Marco Polo - Worst Enemy lyrics

[Scratch Hook]: "But let me tell you we can be our own worst enemies" - Supastition "But let me tell you what's holdin' us back" - Supastition "It's the way that think and it's the way that we act" - Supastition [Verse One]: I'm from a grimy and gritty place of residence, it ain't New York But still we pretty much keep the same train of thought And though we differ with the fads and apparel We still suffer from the same crabs in the barrel The shallow low lives with tricks under their sleeves The corporate leeches and the money hungry thieves, please They send the Wall Street Journal to the money makers Our unemployed a**es flippin' though the Sunday paper Thinkin' we gonna make it, spendin' on car payments To buy some bullsh** and pray they don't come and take it Spendin' money like it comes each day Knowin' damn well we livin' off of one week's pay With a bad attitude, Hard headed and rebellious Selfish, we don't even respect our elders Waitin' on some lame reparations to help us We in the same boat from L.A. to Philadelphia Standin' in front of judge and jurors, What's the purpose? Warring over territories, that sh** is worthless We fightin' over corners with no intimidation Then relocated cause of gentrification They pimpin' our nation, we pimpin' our own kind But still feel like we pimps in our own mind Responsibility, we all wanna duck and dodge it Don't deny dawg, we all got f**in' problems [Scratch Hook]: "But let me tell you we can be our own worst enemies" "But let me tell you what's holdin' us back" "It's the way that think and it's the way that we act" [Verse Two]: Where I'm from it's dirty as Detroit, dangerous as L.A We murder with no remorse, hustle and hell raise Futures are destroyed, can't be doctors But got a future as a D-Boy, slanging narcotics Can't make it to college, but we present in them holding cells Can't type a resume but still know how to roll an L Around here we don't respect college grads Or the role model dads, just the rolling stones who go to jail We ain't listenin' We'd rather take advice from a former crack dealer than a legitimate businessman And any black who speaks out and says something wrong We quick to label 'em a 'turncoat' or 'Uncle Tom' And 401K to us is unimportant (why?) We ain't guaranteed to even see the age of 45 Can't afford to drive an Expedition But still we love that luxurious and extra living Keep it in the best condition with chrome wheels just to skate Who cares about the 21% interest rate? Splurging with the credit cards we be charging Living in the hood, trailer parks and apartments Braggin' 'bout how we ball Wouldn't even think about buying stock, but we gon' put 20 on a Powerball But that's another chapter, another novel I can't point the finger cause we all got f**in' problems [Scratch Hook]: "But let me tell you we can be our own worst enemies" - Supastition "But let me tell you what's holdin' us back" - Supastition "It's the way that think and it's the way that we act" - Supastition