[Robert Glasper]
I was also gonna ask about your fear as an individual
You know, it's plenty of people, feel a sense of security around you and kinda lean on you
You ever feel like a certain amount of pressure from that?
Do you ever get afraid?
[Royce da 5'9"]
Of course I do
I mean everybody gets afraid sometimes
[Robert Glasper]
What possibly could make you afraid?
What are you afraid of? (afraid of, afraid of)
[Royce da 5'9"]
(I'm afraid, I'm afraid)
(Sometimes I'm even afraid to admit I'm afraid)
I'm afraid of the weight of my problems
Haters working overtime, 8 or 9 jobs worth
All these wanted ski masks n***as
Old basketball shorts under jean a** n***as needa know
I'm a product of a dead poet riding(?) at it's low
Equals Mia Angelo, my emphatic flow can rise the status quo
Lying on the panic(?) floor(?)
Addict at it's best
Eradicated from the fabricated
Afraid at the thought of releasing music that's indicative of where I'm at in life
Will they like? Will they hate?
The better question is if they hate it is you down to pay the price?
I'll look you right in your eyes and say you mother f**in' right
Don't bother me with adversity, I conquered more ground than King Kong could
All I think about these days is Mom good
'Cause she diabetic
My daddy just had a cancer scare
And do he still work at the post office? The answer's yeah
I'm introverted, knowing that it's not about Oz
Bigger problems outside
[Marsha Ambrosius]
There's a war going on outside
That no man is safe from
You see you can smile but that won't change the color of your skin
But I'm the sinner
Yet you kick me, punch me, say don't trust me
Shoot me down like I'm up to something
f** with me and say I've deceived you
But how's that legal? Am I ....... (?)
Why do you hate me?
[Royce da 5'9"]
I'm afraid of you going to college and not acknowledging I'm your father 'cause you not proud enough
But I fought hard to make sure you never see things I'm a product of
It's easy to confuse being a father with being a provider
But all we got is us and i'm afraid to lose you
You the coolest kid I ever saw