'Memba when I used to bake off with them boys
Used to think we were so bad in school
Back then a brudda had unconditional love for the world what a fool
One time I got set up by these pussiole youts
Started rollin with tools
Didn't even wanna be bad but my environment told me what I gotta do
Dangerous but block had perks
Getting stopped & searched outside church too
My boy got bagged hit da curb on tag
And I thought dat ain't what I wanna do
Feds killing us then still killing us
What a young black brudda gotta do
& I don't understand the LGBTQ ting but their lives matter too
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This is the, this is the
This is the big wide world mum ain't gonna pay your bills
But you do what you want every day a thrill
Design my life the way I feel, I mean how I can cah true say I'm still
In a system built to slay and kill
People who look like me everyday but still
I just hope mumzie garn pray until her last breath
Cah that's the only way I'll feel safe
I meditate away I heal, look at how us man are put on display
On the socials I see blood every day
& When I'm local I see blood on the pavement
Little bastard mum ain't have no engagement
Still grateful that I found me a placement
27 tryna figure out where my age went
Bills paid tryna figure out where my wage went
Pussy tryna distract me weed tryna backstrap me
Everytime dat I leave they keep pulling me back see
Not to mention how everything on da gram keeps
Tellin us that we are not enough it's scam
I'm garn pack my bags I'm garn write up and plan
I'm garn tell da young gs write one if you can
I'm garn navigate dis world and understand the powers
Understand the powers