Questions

I usually don't ask too many questions, but Just give me one time to do it What if, I never found a way to speak what's on my mind, act like everything is fine? What if it's another lie? What if I, didn't see every moment as a grind? What if I ain't try harder like every time? What if I ain't think bout every line, cuz I pay too much attention to the details? What if I didn't speak well? What if I got stuck workin' in retail daily selling my life away Just to come back the next day to hear that we failed? What if, I didn't quit thru an email and never hear nothing back? What if all our skin matched, would that have mattered? Like when we tried rentin' places to stay and and they stopped answerin' Because of how we look I guess it seem we ain't got manners What if that's why I wanted to be a rapper? Something in me knew I couldn't live up to anyone's standards But what if money was never a factor? What if life didn't feel like a disaster? Man I wouldn't even know what to tell you I don't even know what to say But, I know I wouldn't know what to tell you I don't know what to say But I'm tryna find a way What if We were able to see each other's views so we could understand all of the questions, that pursued? What, if, things panned out to be exactly how you imagine with no distractions Would you still see it through? Or would you take it for granted cuz you know it's achievable? What if everything everyone said was believable? What if maybe I'm thinking too hard about it and so I drink and smoke One day mix the wrong shit, and end up chokin' cuz nobody in the room knew CPR? And I'm double parked so they towing my car From myself I'm going far into an abyss, of nothingness And not a nan notha nigga know anything that could help this shit What if nice guys never finished last? What if we never got stuck in the past? What if we never had to worry so fast? Would I be able to figure out how to make it last? Would I feel like I had it together like Christmas laughs? What if I got everything that I wanted, in a bag That'll keep it and lonely nights ain't make me feel sad? It get deep but I knew I was on the right track Every day getting pushed around but I knew how to fight back What if I didn't write that? What if I wasn't true to myself, and I ain't like that? Kept my mouth closed cuz I couldn't face the man in the mirror What if they heard my words clearer, and we stopped living in fear that the end is getting nearer? We started exercising our rights to have 'em hear us And they started to listen to us rather try to kill us They wouldn't have to use a tank of gas to try and feel us They tear us down as we try to build us but we been on ground for too long What if we got tired of singing the same songs 'bout shit that ain't changed in a long Time? All because of the skin of our kind treating us different callin' us niggas before apartheid The rage in our eyes is growing and they can't control us What if we formed together started taking over one day we ain't have to look over each Other's shoulder? Our minds staying solid we getting bolder What if we always broke the silence and pushed forward? What if we had someone behind that knew where we going? What if all the money and diamonds were never stolen? What if we never got up on that boat then? We never became poets Not showing our different motives to become something bigger than anyone ever known Of For younger generations so they get a better hold of life Through the trials and the tribulations that we've grown accustomed to Creating a number of troubled youth uneducated by truths Not once ever knowing what's gonna be their next move Maybe it's too late when them questions hit yo line and call on you And you still don't know what the f*ck to do So I still wouldn't know what to tell you I wouldn't know what to tell you I don't know what to say But I'ma find a way, a way a way a way