Yeah, ooh Yeah, hold on Yeah Yeah, okay Let me tell it Okay, yeah Yeah All I wanted was respect Just want to be accepted Too focused on being perfect And now that I reflect I was blind and I shouldn’t have listened to what you said Now there’s a disconnect Between me and you Now I’m true to myself And I make my own moves I used to try and be cool Impress the kids at school But I wasn’t being true to my Goddamn roots (Hol' up) I speak from my heart, not my throat I said no longer I’d be told the person I am still finding myself I really don’t need you to hold me back No holding me back, no more discussions 'bout that Boy it’s a wrap Used to worry about so called “friends” But they’d never hit me back, like damn Look at how far I’ve come But I’ve only just begun I tried to run from the person that I was Goddamn, how I was so dumb But I don’t need your judgement Was somebody I wasn’t But now I’m here to change that And take over the country, oh man All I wanted was respect Just want to be accepted Too focused on being perfect And now that I reflect I was blind and I shouldn’t have listened to what you said Now there’s a disconnect between me and you Now I’m true to myself and I make my own moves I used to try and be cool, impress the kids at school But I wasn’t being true to my Goddamn roots (Hol' up)
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