E.B. - Get It Right lyrics

[Intro] "It sounds mystical in a country like ours, at a time like this, something awful is happening to a civilization. The fact that all safety is an illusion. Live. Live all you can. It's a mistake not to. This is very important" - James Baldwin [Hook] Couldn't play me even if you on the sideline I don't see ya, Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side That's a white motherf**er (motherf**er) What you like, motherf**er? Get it right, motherf**er (get it right) Get it right, get it right You couldn't play me even if I'm on the sideline I don't see ya, Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side That's a white motherf**er (get it right) This for my white motherf**ers (get it right) Motherf**er, get it right, get it right [Verse 1] Get it right or don't get it at all Can't pa** this up, better shoot, Chris Paul Working with time limit, ain't no limit at all I could write 20 verses for the Bible tomorrow That King James English, I don't speak it at all But I'm more King James when I pick up the ball Shoot a three, but I prefer to slash Rapper slash poet slash actor slash omen I'm Jesse Owens Get ready for the game, boy, bring your tokens Serena Williams how I'm breaking the U.S. Open Smart guy, how I leave your skull swollen Slashing my opponents, leaking hemoglobin They can't stand this n***a like they got scoliosis They so pissed off, I'm a dog house broken Outspoken, outgoing, why they got it out for him Turned a morgue into a forum, you better talk about it [Hook] Couldn't play me even if you on the sideline I don't see ya, Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side That's a white motherf**er (motherf**er) What you like, motherf**er? Get it right, motherf**er (get it right) Get it right, get it right You couldn't play me even if I'm on the sideline I don't see ya, Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side That's a white motherf**er (get it right) This for my white motherf**ers (get it right) Motherf**er, get it right, get it right [Verse 2] You get out what you put in The proof is in the puddin' This is it, put your foot in Is the high worth the pain? Is the fame worth the chain? Black magic, motherf**er, David Blaine My big brother got shot five times (the blood is dry) Then got locked up again (I know that if i survive it) Lost my uncle, my auntie and a friend all in a year (the storm) Tell me this sh** get better (is settled) It's destruction all around me, CPD Want my bounty, but my people all around me I swear Imma Bi-polar bear, glad I found my Goldilocks She a queen and a bad b**h up at Equinox Not a paradox, life a pair of socks From my soul I'm the flesh of the Harlem Renaissance And I never stop All the money spent how they praise Superman But they talk behind the back to Clark Kent Got damn [Outro] This is very serious and it's not just a confession. I'm not just being self-indulgent. Why you so serious all the time? Relax - James Baldwin