[Intro:]
(Background: gotta live and yearn)
Brothers and sisters there is a place for you in America
Aye, being black in America
Straight up, we gotta yearn for change on a daily basis
Or else we gon be in the same spot that we was in 100 years ago
In another kind of way, but it's the same, whether you think so or not
It's mental, it's all mental
[Verse 1:]
Yeah yeah
I ain't the deepest with the words
But I could probably spit a
Verse to make you stop and think like hold up
Peep the deliver-y
This ain't no rap to make yo bottom lip quiver
But if you feel it in yo system
Then you'll probably get a deep
Understanding on the recipe of livin' better
Then the bitter days of livin' bitter rest in peace instead of
Holdin' you with shackles on yo feet while saying “get up”
Showin' you that all the tackles that you reap
Won't get no betta
I know yo situation, I swear it feel
Like satan grabs a belt, leaves a welt
While you be knelt, in midst of praying
But trust me, though the weapon
Seems to form and then approach you
Jesus knows you got the strength to
Endure through the grips of Satan
Now I come to you as humble as I can
With no intention to condemn
All I'm sayin' is you never let yo guard down
Keep yo head up on a swivel, looking out for
Any sinful activities trynna cause a n***a hard trials
[Hook:]
Said we must live and yearn
Because this life won't have no mercy
(on us noooo)x2
We got to live and yearn
Because this life won't have no mercy
(on us noooo, on a souuuul)
(Background: and that's real)
[Verse 2:]
I ain't trynna be yo next role model
Or nothing like that
Or make the hottest flow
So you could bite that
The goal is much larger than the
Fame and the glory
I'm trynna build yo confidence
So you can tell yo story
We all receive a little from a different point of view
So I open up my mind while my pupils point at you
I noticed that, everybody here wanna be heard
But speaking soft with silent cries ain't gon' spark up a verb
Take action, because ain't no one gon' do it for you
Be productive with yo time like tomorrow wasn't for you
Or you, gon let, opportunities slip
Because holding' back on what you thinkin
Will soon make you trip; or me trip
You see we trip on how we think we sound
And second guess if what we offering is deep enough
Who got the place to call yo bluff if they ain't speaking up?
If Jesus cared about opinions, who would be around?
He spoke two little words, “I am”
And made the world in 7 days so “I know I can”
Like Nas said it, “be what i wanna be”
Yeah, that's authentic
I'm all in it, I'm spreadin the word like Paul did it, the apostle
My lyrics are my gospel, my lyrics are my gospel
My lyrics are my gospel, and I would die for the gospel
[Hook:]
Said we must live and yearn
Because this life won't have no mercy
(on us noooo)x2
We got to live and yearn
Because this life won't have no mercy
(on us noooo, on a souuuul)
(Background: and that's real)
[Outro:]
(We gon try to spread some love) x6
Spread love
Whatever, you gotta do
If you ain't got nothing
Have love