9th Wonder - Hard to Choose lyrics

[Produced by 9th Wonder] [Verse] It's when you walk out on faith Choose to do what feel right, let everyone else trace What we chase ain't the same I'm still that rapper that your favorite rapper scared to rap after Sometimes it's hard to chill, choose to k**, k**, k**, k** I'm just that good though I ain't worth a lot of millions When you rap this well a lot of rappers catch feelings We all want the best, don't let a female k** 'em, yeah Hard to choose culture over fame You just want to be set and take care of all your fame It don't make you, but it be cool to have money like Wayne Take the shorter roads so the family ain't worrying Chose to build it slow, ain't no need, no hurrying It's hard to be political, can't say what's on your brain Careers come quick, it's just as fast to bury 'em But I chose to give a damn And box for you like pictures on Instagram Chose to respect what was built by both Kool and Bam You know who I am, word to my homie Wyann sh**, ain't hard to choose me there's only one me, man (So hard to choose) That's why I chose to be that Because where I'm from it ain't cool to be wack And I'm so pro-black Though they don't choose me back and that's some choosy sh** Why it's so hard to choose y'all over these j**els and whips Welcome to my side When you look in the crowd the minority's never white I appreciate y'all, but I'm lying if it don't bite Cause I love all races but we gotta raise 'em Cause I know the scale tipped ain't in no black girl's favor Hey y'all, we all outcasts, these black girls favor The blonde Barbie and scars, we all gotta save 'em No love lost for whites, Latinos and the Asians Loyal to all, but when I look at these black girls faces I understand why I chose to be better, not basic So it's not, not (hard to choose) Yeah, so excuse if I don't care if hipsters relate It weren't for you at all, at all why these songs were made Like you were overlaid at the airport And missed your sort of take off Don't understand why we get naked or Why it's hard to choose being real or being fake, huh? Cause the world worship people that get their cake up But I chose to De La Soul and raise the stake up Now why is it (so hard to choose)? Yeah, seldom support our own, I helped myself by advancement Want to make sure our daughters have better chances But y'all in that show and watching videos Why it's hard to choose cla** or let them titties show But it's better for my heart, honey, like Cheerios And secondly more comfortable doing [?] Trying to build you up like I went to Lowe's and bought a lot MC Lyte, I ain't forgot what you told me I ain't Hovy, but damn It's hard to choose being humble or going HAM Humility's a weakness, I was told different Quietest in the room is the baddest one like Durant It's hard to choose Carolina over Atlanta Chicago, LA, especially in Johannesburg Yeah, cause it's been love since beginnin' Home away from home, versus homes we get no spins in Why it's (so hard to choose)? Being super lyrical or slowing it down Will they understand the metaphors and how they compound With the two lines before and the next three after? And ask myself does this sh**, if it even still matter? The joints y'all tripping on are so easy and average And the ones I respect all got that gift mastered I don't want to compromise my sick self for a master But it's (so, so hard to choose) Cause if I don't I'm not cool and I'm boring Should add a tsch tsch to my beats to be current This the sh** I think about along with image and earnings But when Nas tell me "God you k**in' it" then I'm burning All thoughts chasing y'all, man, it's easy now XXL ain't tripping, Time calmed me down Thinking where we all started from and where we all sitting now sh** I see it different now, why it's not, not (hard to choose)