Rotten Egg

We wasn't supposed to make it Past 25 Jokes on you We're still alive Throw your hands up In the sky And say Yes, i can read and write And got my degree Despite the cards stacked against me I shuffled them up And i pressed my luck It's God See He sent me And all of us In Him i trust It's hard to be friendly When you know what's up That donald trump in a lot of people I thought understood me Ain't how it should be But it is what it is Can't cry about it my nigga Forgive and live Don't wonder why my nigga It's been what it's been This world is bigger than where they Pretend it ends Let them spend what they spend And watch me kill it in my hand me downs Yeah my hand me downs So down they can't bring me down They can't bring me down Cause i am black I am a fuckin' bum And she still said yes To this chump Rake it up rake it up Gotta make the first of month Boy i'm eatin' Yeah i'm eatin' This is how i make my lunch Bacon lettuce and tomato If i say so Then it's done Get the payroll Buy the cradle Thinking baking up a son It's a process We evolve each generation I bottled up all my hatred And released it In this form of love Victim of this earth But i know my soul was born above Gifted with this curse And i'll be damned If i ain't more than another rapper Talkin' bout money drugs And more drugs I do smoke I do club But that ain't who i am though I'm tryna make my mark on this world I'm just a man though The universe it starts with a girl And that ain't random It's everything we always knew It's oh so simple Getting old ain't nothing new Just bought the kindle Reading up on how to change my whole life Wrote this manifesto And this is what it goes like Yup yup Tell these kids what it is Sit that ass down Let me tell you 'bout the biz Of life You only got one nigga Live it right We in this fight til the end Listen First one to the liquor store A rotten egg First one to the liquor store A rotten egg First one to the liquor store A rotten egg Don't get ahead Use your head I've always had a problem I mean i've always had a problem Before and after college In grade school I tagged a boy in the face With my fists And it wasn't 'til just now That i saw he wasn't it Because i still have a problem I mean i steal when i have problems But let me explain the half of it I been angry for a long time And if i ain't got it F*ck it I'll take away your happiness And i know i'm not the only one What do you think it was When our God sent His only Son Tryna get back to church No easy task and it's never fun But i can't help but think About the day i return to the dirt Imagine the turn of the first century Niggas ain't know shit But they knew 'bout this And that's what gets to me Like how we ain't got the answers yet I swear all my momma did was pray Then she ain't had no cancer left But that's just her story And i know more stories And they don't end happy And they make me worry For my friends and family And them too for me Cause this world ain't stagnant Nah it's still forming So i stay woke And i take heed to warning Ain't out here looking for beef Unless it's been on the foreman Might even save you a piece If we can maintain that Recognize we a clan That's what brought Wu Tang back And A Tribe Called Quest Though Phife lost his life That should ensure his rest And Q Tip sleep at night But that's just my guess I don't know who's right I can't say what's next We won't win that fight Gotta get a grip My hands up on her hips When i dip she dip My lips her lips We've fallen into bliss Little kiss Leading into little kids Little this and little that The little shit is everything I promise that Yup yup Tell these kids what it is Sit that ass down Let me tell you 'bout the biz Of life You only got one nigga Live it right We in this fight til the end Listen First one to the liquor store A rotten egg First one to the liquor store A rotten egg First one to the liquor store A rotten egg Don't get ahead Use your head First one to the liquor store A rotten egg First one to the liquor store A rotten egg First one to the liquor store A rotten egg Don't get ahead Use your head