A pride worth clinging to.

Stick to my mantra Ride or die Holdin the line Yeah Cause I felt it tho Hopelessness like I'm on a boat Stranded at sea in every direction ain't no hope So I just rowed Blind optimism ain't worth shit But seeing the light ain't bad I suppose Cause this system damn near took everything I held dear For production And dough Contrast my heart With all my sins And all the dim blights Had to cauterize to win To pay the piper Had to hear out the viper Had to take a break An take a load that's lighter Had to heal some pain And see my friends again An know the difference in Failing an To start again You gotta acknowledge pain You gotta accept the privilege And trot thru rain You gotta change your worldview Forgive the old you You got days before you An you got hate before you People gon talk let em talk Swimmin in the mainstream wit a rock round they ankles Just as broke as you Livin in pursuit Of a dream everyone livin in But you Almost like a genjustu Almost like a matrix Almost like to face it You gotta turn and learn the basics Almost like this country racist Almost like we automated Almost like we always faded Almost like we thoughts invaded Almost like we Nah I ain't gotta keep goin y'all already know the rest America was never great Stick to my mantra Ride or die Holdin the line Yeah Cause I felt it tho Hopelessness like I'm on a boat Stranded at sea in every direction ain't no hope So I just rowed Blind optimism ain't worth shit But seeing the light ain't bad I suppose Our vision is a world In which Many worlds exist It's almost like a risk I take But I made my pact Imma stay all black Imma hold my spot Imma pay y'all back Stuck in the same class Just to gain a raise that Don't make me better An I really had to face that I was raised on the type of venom Either be a winner or get lost No son of mine would ever get it Couldn't stay a center Nor return to the to my inventor It was always all my fault So robotic Call me bender More of a property Had to change weather Pouring down every day But slowly I got better Can't break my spirit you're colonizer beat it Your race just isn't real Whats white It's You defeated You a red flag sir You were there last year You were poor last year An here you are poor Again huh Our vision is a world In which Many worlds exist It's almost like a risk I take But I made my pact Imma stay all black Imma hold my spot Imma pay y'all back Stuck in the same class Just to gain a raise that Don't make me better An I really had to face that I was raised on the type of venom Either be a winner or get lost No son of mine would ever get it