1. |
How Come Me Here?
05:05
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The slaves were mistreated so bad
And sometimes they had to just
pour out of their soul
the way they were treated
They couldn’t understand
why they were in this strange land
They didn’t ask to come here
Some people would like to send us back
But we didn’t come here on our own
We were brought here against our will
And now we’re here to stay
America must work together
Suffer together
Grow together
Because we helped to make this country
what it is
But then the Negro spiritual
speaks out of the soul of that
Black man and that Black woman
I wish I never was born
I got questions for you Lord
but I'm pretty sure ain't no answer
in the universe make Black existence hurt any less
Are we cursed are we blessed
Why let us be born in a land
where money is God
and our lives ain't worth a cent
How they cry for windows broken
when we protest in distress
But they justify the popos
when they choking us to death
And the preacha promise
everything is workin’ for my best
But I fail to see the purpose
of this war upon our flesh
We hungry despite our blood and our sweat
Even though we steady hustlin
still we deep in this debt
Weepin on every evenin
Ain’t no joy in the mornin
Injuries never healin
The battle just keep on warrin
Couldn't rest if we wanna
We drownin in all this trauma
Mental health in the sewer
Just keep your head above water
Just keep your head above water
Just breathe my brotha breathe
Screamin’ at my creator
Heaven what is your beef
You know this Black is beautiful
Why you watchin us bleed
Tell me how come me here
When will you set us free
Tryin’ hard to believe
but losing faith in you Lord
If you ain’t breakin these bonds
I wish I never was born
How do you let them grow up
without making them feel like
they’re already doomed
Just like
thinking about it that
it already makes it seem like
there’s nothing to
Um it’s weird
There’s nothing to look forward to
It’s it’s a hard existence
Beforehand because people are like
You gotta sit your Black boys down
You gotta have a conversation with them
and tell them
The world is gonna hate you
To some extent you wanna prepare them
But to another extent right now
I’m like I’d rather really focus on
making sure that they are rock solid
In knowing who they are
If somebody calls you something
And it’s not true
Should you let it offend you
And they’re like
Well sometimes yeah it hurts
And I say
It usually only hurts
if you believe it
If you don’t believe it
If you really understand
who you are
it’s not gonna bother you
I know who I am
It’s not so much that I’m like
That I believe it
But it’s exhausting to know
No matter how I act
No matter how kind I am
No matter how good
of a person I am
Whatever that means
There will be a large amount of people
that always see me as a dangerous person
And you know what
On some days I snap
On some days I’m like
I’m not doing anything to you
You know
I am out here just trying to be alive
Leave me alone
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2. |
Welcome To Detox
03:53
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I got nothin but love for the rappers that raised me
Showed me that I could be black and amazing
Gave me confidence to rise from the pavement
But Ima give you what the Doc never gave me
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Don't wait till ya soul grow colder
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Bout time that the boys get sober
Black masculinity
Riddled with much complexity
Hated, emasculated
We beatin our chest reflexively
Raid our communities
Remove us from our families
Detain us up in cages then claiming
we just some absentee
lovers and fathers
Embarrassed we can't excel
in a system created to guarantee that we fail
Middle finger to cops
We disregarding authority
Obeyin’ racist law sustains our inferiority
Ain't gainin nothin by remainin' in line
But screamin' revolution and they aim at your life
We catchin deucy deuces from the left and the right
They treat us like a nuisance even when we do right
I got nothin but love for the rappers that raised me
Showed me that I could be black and amazing
Gave me confidence to rise from the pavement
But Ima give you what the Doc never gave me
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Don't wait till ya soul grow colder
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Bout time that the boys get sober
Been fightin for equality
still we hungry and broke
The revolution is losing
We through wit this bein po
Hustle and paper chasin
Puff puff on some medication
Hug up on a couple ladies
You forget your woes
Never beat the system
We might as well get to pimpin
Might as well get to trappin
Might as well get to spittin
Bout this ghetto existence
and maybe make us a million
Yeah our people still dyin
but least our Mommas is livin
Large we pray to God
we know the Lord be forgiving
Did what we had to do
with jokers that we was given
Understand you my brothas
I never will be condemnin
But there is another vision
A kingdom among the remnants
I got nothin but love for the rappers that raised me
Showed me that I could be black and amazing
Gave me confidence to rise from the pavement
But Ima give you what the Doc never gave me
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Don't wait till ya soul grow colder
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Bout time that the boys get sober
This aint no pull yo pants up
and get you a hair cut
Assimilation never made
racists treat us just
Don't bow to the supremacy
It's a spiritual test
Only way to climb the ladder
when every level is rigged
Sell your soul for the cheddar
Or listen to God’s plan
Use a different definition
of being a real man
Ambitious but never vicious
What good is ya gold
if your riches saturated
wit the blood of the po'
Wanna ball like your oppressor
Gotta steal how they stole
Cuttin corners compromising
all the truth that you know
Shark tank cut throat
wicked road to the top
But that aint the economics
of the children of God
It's time to reconsider
the way we possess power
Purifying ambition of masculine
gone sour
The greatest should be
serving the least and the left out
Welcome to detox
check your ego at the counter
I got nothin but love for the rappers that raised me
Showed me that I could be black and amazing
Gave me confidence to rise from the pavement
But Ima give you what the Doc never gave me
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Don't wait till ya soul grow colder
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Bout time that the boys get sober
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Don't wait till ya soul grow colder
Welcome to detox
Welcome to detox
Bout time that the boys get sober
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4. |
Protect And Provide
03:52
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Ima ride for my family ties
Bought a gun cause my hood is not nice
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
Hustle on every day of my life
On my grind but my money aint right
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
Baby Momma tellin everybody
he a lame cause he never see his chirren
livin just around the way
It ain't that that he don't love 'em
but he feelin so ashamed
cause he got nothin to give em
so he'd rather stay away
He show up empty handed
she gon have a lot to say
He show up wit a little
she gon throw it in his face
He really wish that he could
just go over there and play
with his babies but she angry
so he giving her some space
He wanna be a father but
she never give him grace
Then wonder why their
son and daughter never
see his face
He made that dirty money
till his partner caught a case
Aint gettin out of prison till
that brotha forty eight
That's when he quit the dealin
and he started livin straight
To be there for his chirren
stead of rottin in a cage
But now he barely payin rent
with that minimum wage
He prayin every day but slowly
running out of faith
Ima ride for my family ties
Bought a gun cause my hood is not nice
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
Hustle on every day of my life
On my grind but my money aint right
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
Baby Momma tellin everybody he a lame
but she don't need him for nothin
cause she got another man
The brotha is a baller doin everything he can't
he heard his son and daughter
started callin homie dad
He called his baby momma but she never
hit him back so he roll to her apartment
full of jealousy and sad
He knockin on her door
It was opened by her man
He see his son and daughter
but the brotha wanna flex
Aint tryna disrespect
Homie get up out my way
I just wanna see my babies
do not make me escalate
The brotha wasn't budgin
so he Ali Bomaye
Hit him with an upper cut
And now they both are full of rage
He pistol whip the brotha
Just tryna intimidate
They said attempted murder
When a bullet went astray
He wanna live to see his babies
Come probation day
But its dangerous in prison
So he made himself a shank
Ima ride for my family ties
Bought a gun cause my hood is not nice
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
Hustle on every day of my life
On my grind but my money aint right
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
The story spiral forever
When ego is running reckless
Answering every challenge
With violence and deadly weapons
Think you makin it safer
But risking the very breath
Of every one of the people
You say you wanna protect
Don't listen to deception
the culture will try to feed
The presence of a violent man’s
A deadly place to be
You can't control the victims
when macho is running free
A bomb exploded
Everybody close is gonna bleed
I know you frustrated but
But you really need to breathe
The measure of a man is not
his weapon or his cheese
Your presence more important
Than anything that you bring
But worse than everything
If your temper aint on a leash
Protection from yourself
is your family's greatest need
Carry inside yourself an
environment full of peace
Be generous with love
And trust the Lord above to be
The power that you need
In the hours you feeling weak
Ima ride for my family ties
Bought a gun cause my hood is not nice
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
Hustle on every day of my life
On my grind but my money aint right
All I want is to be a good guy
Tryin hard to protect and provide
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If I had my way little children
If I had my way
I'd tear that building down
If I had my way
If I had my way little children
If I had my way
I'd tear the building down
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I’d tear the building down
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I'd tear the building down, down
Tear the building down
I’d tear the building down
Lemme hit you wit a riddle
if a school get cheddar from the neighborhood tax
and the neighborhood po'
guess who get a better education
Privileged or the youth from the ghetto
If I had my way as a young kid
creativity woulda never been elective
Everybody paint
Everybody poetry
Everybody take design and photography
Home economics, Hip Hop history
How to make a supa dupa stupid hot beat
Everybody drama, Everybody yoga
Everybody meditate until the class over
Everybody plants a community garden
Everybody talks to a therapist often
Everybody got teachers that look like them
Everybody reads authors of colorful skin
Ain't nobody gotta pass standardized
test 'cause they prejudice and never measure
our intelligence
Only our ability to follow the assimilation
Try to tell us if we didn't then we'll never make it
Kids like me feelin' stupid
When the truth is
I could spit so hard
Not gettin' into Harvard
but I got a lot to offer
set flame to my report card
If I had my way I'd bulldoze a tank
straight over the schoolhouse gate
Ms. Frizzle wit da bus
everybody load up
every day is a field-trip day
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I’d tear the building down, down,
Tear the building down
I’d tear the building down
No one with a chemical addiction
need to be in prison
just because they caught
with the drug they are dependent
Punishing the sickly (whoa)
Callin' it a justice system (nope)
If you got a mental health condition
you don't need conviction
You deserve some medical attention
Shout out the Critical Resistance
fighting for the demolition of the prison business
Rich men makin big bank
off of inmates who workin' for slave wage
Judges and the cops is playin' the same game
the more that they lock up
the more that they get paid
Black man gettin' more time
than a white man who commit
the exact same crime
Black man reachin' for his I.D. dies
White man take a dozen children's lives
Still somehow they arrest him alive
Unreal how they don't even conceal their bias
Killin' black folk like a roach or fly
Protect and serve is a joke and a lie
Skurrd for my life when they flash them lights
If I had my way every cop get fired
Every prison replaced with a safe space
for the addicts and the violent to rehabilitate
Penitentiary a deceptive name
Put you in a cage make you more humane?
If I had my way I would tear this thang
right down to its racist roots
Put ya picks to the fro and ya boots to flo'
and ya fist to the baby blue
It's the New Jim Crow
but the same Negroes
and we still bout that revolu!
If I had my way
If I had my way
If I had my way
I’d tear the building down, down,
Tear the building down
I’d tear the building down
Stubborn hope but you know I dont be runnin' from truth
Young black boy everybody gunnin' for you
Yeah I'm preachin' to the choir 'cause you livin' it too
Piss poor education in a crumbling school
State of the art prison waitin' to get full
of bodies with dark pigment they claimin' it's just law
and order but percentage of
brothas incarcerated severely exaggerated
compared to our population
I'm impatient and sick of the hatred
Make it into college they try to assimilate ya
Only black boy on my dorm room floor
What I come here for? Now I'm really unsure
Every level up, a little more isolated
from the melanated village that it takes to raise me
Woke up like, why am I stressin'
to labor at a table as the token exception
Don't want a blessin' if it's only for me
I'm dismantling the evil of american dreams
Demolition to whatever keep my people in chains
poverty and ignorance, Forget the gradual change
They been sayin' that for centuries and still we remain
on the bottom of the barrel I aint playin' they games
Tear the house down every time I step on a stage
Set the roof on flame with this African rage
If I had my way
everything would be okay
You won't have to die today
If I had my way
No more crying nor
will there be no pain
If I had my way
It'll never be no war
we ain't gotta play that game
If I had my way
we ain't gotta burn this place
Everybody love my race
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6. |
Ice (Ft. Vernon Caraway)
04:15
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And more reaction is coming into the newsroom tonight about a father and son now charged with murdering an unarmed black man after public outcry. Ahmaud Arbery was killed while he was out for a run in a Georgia neighborhood back in February. Investigators say Gregory and Travis McMichael confronted Arbery with guns, claiming they were looking for a home break-in suspect.
Loved ones of Breonna Taylor grieving and outraged. The twenty-six year old Louisville first responder shot eight times and killed by police.
Prosecutors say officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd's neck for eight minutes and forty six seconds, including two minutes and fifty three seconds after Floyd had become unresponsive.
Don't wanna see no mo' videos
Too black to watch 'em do it
Feels like I keep witnessing
my very own execution
My people is tired
My neighbors is silent
I'm finished with tryin'
to form an alliance
I gave 'em my time
exposing they bias
They still didn't buy it
I swear I'm finished
They don't want equality
at the cost of they privilege
My hope is retired
just surviving until I die
No revolution or riot
puts love in their evil eyes
Not defending my humanity
I know who I am
They the ones who need to prove
they not a monster but man
'Cause they justify our slaughter
with the lies they invent
Ain't no reasoning with hatred
They in love with they sin
Warm blood on a cold street
Black love and a white lie
I'm losing patience Lord
Don't let my heart become ice
Warm blood on a cold street
Black love and a white lie
I'm losing patience Lord
Don't let my heart become ice
They say be patient
But we been waitin' for centuries
My question
Tell me how many stabs
to the front and the back
should I take 'for I learn my lesson
I just wanna be around my people
I don't wanna talk about no white folk
I just wanna bump my rap
and buy my snacks
and walk back to my home
I just wanna take a jog on my street
I just wanna play some ball wit my peeps
I don't even need these fools to love me
I would just love if they let us be
I would just love if they let us breathe
Heart fatigue and my faith is weak
Every time I leave my crib
gotta say my prayers
that I do not rest in peace
Warm blood on a cold street
Black love and a white lie
I'm losing patience Lord
Don't let my heart become ice
Warm blood on a cold street
Black love and a white lie
I'm losing patience Lord
Don't let my heart become ice
Lord my God
Lord my God
Don't let my enemies win
Don't let my heart become callous
Don't let my pain become sin
Lord my God
Lord my God
I need your heavenly strength
This world I see is so hopeless
Don't let my eyes be convinced
Lord my God
Lord my God
Don't let my enemies win
Don't let my heart become callous
Don't let my pain become sin
Lord my God
Lord my God
I need your heavenly strength
This world I see is so hopeless
Don't let my eyes be convinced
Warm blood on a cold street
Black love and a white lie
I'm losing patience Lord
Don't let my heart become ice
Warm blood on a cold street
Black love and a white lie
I'm losing patience Lord
Don't let my heart become ice
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7. |
Cycles
05:20
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To change yourself to fit in
Is just hard
It makes things difficult
You get tired after a while
And you start to feel like
You’re not wanted
You’re not loved
You’re not acceptable
And already ya know
Being black
We are already not wanted
Not loved
Not acceptable
You know what I mean
And uh
To couple that with
Trying to figure out
Who you are
When you already have an image
Of what you are
Everybody says
This is what a Black man is
He’s rough
He’s a gangster
He’s not a family person
Not a family man
He’s he’s just out there doing no good
Trying to figure out who you are
Amongst all of that
And trying to build your own self image
Is is is is a big task
Horoscope is not the way to get to know me
Aint no chance or destiny is gonna own me
Ima choose the type of man that Micah gon be
Box me in Ill break out and we cant be homies
I been labeled all my life but now I'm so free
Cept the days I'm gettin haunted by the old me
Started screamin at my momma like it's O three
Dang I thought my teenage anger was behind me
I just wanna break the cycle
But I keep on lettin me down
Thought I found me an escape route
Then I had another go round
I just wanna break the cycle
But I keep on lettin me down
Thought I found me an escape route
Then I had another go round
Niece and nephews sure know how to make a man smile
Love the babies but afraid to have my own child
Met my Daddy's Daddy once and he was hostile
Me and Daddy fightin till the day I peaced out
Plus I'm somewhere in the middle of beliefs now
What to teach my babies when I got some deep doubt
Call me Jacob wrestle heaven never tap out
I aint lettin go until the blessings rain down
I just wanna break the cycle
But I keep on lettin me down
Thought I found me an escape route
Then I had another go round
I just wanna break the cycle
But I keep on lettin me down
Thought I found me an escape route
Then I had another go round
Everybody say they won't forget their own folk
Get a little bit of money and go loco
I don't need a lotta paper to fight evil
Jesus healed the broken
even though he stayed broke
But I cry for empty stomachs of my negroes
I aint greedy
I just wanna see us eat though
Had the contract in my hand
I coulda been blowed
But I felt the spirit tellin me to say no
Try to keep integrity and I remain po
While the wicked makin money by the boatload
Black ambition but the system got me so low
Just another generation in the cycle
I just wanna break the cycle
but I keep on lettin me down
Thought I found me an escape route
Then I had another go round
I just wanna break the cycle
But I keep on lettin me down
Thought I found me an escape route
Then I had another go round
A righteous man falls
A righteous man falls
A righteous man falls
A righteous man falls
A righteous man falls
A righteous man falls
A righteous man falls
Seven times
And rises again
And rises again
And rises again
And rises again
And rises again
And rises again
And rises again
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8. |
By Now
03:51
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Bouquet in the trash can
Everyone I love is gone
Still addicted to my chapstick
Kisses of my lips so soft
But there aint nobody to receive em
Ex was correct for not believin
Fell into the future she don’t wanna be in
Empty and my pockets still bleedin
I'm grievin even though nobody died
If I'm gonna make it couldn't tell ya how
Not the type to worry but I'm terrified
Go back to my parents I would rather die
I'm supposed to be a grown man now
S’pose to make it on my own by now
Be a King upon my throne by now
Have a Queen and get it on by now
I'm supposed be a Don by now
Have a daughter and a son by now
I'm supposed to be a wise man now
But I'm feelin like a lost young child
I don't really wanna need no help
but I think I really need your help
I don't really wanna need no help
but I think I really need your help
I don't really wanna need no help
but I think I really need your help
I don't really wanna need no help
but I think I really need your help
They say it take a village
To raise a young bull
We turn eighteen
And they throw us to the wolves
Was hungry and independent
Pursuing my dreams
Was killin it for a minute
Then everything changed
But now I got a biness facade to maintain
Feels like I aint a man
If I ever need a hand
Feels like I aint a man
If I ever need to cry
Feels like I aint a man
If I ever need God
If I ever need God
it's pronto
Pride before the fall
And I fell low
Shame is not the same as humble
Bloody broken and broke
Still talkin bout makin moves
Tryin to cut a deal
Like lemme do this for you
Never receive love
Just countin up what I owe
Promise I'll double that
Once I get back on my two
Never stoppin to heal
Just covering all my wounds like
I'm supposed to be grown man now
Spose to make it on my own by now
Be a King upon my throne by now
Have a Queen and get it on by now
I'm supposed be a Don by now
Have a daughter and a son by now
I'm supposed to be a wise man now
But I'm feelin like a lost young child
Aint no level you supposed to reach
Aint nobody you supposed to be by now
Everybody got lows and peaks
Just be open to the help you need right now
That's the way that it's supposed to be
We’re created for community right now
Not in love with the potential me
Fall in love with who the mirror see right now
Aint no level you supposed to reach
Aint nobody you supposed to be by now
Everybody got lows and peaks
Just be open to the help you need right now
That's the way that it's supposed to be
We’re created for community right now
Not in love with the potential me
Fall in love with who the mirror see right now
Never let your self worth
Be determined by
What you want people
To think you are
I know you’re gonna go
Through moments where you feel like
I’m not enough
Or I need to be more
Or I need to do more
But know that
Whatever you are at that moment
Whatever you’re doing at that moment
Is enough
Because God made you enough
And that’s all you need to know
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9. |
Present Nostalgia
03:57
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Present nostalgia
I'm grateful to God
Don't wait until it's gone
For you to love what you got
I'm counting all my blessings
Every morning I rise
There's always something beautiful
In front of my eyes
I got present nostalgia
I'm grateful to God
Don't wait until it's gone
For you to love what you got
I'm counting all my blessings
Every morning I rise
There's always something beautiful
In front of my eyes
Livin wit my baby niece
She knockin but never wait
Walkin right up in my room
With a smile up on her face
Uncle Micah whatchu doin
Do you wanna come and play
I got some unicorns
My toys are really great
Babygirl Im busy but maybe another day
Plus I'm feelin kinda
You know what
Never mind sure let's play
What kinda unicorns you got
That one's cool
You got a black one doe
I got present nostalgia
I'm grateful to God
Don't wait until it's gone
For you to love what you got
I'm counting all my blessings
Every morning I rise
There's always something beautiful
In front of my eyes
I got present nostalgia
I got present nostalgia
Maybe one day ima come up
and have me my own place
One day I won't struggle
to see all my bills paid
Maybe I'll be spittin
In a fancy studio reminiscin
On the records I made in my friends home
Neighborhood noise
Gotta wait for the next take
Who mowing the lawn
Eight PM on a wednesday
Ordering some chicken wings and
Finish this later
These the type of memories
I'm loving every day of
Present nostalgia
I'm grateful to God
Don't wait until it's gone
For you to love what you got
I'm counting all my blessings
Every morning I rise
There's always something
Beautiful in front of my eyes
I got present nostalgia
I got present nostalgia
Silly how we seldom enjoy
The moment we have
Anxious about the future
Romantic about the past
Funny we didn't want it
When it was all that we had
No we steady trippin
And wishin we could go back
Got this tunnel vision
Like Ima get me these stacks
Neglecting all the people
Forever havin your back
Forgettin all the reasons
You started walkin the path
Running to the finish
Ahead of your whole class
Missin all the magical
Moments with no match
Tomorrow aint a fact
Last night isn't comin back
The present is the only
Location to be glad
I pray you givin thanks
Before the blessing has past
I got present nostalgia
I'm grateful to God
Don't wait until it's gone
For you to love what you got
I'm counting all my blessings
Every morning I rise
There's always something beautiful
In front of my eyes
I got present nostalgia
I'm grateful to God
Don't wait until it's gone
For you to love what you got
I'm counting all my blessings
Every morning I rise
There's always something beautiful
In front of my eyes
I got present nostalgia
I got present nostalgia
Make a discipline of gratitude
Everybody worried about
What they don’t got
Missin all the blessings
Right in front of they face
Everybody always thinking about
What used to be
Stressin about the future
I been sayin this
I am not the future
I am not history
I am right now
The present is the only place
To live
To love
To be
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10. |
Jackpot
03:27
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Poplock like I hit the jackpot
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends
Im so Peter Pan wit the homies
Only Neverland boys stay flying
I aint thinkin like a man that's binding
Holy vision of a child's what I need
Aint no haters shootin down all my dreams
Imagination runnin wild with the right things
When I'm not on stage doing my thing
Front row hand raised that's my G
I just wanna see my homeboys thriving
Aint no competition whole squad rising
Take a L and the whole squad crying
Doin well and the whole squad shining
Fall off and the whole squad pause
You is not alone when you roll wit us
But you gotta grow don’t roll in the dust
If you wanna wallow then you might get cut
This is how we glow you a light no buts
All fall but the righteous get up
Broke boy feelin like a million bucks
When I think about the kinda friends I got
Poplock like I hit the jackpot
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends
Poplock like I hit the jackpot
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends
Solo I’m on fire
Link up with my ridas
We get even flyer
We fly even higher
Solo I’m on fire
Link up with my ridas
We get even flyer
We fly even higher
All praise Mother God for my homegirls
So brave in a world so hateful
Chauvinism rooted deep in my soul
Still you patient wit ya boy I'm grateful
Even if you got a bae Ima stay close
You was never my prey we people
Ima give you all the space that you ask fo
But I'm here if ya need
No strings though
And I know ya got me
When my heart so beat
Talkin through the drama when I had to get it out
Comin wit the ice cream
and the loose leaf
So much tea open up a tea house
Homegirl you a force of nature
Arrogant fools underestimate ya
Hold half the sky but we try to make ya
Invisible less we wanna date ya
Im blessed to know a whole
Gang of women so dangerous and so wise
Thankful to all you dope souls
You're never too much
You're only too fly
Poplock like I hit the jackpot
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends
Poplock like I hit the jackpot
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends I got
When I think about the kinda friends
Solo I’m on fire
Link up with my ridas
We get even flyer
We fly even higher
Solo I’m on fire
Link up with my ridas
We get even flyer
We fly even higher
We dapper not proper
We act a fool
Pull up to the function
And shock the room
We drop every mic
and we burn the roof
Got it from our Papa
We know we cute
We dapper not proper
We act a fool
Pull up to the function
And shock the room
We drop every mic
And we burn the roof
Got it from our Papa
We know we cute
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11. |
Cupcake Gang
03:19
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Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
If we talkin’ bout bars I'm a hard fellow
If we talkin’ bout hearts I'm a marshmallow
Matching outfits and watchin’ chick flicks
And cooking dinner and washing dishes
Split the load by our skills and interests
Gender roles won't control our business
Gentleness don't emasculate me
Ain’t afraid to cry like a baby
Ain't afraid to cry like a man
'Cause I know emotions ain’t feminine
They just human
What is y'all doin’
Actin’ so tough
What is y'all proving
Brotha be soft
Brotha be kind
Ain't no lady really want a thugged out guy
Ain't no lady really want a man who's cold and violent
Never tell you how he feels inside
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
Y'all stay gangsta
Y'all stay thug
Y'all stay actin’ like you don't want love
Y'all stay playa playa
Stay pimp
Y'all stay true to all of this foolishness
Seek the truth and unlearn the phony
One night stands be crazy lonely
Bump a boo
You aint got a homie
Open up let somebody know you
Listen up let somebody grow you
Soften up let somebody close
Share your heart let somebody hold you
Courage up and be vulnerable
Just might find you someone who likes you
And wants to love you
And share the pain
And share the ugly
And share the beauty
And share the lovely
It's cupcake gang
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
Ima stay cute
Ima stay gentle
Ima stay double dates with Efechto
Ima stay picnic blankets with pesto
Ima stay crackers cheese and no cell phones
Focused
Ima stay thankful
Ima stay poetry and bouquets
Ima stay everything that I thought was weak
But thank God I grew in my faith
I know some things that's too wonderful
And no one can ever explain
An eagle flapping its wings
Across the blue sky in all of its grace
A ship upon the blue sea adventuring off
To where the wind takes
A mic and MC when the beat go boom
A young man chillin’ with his baby boo
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
Cupcake gang me and my boo
Ain’t no shame when the love is so true
Homies got jokes I ain't worried ‘bout you
Y'all stay gangsta
Ima stay cute
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12. |
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If every single one of your exes is crazy
Maybe you're the X factor
You don't wanna ever invest in your baby
On to the next chapter
You say you just want to be free but
I'm callin your bluff
I think you're afraid to be seen so
You're running from love
You're running from love
Got a million reasons
Why it's never your fault
You say if it's healthy
Than it shouldn't be hard
You just want that easy breezy
Walk in the park
Life is not a movie
And you aint no prince charm
I'm just tryna tell ya
There's beauty within the beast
Confronting demons
Is the only avenue to peace
Open your heart to love
Let it reveal the pain
Let it reveal the truth
Let it remove the shame
I know it's uncomfortable
No growth in your comfort zone
If your soul is wounded
Then love is the only antidote
And it aint always romantic
But it is for your advantage
If you endure and don't panic
Then love can heal some real damage
Or you can just keep playing your games
Frontin like you stay the victim
Always shiftin the blame
You can run from all your wreckage
At the end of the day
Your unexamined reflection
Is the source of your pain
If every single one of your exes is crazy
Maybe you're the X factor
You don't wanna ever invest in your baby
On to the next chapter
You say you just want to be free but
I'm callin your bluff
I think you're afraid to be seen so
You're running from love
You're running from love
It aint all chocolates and roses
love'll expose ya
Gotta get diagnosed
If ya wanna be whole bruh
Once you know where you hurtin
You workin with purpose
Demolishing insecurities
Building up firm trust
Gotta give and receive
Gotta listen and speak
Gotta come to believe
That it’s okay to be weak
Vulnerability is makin you stronger
If you don't show who you are
How can you receive love?
Love is the true power
And a powerful truth
Even if it don't last forever
You still grew
More than having a boo
Becoming a better you is a blessing
To every single human you run into
Steada running forever
Just stay and give it a go
Might end up brokenhearted
But I promise you bro
Spend your life avoiding pain
And you are still gonna know
Plenty of it
Only love is overcoming it though
If every single one of your exes is crazy
Maybe you're the x factor
You don't wanna ever invest in your baby
On to the next chapter
You say you just want to be free but
I'm callin your bluff
I think you're afraid to be seen so
You're running from love
You're running from love
If every single one of your exes is crazy
Maybe you're the X factor
You don't wanna ever invest in your baby
On to the next chapter
You say you just want to be free but
I'm callin your bluff
I think you're afraid to be seen so
You're running from love
You're running from love
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13. |
Set Me Free
03:23
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Can't believe we haven't even spoken
In a year or two
I be frontin like I'm golden
My emotions pitiful
Codependent
Breaking up was healthy and responsible
So why is it I feel sicker
Since we took our separate roads
Every time my phone is ringing
Prayin for a miracle
Hoping one day you might wanna
Give this thing another go
Wishing you could see the many
Different ways I really grown
But I guess that you been better on your own
Set me free
Set me free
I’m dying every day
But she happy without me
Set me free
Set me free
If she aint comin back
I really need to find peace
Thought that if I found another lady
Maybe I'd be cool
But she broke up wit me
Cause she was in love wit her ex too
Wasn't even trippin
I knew just what she was goin through
Every moment with her
Jogged a memory I spent with you
This is crazy cause it's been so long
I thought that time would heal me
But it's five years strong
I'm steady on my grizzy
and my heart still longs
For nothing in this world
But to be in yours arms
Set me free
Set me free
I'm dying every day
But she happy without me
Set me free
Set me free
If she aint comin back
I really need to find peace
Kinda funny how the tables turned sides
When I used to say jump
You was headed sky high
Now a brotha stay stuck
While you livin yo life
I aint tryna mess that up
If your spirit is on thrive
I hope you know that
I will love you forever
But loving someone doesn't mean
That they’re your possession
It's quite the opposite
You stand against their oppression
And every obstacle
That's hindering their progression
No exceptions
Even if that obstacle is my presence
So I'm quiet even though
I wanna send you a message
And I pray to my messiah
That you free as the heavens
Jesus take away desire
But I'll keep my affection please
Set me free
Set me free
I'm dying every day
But she happy without me
Set me free
Set me free
If she aint comin back
I really need to find peace
Set me free
Set me free
I'm dying every day
But she happy without me
Set me free
Set me free
If she aint comin back
I really need to find peace
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14. |
Slow Down
03:02
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I been vagabondin
Since I was youngin
Solo wit it
Rockin every city that I'm touchin
Met some pretty women
Peace and blessings on em
I aint trippin on a mission
Bout my business cousin
Somewhere in a dungeon
Who know where in London
You was spinnin I was spittin
And you had me buggin
Tried to shake the feelin
But it wasn't budgin
Girl you know what's up
Like Donell Jones in ninety somethin
Fast lane with my tank on full
Pumped my brakes
When you crossed my world
Clutched my pearls
And I praised my Lord
You the typa girl
That can make my storm
Slow down
Slow down down down
Run it back back
Turn round
Slow down
Asked you out to dinner
You say that we goin Dutch
Independent woman
That's the kind I'm searchin for
Conversation stayed flowin with ease
Joint closed down
But we couldn't say peace
Middle of the night
We ended up at Micky Ds
Already had dessert
But you ordered some ice cream
It's gettin late but I don't wanna go
Cause I live on the other side
Of the entire globe
And even if you aint the one
It’s just so good to know
That someone like you think I'm fly
And its reciprocal
So I aint rushin nothin
I aint worried bout the time
With somebody like you I gotta
Slow down
Slow down down down
Run it back back
Turn round
Slow down
Slow down down down
Run it back back
Turn around
I wish I could freeze time
I wish I could freeze time
I wish I could freeze time
But I gotta
Slow down
Slow down down down
Run it back back
Turn around
I wish I could freeze time
I wish I could freeze time
I wish I could freeze time
So I could look into your eyes
Forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
Slow down
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15. |
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You say put it where
Oooh I'm kinda skurrd
Baby is you sure
Ok word
Just say hol up if it hurt
When it come to pleasing you baby
You know I am not an expert
But you got forever to teach me
And you know I'm eager to learn
Let's take turns
Hol'up
Let me breathe
This won't be no fantasy
If at first we don't succeed
We can do it
Do it do it
Messy silly timid sloppy
Quickly slowly smooth and choppy
Might not be a natural
But ima practice hard Mami
Hallelujah
Got me screamin
Hallelujah
What you want I give it to ya
Baby put that blessin on me
Got me feelin’ so free
Every time you hold me
Hallelujah
How you doing baby just checking
Need to know we on the same page
Cause the only way to feel sexy
Is if everybody feel safe
You are such a beautiful blessin
I stay grateful every day
Every single moment is precious
Making love or making pancakes
Let me know whatever you feelin
Aint no pressure baby I'm chillin
We could stop
We could cuddle
Watch a movie
Pop a bottle
We could try it over tomorrow
I want this to be without sorrow
Baby what is you in the mood for
Oh my hallelujah
Hallelujah
Got me screamin Hallelujah
What you want I give it to ya
Baby put that blessin on me
Got me feelin so free
Every time you hold me
Hallelujah
Boy you're curious and I love it
You be askin all about me
All my vision
All of my interests
All my fears and all of my kinks
All your baggage not afraid of it
Trust and honesty is the key
All your history I don't judge it
Baby just be present with me
Boy get intimate with my spirit
And my body ready to ride
Jump the broom because I'm committed
Our connection somethin divine
Neither one the other’s possession
We both choose this love in our lives
Now get over here and undress me
I’m about to make ya soul fly
Hallelujah
Got me screamin hallelujah
What you want I give it to ya
Baby put that blessin on me
Got me feelin so free
Every time you hold me
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Got me screamin hallelujah
What you want I give it to ya
Baby put that blessin on me
Got me feelin so free
Every time you hold me
Hallelujah
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16. |
Anyone?
04:35
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As Black men in America
Our beauty is both demonized
And fetishized at the same time
You know people look at us
And they’re afraid
Our very presence
Is considered dangerous
Or threatening
And yet people are also filled with
Jealousy or lustful fantasies
Because of racists myths about our bodies
You think it's feminine
To struggle wit your self image
So you lyin every summer
Say you hate swimmin
Yous a dolphin undercover
Just embarrassed of your flubber
Feelin like a turkey
In front of these fly women
You liftin everyday
But never gettin bigger
Eating steak drinkin shakes
Still a stick figure
If real men protect
You get knocked out in a sec
Guess you aint really a man
Less you flex triggers
You rockin beanies
Even in the summertime
Cause your confidence is fading
Wit your hairline
Been receding since a teen
Plus you short with crooked teeth
Funny dude
But never cheesin on your profile
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Young man
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Young man
Aint no ugly billionaire
Says the wisdom of Hov
So you on a mission
To make your residuals grow
Stackin money steady rockin
The expensivest clothes
And you finally get attention
From the women you know
Now you caught a couple feelins
But won't open ya soul
Scared that she don't want your heart
Unless it comes wit ya dough
So you ghost her out of fear
Say she diggin for gold
Didn't know that she was ride or die
Wealthy or po
Now you standing in the mirror
But you look at the flo
Cause you hate your own reflection
Won't admit to it though
Really wishin you was handsome
With a confident glow
Wantin love but forever screamin
Money over hoes
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Young man
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Young man
Got a body all your homies
Really jealous of
But you still need validation
From the rest of us
Run through women like a track
Every selfie showin abs
Cause your confidence's dependent
On another's lust
Never cheatin on your diet
You addicted to gyms
And you started dopin
Cause you close to peakin again
Stronger than you ever been
Manliest of the men
Paranoid of gettin older
Losing power and strength
Never been more insecure
Than at the top of your game
Cause you got a lot to lose
Wit all the muscle you gained
So confused
You thought this would put an end to ya pain
Still feel like your younger days
Getting bullied and chased
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
You’re beautiful
Young man
You’re beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
Has anyone ever told you you're beautiful
Young man
You’re beautiful
Young man
You’re beautiful
I guess another thing
Just like girls need aunties
You know
Boys need role models
The forming of who they are
I like it when my boys
Talk to you
I like it when they
Hang out with their dad
And my brothers
And people who
We respect their opinions
Because I expect their
Image of self to be formed by
These people
Sometimes I tell you
Oh the kids said this
Because you said it
That makes me happy
Because I know that helps
To fortify their perception
Of who they are
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17. |
Pulp Free
02:16
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Black boy fly
Ice cube cool
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Black boy fly
Ice cube cool
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Barbecue Becky cryin to the popo
But today the sun is shinin
No one goin to the hole
Slappin down bones
Pop n lock to big tunes
Homies cypher off the dome
Breakin ankles as we hoop
When I was a yout
Pretty Micah was the dude
Natural up to the roof
Shorties touchin on my poof
Me and my whole crew
Knew we had the orange juice
Fresh press ice cold
We pulp free smooth
Every five minutes
Invented some new cool
By the time the crackajakas be jockin
It's old news
If yo'onknawlmtalmbout
Get out da gumbo
Chillin’ on da code switchin
This poetry Fubu
Black boy fly
Ice cube cool
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pat my own back
This a ode to the black man
Ali in the ring
Denzel with the action
Doctor J wit it
Star in every league
Dr King wit it
Never killin our dreams
Hip hop griots bodies full of truth
Navigate around the noose
So creative how we move
Unassimilated
We play by our own rules
And we still set trends
For the world wide globe
Black boy fly
Ice cube cool
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pop lock krumpin jookin break
Moonwalk steppin harlem shake
Afro flattop dreadlocks fade
Bald head frohawk cornrows waves
Sunday suit alligator bootlegs
Ashirt du rag new king james
Cowhide jacket
With the blacked out shades
Switchin up the drippin
but the swag unphased
Black boy fly
Ice cube cool
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Black boy fly
Ice cube cool
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Fresh like juice
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
Pulp free smooth
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18. |
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You must establish a new base
And we are as a group demanding
That a new base be established
Yeah but be careful as a woman
What you demand of a man
I demand that he be a man
Yeah but you can’t say
You demand it
You have to suggest it
That that’s your ego that says that
No I demand it
Now you deal with that
Alright Ok
I'll even go with that
I demand that you be a man
And I don’t think that that’s
Asking too much
Talk is cheap I wanna see
The difference in us honestly
Fightin white supremacy
While chasin money power cheeks
Yall really bout this revolution and equality
Or just wish that you could split
The pie and get the biggest piece
All colors creeds
Gay bisexual straight
Every man upon the planet
Walks a privileged way
Peep that wisdom from our sisters
Mister get off the stage
Take a seat and take some notes
As women gift us with rage
It’s difficult to listen
Even harder to change
But I know a God with power
To call men up out the grave
Don’t need no fake religion
Homies frontin like they godly
All these Huxtables is really
Undercover Cosbys
Even Cosby is not too destitute for grace
But the truth can’t set you free
If you keep lyin out yo face
Just admit it
I got plenty dirt and blood on my hands
I done hurt so many of my family
Lovers and friends
Consequences when you foolish
Can’t always restore the ruins
But you can build something new
If you switch up the way you movin
I’ll never be the brother
That I shoulda been to Ariel
But a lot of younger chirren
Really countin on me now
I’ll keep it real
I aint the quickest to change
A tortoise on you hares
But you should see where I came
The Lord is able
To make an Abel out of a Cain
I still be messin up
But not defined by my mistakes
A righteous man get up
Every time he fall on his face
Steady learnin
I’m determined
And love is never too late
I been checkin my heart
I been diggin so deep
Tell me what kinda man
Am I really gon be
Whenever I fall
I get back on my feet
By the grace of my God
Ima be a new me
I been checkin my heart
I been diggin so deep
Tell me what kinda man
Am I really gon be
Whenever I fall
I get back on my feet
By the grace of my God
Ima be a new me
Talk is cheap
I don't need your compliments
Or your flattery
Treat women disgusting
but you frontin and callin me queen
You only friendly
Because you feelin my steeze
Your kindness would disappear
If you didn't want in my jeans
I'm making moves
Got visions and prophesies
Foolish if you think we just be feinin
For diamonds rings
Don't want no sugar daddy
I'm growin some healthy greens
Get up outa my lane
Or invest in the dream
Need homies and business partners
Who aint tryin to hit it
But committed to equality
And leverage their privilege
To help women raise to leadership
They try to omit us
Even when we more than capable
And doing it better
I'm so tired of oppression
I aint come here to ask
I'm demanding that you give us
What we already have
Dignity and that's it
Aint no need to protect
Just stop preying on us
And I'm pretty sure we'll be set
Shouldn’t have to be your
Momma wifey daughter or sis
To receive respect and honor
Every human should get
I been checkin my heart
I been diggin so deep
Tell me what kinda man
Am I really gon be
Whenever I fall
I get back on my feet
By the grace of my God
Ima be a new me
Aye talk is cheap
You see the
The strange flesh
Had turned us to strange fruits
You treat me estranged
Yet I still pick you like strange roots
Community full of pain
And the stigma like stained juice
We joint but remain loose
And it feel like the same noose
Check your heart at the thought of me
Check your mouth when you joke
And why your pride in your money
Knowing they keeping us broke
Why I tip toe around yo ego
In my Jordans
You don't wanna talk about it
Talk about avoidance
Know money power don't mean respect
You need to wake up
And love if I'm a bitch
Cause I don't like you
Need to shape up
Think men show no emotion
But you really wear yo heart on yo sleeve
Don't need to argue bout respect
We need to learn how to grieve
And we can't climb out of this hole
If the shovels is still digging
We lack but we still winning
We Black but we still women
They label us angry
Them mean Queen Corettas
We the daughters of slaves
And the wives of female forgetters
I been checkin my heart
I been diggin so deep
Tell me what kinda man
Am I really gon be
Whenever I fall
I get back on my feet
By the grace of my God
Ima be a new me
I been checkin my heart
I been diggin so deep
Tell me what kinda man
Am I really gon be
Whenever I fall
I get back on my feet
By the grace of my God
Ima be a new me
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