I don't wanna leave, but I can't just rush I don't wanna leave, but they say I must I don't wanna be in the box they put me in, put me in slight disgust I don't wanna feel, but I can't just touch I don't wanna give in to anxiousness Plus I was raised in The Rich, where people do snitch, better check your neighbors trust So how the f** you live your life pretending, then try to judge me cause I don't agree with your opinion Life is not a Twitter post, that's why I watch you n***as close Your silly thoughts have no dominion f** your swag, plus you're mad Ppl wanna pry your life & discuss your past I was right there when my cousin got popped I don't care what you think, I don't want your past But I gotta tell mom that I can't get paid while I'm stuck in cla** Still I'm stuck on this destructive path They tell us what to wear, when to speak, who to f**, what to eat I don't even listen to music unless it's something deep I don't even f** with these rappers cause they're pursuing me We don't even sing the same tune, n***a are you in key? The day Obama won I was perplexed, I had to suppress my inner strength with resolution Everybody was happy to see a black man, but that's the day they s**ed away our spirit of revolution But I ain't here to criticize what some folks epitomize What one man sees as truth the other man considers lies What you see as a victory is a trick to me And when it falls apart, don't expect me to sympathize In the ghetto where the n***as serve crack Talk sh** cause they want their turf back These haters sleepin on me, time to go take a dirt nap And they say this is a post racial country But Try telling that to black folks that's going hungry Try telling that to black folks that's living comfy They don't give a f** about nothing But themselves What they sell is a lifestyle impossible to reach And provide a false hope for broke n***as in the streets See, I don't succumb to fear So don't expect to just throw me a couple crumbs & that makes up for 400 years Monkey see, monkey do, monkey bleed, nothing new If you strongly disagree, then probably the monkey is you And all you n***as do is take shots at me, but what it proves to me is really you are not happy I don't wanna leave, but I can't just rush I don't wanna leave, but they say I must I don't wanna be in the box they put me in, put me in slight disgust