Novel - I Am (Promo Only clean edit) lyrics

[Verse 1: Novel] I am, reverends' future black president I'm what you see rollin' every day through your resident Windows tinted, young and relentless To the cops, I'm a suspect that fits the description But I am, not a hoodlum, I'm not an abuser I'm sort of a connoisseur slash entrepreneur I've seen a lot of people grow, some went, some came Rappers are next-generation sh** but I am change At the age of 21 they said I'd be non-existent It's that, or pleading the trial or being convicted I guess since I'm alive then I beat the statistics Y'all can all kiss my a** when I am rich I'm the sun, I'm light I'm much more than your bling or the shine off your ice I'm as, free as a spirit, I'm as fly as a bird I'm whatever I wanna be as long as I am heard Cause I am... [Chorus:] I am I am I am Eternal to the light I am I am I'm a product of the ghetto, my father's boy A brother to my sister, my mother's pride and joy, I am I am I am I am The king of all knights I am I am I'm the blade of the knife, that slaughtered the lamb The greatest sacrifice, the son of Abraham [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] I am C-E-O, H-N-I-C B-K-M-C, Talib Kweli My name roll off the tongue like L-M-N-O-P See I am at touch, you can I'm me I'm not nobody's toy, I'm not nobody's boy I am someone's man, I am someone's joy I am the voice, I am the truth I am the choice, I am the proof Like my man from the D Gon' stand on my feet I am the branch, from the family tree A baby to the leaves, carriers of the seeds To carry on the name, to make a man complete De La Soul said I am a beat I'm not a dream, I'm not a fantasy Right here in the flesh I am out of this world, I am something else I am something lived, I am something felt [Chorus]