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Damn time's done changed these thugs do what they like
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Some of them be your friends to try and find a new wife
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And still hit the block and slang rocks at night
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But you could be dead wrong with your pockets right
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Contrary to what the legendary B.I.G. had to say
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You don't have to sell drugs or make the NBA
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It's easy to get a grant and get an MBA
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To achieve one goal there's more than one way
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Young people on the whole we have lost our way
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I don't care what it cost I'm not impressed my nigga
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That throwback jersey is a dress my nigga
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I remember diamonds used to be girl's best friend
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Enslaving Black children with them third world gems
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I don't care about your rims, kids ride Big Wheels
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Up until they learn balance and it's obvious you haven't
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With way more ego than you have true talent
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Any white boy who thinks he knows my struggle
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Cause he listens to Pac and his adrenaline doubles
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Now I ain't got problems with you being yourself
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But when you front and use the N word, it just don't help
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I might not trip, and your friends'll laugh at you
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But I know some real niggaz that'll straight up slap you
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Now you could be down, but let's act growed up
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Cause we ain't the same color when police show up
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My culture's not a trend, being Black is not in
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But for you it's just a phase you're gonna have to transcend
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While even if I tried, I could never blend in
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To society's mainstream, American dream
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Yeah, it's all one love, but remember one thing
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This music is my life, not a cultural fling
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It's an expression of the soul when we dance and sing
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And you are blessed to have a chance to even glance the scene
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Man I do the same music, they stop coming to shows
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It's like they scared of the white boys in the front row
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First I was like "so?" I'mma get my dough
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But the numbers kept falling as my fan base would grow
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And now I'm concerned so I gotta speak up
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First the money was the only thing shutting me up
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But now I don't care, don't support me, get mad
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Why wouldn't you abort me, my own people have
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I feel I should have the scans white rappers have
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It's sad but that's the way it is
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What's the reason that my album doesn't sell like his?
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And don't front like you don't why the hell that is
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It's because he's white, you can relate to his face
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Through the years you've been taught that Black is unsafe
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Plus it's only natural for your own to be embraced
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Conscious or subconscious you can't say that ain't the case
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Only reason it took so long to take place
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Was up until now your only choice was 3rd Bass
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Or others like Ice, wasn't really that tight
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Now you got some white dudes who can truly rock the mic
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You relate to their stories cause you share that past
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Question is, why would you listen to MURS' Black ass?
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I asked myself for a while but now I finally get it
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Good music transcends all physical limits
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It's more than something that you hear, it's something that you feel
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When the author and experience and passion is real
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Used to feel I should be silent, I was scared to do this song
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But I want everyone aware of what is going on
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Yes it is jazz and yes it is the blues
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And yes it is the exact same way they did rock
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But I refuse to watch the same thing happen to hip-hop
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I refuse to watch that bullshit...
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