[Intro]
Yeah, that's some sh** I gotta say
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[Verse]
Since sixteen I have big dreams, I used to keep 'em hidden
By nineteen, sh** I seen the truth up in the system
A lot of cats I hoop with end up shooting something different
Or just missing the ambition but the proof is in the privilege
These kids I met in college only down there boozing, sniffing
Popping new prescriptions, choosing women to abuse
Until it's been four years, maybe five
So tell me why they still on corners, stop-and-frisking
But the frat house stay unlisted
sh**, you and I both know the reason
It's black, it's white but still the power about where the green is
For real, and I done known a lot of dealers
And known a lot of interns
The main difference, hustlers get paid in the in-term
Huh, so only pa**ion really impress me
Gangsters and scholars respect me so you really don't stress me
They get defensive when I spit but no one really could check me
They send me traps but I move past them, no one really compress me
And I know a lot of peers that try to act like rappers
But they still ain't got the heart to say that black lives matter
See, they came for the slang and they staying for the d**
Me, I came for the knowledge and I stayed for the love
Millions of poor kids and we teaching them the wrong way
Think I give a f** if Hov cheated on Beyoncé?
Children starving, cops k**ing people for nothing
But you think that I should worry about who Rihanna be f**ing?
That's no slate to 'em, but to the bullsh** I throw AdBlock
Pops taught me 'bout this sh** back when we was slatbox
'Cause while they show you the left, they hit you with the right
That's why I keep a wide perspective, so that everything's in sight
Was times I let the bleakness purveyed everything in life
But now I'm thinking 'bout getting better every single night
Take the darkest of the thought and I try to give 'em light
And they tried to give me pills, I just told 'em give a mic