[Verse] 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"
[Outro] "Okay, guys, now I just came from the park, and [there's] 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..."Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
