Reason
(专辑: he looked like nothing - 2016)
Yeah, I
got some shit I
gotta say Check Since sixteen, I
had big dreams, I
used to keep 'em hidden By nineteen, shit 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 There's 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, stop-and-frisking But the
frat house stay unlisted Shit, 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
end-term So only passion 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 stayed for the
drugs 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
fuck if Hov cheated on Beyoncé? Children starving, cops killing people for nothing But you think that I
should worry bout who Rihanna be fucking? That's no slight to 'em, but to the
bullshit I
throw AdBlock Pops taught me 'bout this shit back when we would slap-box '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 pervade everything in life But now I'm thinking 'bout getting better every single night Take the
darkest of the
thoughts and I
try to give 'em light And they tried to give me pills, I
just told 'em "give a
mic" "Okay, guys, now I
just came from the
park, and this kid teasing me because I
have Filas on. Now, mind you I
am not a
material person. I
just wear Filas because, you know, I
like the
colour and I
think they're cool. They might not be what's popular today, but you know, that's what I
like. So, you know, I
told the
kid, 'It's not about what I
have on my feet, it's about what I
have inside my head. No matter what I'm wearing, no matter what I
have on, it's about my information, the
knowledgeable things in life. These sneakers are not even going to fit you in 20 years from now... "