Born into a world where n***as Gotta fight to make it Pistol in his pocket If he want your life, he boutta take it Constantly degrading whole races Cold faces looking at you While you at the bus stop waiting No spaces in between The ground and brown boys's faces Jury let him off shameless Said the people acting tasteless I Still can't hear em though I still don't fear em though But dawg my people do And I cannot support this senseless aiming through the rifle tube And you cannot tell me to stop proclaiming Cuz it's right to you Cuz when your homie dies I sure as hell won't be beside of you I been spittin superficial for a minute Need a tissue Heard some n***as crying 'bout How they gon' fit like that's a issue Got some n***as crying out Cuz bullets steady flying out So why the f** I'm s'posed to care If ain't nobody tryna kiss you How the f** I'm s'posed to hear When n***as yelling over missiles? Why yo a** ain't she'd a tear? It's cuz I'm f**ed up in the mental (I'm just f**ed up in the mental) Don't think I feel no more I'm growing jaded Pain delivered right up to your door But who's still reading anyway? They got me reading Hemingway But n***as dying everyday Guess it ain't real no more Don't got appeal no more It's n***as shooting down the block We don't fear jail no more (We don't fear jail no more) They sent me off to college I ain't on the hill no more I'm acquiring knowledge Girl don't want the pill no more Cuz we ain't f** in months And I been binging all this liquor Need my stomach pumped I'm in a bubble feeling sicker All my n***as slumped They trapped inside the motions Freedom's what they running from I'm sipping all this potion Meditating Dalai Lama Growing potent as I open up my motherf**in chakras Hocus pocus, this is magic Pull a rabbit out my pockets Everybody dying, tragic I'm just sitting in the traffic
Man I'm sitting in the traffic Born and raised in Brooklyn Where if you tryna reach the fame You gotta get to cooking Or hooping or shooting Never wear a chain Cuz it'll get tooken And they often don't know your name But know how you be lookin And know where you be livin You hide from them but then the cops is in the same district Tryna catch another body So I just be lane switchin Moving quick holdin my breath Cuz if I don't act right Next move could be my d**h I could be in the press Momma crying Pastor prayin' "He used to be the best" I was out there tryna make it Made some choices, wrong decisions Family told me not to take it I was working, had the vision Education helped me aim it And now I'm jaded I'm only 18 But somehow feel like I done made it man I seen it all It's some n***as that's tryna see me Fall But I been sprung for a minute Man I'm colder than the Himalayas Hot like I'm in Venice Strategizing every stroke Cuz man you're never truly finished Just don't let your soul diminish (Just don't let your soul diminish) I'm just sitting up in traffic Ran a couple lights But mama taught me not to panic... I still got my rights Despite authoritative havoc... Looking fascist Looking past it Is what I'm tryna do The motions got me feeling blue Ain't got no f**ing clues Don't read the f**ing news There's too much stuff I'm going through I ain't got sh** to lose Run up in the traffic Leave a n***a black and blue That's what would've happened If I rode upon another route Get to packin, move my trunk And leave behind the roots I'm branching out Hide my green before somebody shoots Pollinating catch em sneezing While your boy influ.... Influence em make em better Spreading quick like influenza Take a pic and don't forget em The light is green so go and get em