So Simple

Why cant I just put out a song and they love it Can I move without drawing too much attention to my pigment It ain't a thing to me but it seems to be at the root of all of my new insecurities I've been pigeon held I grew up around the corner from hell Summer time I remember watching niggas run from the cops Hearing noises at night and knowing its somebody shot I was like 6 or 7 when I saw Bullet cases on the ground For the first time At the same time I discovered music that I wasnt used to I was used to gunshots gangbanging And smokey Robinson david Ruffin and whitney Houston RIP aaliyah Don't you blow my high reminiscencing wishing I could tell it to you I could tell back then that I didnt want to be another victim I want to be different i just didnt know what that meant Where do I go from here What it takes to be yourself never show fear And what it means to have a power if you're unaware I'm trying to learn it all hoping I can take you there Where do I go from here What it takes to be yourself never show fear And what it means to have a power if you're unaware I'm trying to learn it all hoping I can take you there I got older got smarter brokenhearted independent Met my brothers we would roam the city either chasing bitches Or chasing digits Tried to snatch a job didnt ever hear anything back I was 16 falling back in love with raps That's when I heard Jermaine Then kendrick told me opposites attract Remember bragging how we knew about him way Before the world did now look what the world did to him I'm going on a tangent I think I lost the message I think I'm second guessing Because I paid attention in class I came a long way from them bullet shells in the pavement the black And mild wrappers in the basement Niggas begging for my now and laters in the hallways Suspended fighting and staying at home for 5 to 10 days I came a long way still I feel I'm stuck in a rutt and I still feel I wont be understood Where do I go from here What it takes to be yourself never show fear And what it means to have a power if you're unaware I'm trying to learn it all hoping I can take you there Where do I go from here What it takes to be yourself never show fear And what it means to have a power if you're unaware I'm trying to learn it all hoping I can take you there All along didn't know if I was black enough All alone didnt think I would fit in Half ghetto Half suburban Half good half urban Swag surfing or bob Dylan Lil wayne or linkin park A shot in the dark why even pay attention to it what is my part To play in this world I could just be me I could see what I see And i could do what i do I remember when i wanted to sell drugs and go to Harvard Claim blood or go to LA and start a business Talk about where I'm from or tell you where I'm going I grew up on 50 cent and game beefing To chance the rapper Then I started going after A peace of mind give a piece of mine I would hide the fact writing in the back of cafeterias Cole had told me dont show em they cant shoot you down Its ironic I just do it to myself I watch too much anime and play too much halo And talk about Shakespeare and studying philosophy and inner body chemistry Trying to solve a mystery Scooby doo on zombie island am I moving too fast for you Did I become the problem Conflicted decisions but I ain't fighting no more I'll just do more and more Make it simple with time Make it simple with rhymes