(Verse One)
It took a moment, a single moment to think it over
To make or break my life before it even flourished
"that's why a rose is still a rose by any other name"
So if I look up in your eyes, tell me would you understand
Why do I mask my feelings? Why do I need to show 'em?
Why did yah take notice? When yah ain't want to listen
When I needed some help, was in fetal position
Now I could say f** you, I don't need your discretion
What was the undertone message? Was never accepted
This life that I'm living, substantial conditions
Mama cryin' and wishin' for her kids to succeed
So we finally plant seeds fruits of her labor
But I was blind sided, by a relationship
Was like Bobby and Whitney, minus the c**aine
No court but subpoena'd, no police but seize(erd)
She took everything, except 'LA BAMBA'
That means a plane crash, I lost my life
But God delivered showed me there was always a light
Mama telling me go to school to study a dream
But if my chance pa**es by I don't want to resent you
In other words mom and dad I don't want to hate
I'm only here to make you proud but ain't doing to well
If yah don't see me or hear me, I'll turn my words to Braille
So if you never catch my dreams, yah basically feel me
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Telling me that you write
What the hell you do it for?
Telling me that you sing
What the hell you do it for?
Telling me that you rap
What the hell you do it for? (x3)
Is it the: money, cars, the hoes, the clothes
The sh** that I cannot afford, I write to make it life
I write to make it what I got in mind
What I got in mind
I write to make it what the f** I have in mind
(Verse Two)
It took a minute, a single minute to say its over
To break my heart with no gander upon a repercussion
I tried to change it, but made it worse upon tryna fix it
A learned lesson, don't fix what needs fixin'
A family should work like algebra, mathematicians
Instead of multiplying, y'all practice division
Instead of adding up, y'all practice subtraction
And then yah wonder why everything's a fatal attraction
Not tryna work against yah, just talk to inspire
Not tryna be a rebel, but all war needa fighter
Not tryba be a nuisance, but all change need a cause
Whether it be civil or brutal, I'm not a mongol
But I will get my Genghis Khan on, so yah can catch on
That we could take the world by storm, if we could make up
So let me get my pen out, and let me get my thoughts out
Don't be offended, we're starting a revolution!
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(Bridge)
[Harmony section]
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