Aloe Blacc - The Plight lyrics

[Verse 1] Imagine you was born with a gift, but you don't know what it is yet Named after this gift, and you don't know what it is that You are gonna be, knowin' that you be Much more greater than all them people showing you the Ways of life, at a young age they followin' you Mimicking your mannerisms, watchin' all that you do Call it your crew, call a flock of sheep, call it who- Ever you want to, it's this leadership that's gon' haunt you Some of them tease and they taunt, but really they want you Really they need you, really opposition just feed you Fuel that you need to stand up on your own two And tell everybody that nobody could ever own you So what you gon' do? Write a story and sell it Or live fast, die young, and let history tell it Maybe both, maybe none, maybe become a relic or ornament Of the past, all covered in velvet Not a option for the chosen, those who rose and they spoke Those who speak not can watch and on they doubts they can choke True beleivers will go wherever leaders will be So come follow me now if you believin' in me [Hook] All the stress that's in my life Will I survive through this fight? (will I survive through this fight?) Can I carry all this burden? Will I make it through the plight? If I don't make it, will angels carry Me up to that place above? Cause all the world needs now Is love, sweet love, hold on [Verse 2] I had the knowledge on my first day And steady risin' cause my brain is still thirsty For information not average, but anomaly Signifcant to the point that y'all wanna follow me But watch your step, my path ain't the straight and narrow Just cause I'm speakin' don't make me a spoken hero I'm unsung like lyrics I never wrote yet I'm just one, the son who became a pro-phet I'm too young, to early for y'all to quote yet Just let it write, but I graduated from pens and Pencils to type, and a victim is a still a hypocrite For the fact that I don't even follow half the sh** I say in my raps But got y'all soaking up every syllable That I spit, you can think I'm jokin', I believe a grip Of what I put down in rhymes is to open your minds And offer you a way to find a way y'all can climb Out of the pits and abyss of life troubles that trouble many Many look to me for guidance, what happens if I don't have any? Is it the blind leading the blind? That's the plight that I find is mine [Hook] All the stress that's in my life Will I survive through this fight? Can I carry all this burden? Will I make it through the plight? If I don't make it, will angels carry Me up to that place above? Cause all the world needs now Is love, sweet love, hold on All the stress that's in my life Will I survive through this fight? Can I carry all this burden? Will I make it through the plight? If I don't make it, will angels carry Me up to that place above? Cause all the world needs now Is love, sweet love, hold on