:11.34]I'm chillin', feelin' down (?) [01:13.88]Supplement the youth, ********ualizing women [01:16.38]They ain't got the strong enough hold, so they built a prison [01:18.91]Pumping false religion to all of these ******s' systems [01:21.54]Every voice devoid of the truth [01:23.38]Come on, listen [01:24.90]Look at this, look at this [01:26.85]Whatever will be will be [01:29.51]Like a billionaire investin' in a ******'s dreams [01:31.61]Certainly a head scratcher, like Pac and Big's killas [01:34.30]Or a woman with the wisdom who's leadin' the way [01:36.86]The rarity is in the rear, but never today [01:39.91]Man, picture a (?) lettin' good records play [01:42.18]On the strength of what it is, not the finesse of your biz [01:44.81]And your lady calls you dirty, her dirts under rugs [01:47.31]You'll find out only if she tells you, take her kiss and hug, cuz [01:49.84]In the answer for cancer in a prodigious kid's mind [01:52.42]Yes, the government will for learning is feed for everyone [01:55.02]And from that lie, your leaders will rise in the eyes [01:57.53]Of despair and adversity in some universal sense will be true [02:01.07]Everybody runnin' when they see the stars comin' [02:03.08]But whatever's gonna be will be [02:05.78]Everybody runnin' when they see the stars comin' [02:08.33]But whatever's gonna be will be [02:10.61]Some will dash to the mountain, some will crawl [02:14.30]And the weakest amongst them, they will fall [02:20.63]But the strongest in fate, they will stand tall [02:26.47]Everybody runnin' when they see the stars comin' [02:28.98]But whatever's gonna be will be [02:31.73]I just wanna feel as liberated as lions in Liberia [02:33.96]'Cause recently my heart turned cold as Siberia [02:36.67]'Cause everywhere I go, bein' cold is the criteria [02:39.18]Let's see how well you know all your Tribe trivia [02:41.88]Green and the white, we servin' that Nigeria [02:44.30]North side of Queens, one-nine-two is the area [02:47.09]This is for my dawgs from ************h Tzus to Terriers [02:49.72]****** it, it's showtime [02:51.00]Tip, make sure they hearin' ya