Marlon Craft - Reason lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, that's some sh** I gotta say Check [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, stopping, 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