Went to school, down the block from a crack den
Where the boys in blue, like to shoot at black men
And nowadays, shit ain't that much different from back then
Too black for white homies, talk too white for my black friends
I grew up, and my first car was a black Benz
I even lived I for a while, buts that's past tense
Lights camera action, the matrix reloaded
Beast modin', west coastin', with my New York accent
Lyrics take you places like a lyft or an uber
Keep one eye open like slick rick the ruler
Cause even if I was blind, I could still see the future
I Maneuver through the shooters, to prove I wasn't a loser
I'm motivated, I got bills to pay to and kids to raise
Smoking swishers sweets, reminscing on them simple days
Listening to beats, When my brain wasn't in this haze
Now it's designer jeans, Benz trucks and Gucci shades
We all under the same sun with different shades, above the clouds
But I'm underground like a city train
My greatest strength came from my greatest pain, that explains
All the contradictions within my brain
Pan aficanism with mad niggaz in prison
Mad bitches is trippin they instagramin and strippin
Third eye blind, cause our people lackin the vision
My bigger brother was really cooking that crack in the kitchen
Losing our souls on a chase to hold riches
These fuck boys are turning women into cold bitches
It's all in my wirin' to be awe inspiring
Quit my day job cause I over heard God was hiring
Make ya favorite rapper consider early retirement
I'm in a pyramid, a human body with a lion's head
I left Wash Heights Uptown, well advised
Not a clown nigga, but if I was, I'd be pennywise
All about my dollars and coins boy, I'm penny wise
Looking for a dime playboy bunny I can energize
Luke skywalker with a ghetto mind
Jedi seeing images in my Weed clouds when I heaven climb
They say that real niggas never die, Self love
I'm just really trying to be a better I
Open ya eyes, my revolution will be televised
Chocolate Tom cruise, under blue and vanilla skies
Rep a generation that's traumatized and desensitized
Neighborhoods gentrified, black boys left to die
While they telling lies, my brain is where Where the treasure lies
Get the pie, you can get a slice but the rest is mine
Stepping up the corporate latter 'til there's nothing left to climb
Spread my wings wide cause I was told could Never fly
I question the revolution, Will our people ever rise?
Kill the beat in broad day and get the witnesses to testify
Pay no Nevermind to the shit they talk on the news
Niggaz coming for my crown but can't walk in my shoes
Stare out the window with my tool, By any means like brother Malcolm
I took my life and times and made'em to a couple albums
The dude who talks the loudest, is the dude who ain't about shit
So I move quiet, let my actions move the mountains
Trying to get my mama happy and my pops the proudest
But I be feeling lonely even the room is crowded
Wowsers, watch how I leave crowds astounded
My verses are ghetto public service announcements
The way I live is hectic, wreckless, Using my exes
Netflix to Netflix and chill with the next chick
I be on some next shit, this ain't even my best shit
Still I'm better than any rapper on your best list
The new Rakim, with the Mercedes Benz pendent
At the end of thick ass gold rope necklace
Knew a lot of dudes that sold dope and got arrested
Instead I chose hope, by using what I was blessed with
Eatin' vegan, mint leaf tea in my breakfast
Fuck the VIP if I am on heavens guest list