[Verse 1]
1 am, walking around, it's me against the world
Feet been on the same ground
Circle walking, my thoughts in a twirl
White mixed with brown, my ethnicity in a swirl
They fixed to think i'm no good like my name is earl
When they see the nappy hair
Assumptions be made and they nowhere near fair
But, I went down a different street
No where were the cops can see me
You know that paranoid feeling you get?
When you think they out to get you, but
It's nothing too legit
Always happens, deju vu, I'm speakin french
2 am now, sittin at this bench
Enjoying the moment and clearing my head
Then I become focused on something else instead
Eyes zoning, locks onto a target with my scouter
Dude blocks away from his car
And he lookin like a coward
He ain't got no levels to his power
Thinkin bout' some evil sh**, Peach taken by Bowser
Man this isn't a video game
It's real life in all the glory and shame
Feeling hella ashamed
No lyrics to explain, how bad I wanted to rob that car
I'm just keepin it real, with everything that we are
Who are you and what are you tryna' be?
Why the hell won't they ever let us see?
A glimpse on the other side..
A glimpse on the other side..
With good lives where everybody f**ing colorblind
[Verse 2]
Cause on this side
We see color like Dylan saw movement at Columbine
It's everywhere and quick
Ain't that some bullsh**?
They see a rich happy man with darker pigment
And think it's an imagination of their figment
Like they know how our lives are mapped out
Like you a thug and all you know is get back get down, BLAOW
I'm tryna' open up some eyes
Before it becomes too late to realize
What's really happening inside our minds
Label placed upon we, discourage our motivation
All we left is to think we no good, which leads to frustration
Making us think we won't ever make it to graduation
So we resort to the streets, selling that pure white, lactation
Yo cousin in some sheets sellin her body on probation
Cause, all she know is "all men are dogs"
Like some f**ing Dalmatians
Time to go back to reality, no more vacation
Crime is written on us, practically, in translation
Society just got labels in, one big rotation
And it's ruining who we are
And I know its getting hard
But damn, man, once i seen that car..
I could have risked it all
And nobody else would be at fault
No matter how bad you wanna give in
You just gotta open your mind and listen
To what you've really been missing
Let me tell you...
[Spoken Word]
Do not become another statistic
They want you to mess up
They want you to believe there's no way out
What happened to the American dream?
"Oh he's just some soundcloud rapper, who cares"
No, this isn't even about rap..
It is in some sense, if you got a dream then chase it
But, don't let society chase after you
Don't let society get inside your head
And make you think lesser of yourself
Forget about a label
Do the right thing
[Outro]
Open the right doors
And close the bad ones
1053 the mixtape, LaShawn The Lyricist
Open the right doors