Lions Pride

INTRO: MICHELLE OBAMA SPEAKS: NO, OUR MOTTO IS, WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH! (CROWD APPLAUDS.........) LADY CEE, LADY CEE SKY'S THE LIMIT, I'M ALREADY FLY THEY BEEN GOING LOW, I'M ALREADY HIGH VERSE 1: IT'S A NIGHTMARE ON OUR STREETS TELL EM WAKE UP, I CAN'T GO TO SLEEP GOTTA STAY UP, I STAY ON THE BEAT JUST SPEAKING BOUT LIFE, BOUT LIFE I SPEAK THAT'S FACTS, UPON FACTS, UPON FACTS GOTTA THE WORLD UP ON MY SHOULDERS COULD YOU PLEASE GET OFF MY BACK?!! THEY TOOK EVERYTHING THAT HENRIETTA LACKS NOW GIVE IT BACK TELL EM WE WANT REPARATIONS GOT M. STACKS ON THE TRACK, NOW RUN IT BACK WE ALL BLEED THE SAME, BREATHE THE SAME AIR YEAH, BUT THAT DON'T MEAN OUR BREED THE SAME SAID WE THE SAME, WHERE? HELL, YOU THINK YOU A LION? THEN, COME INTO THE LION'S DEN GATHER ROUND THE STEREO I'LL TELL YOU ALL A STORY THAT ONLY TIME COULD TELL AND YOU COULD ASK ANY HISTORIAN BUT THEY'VE OMITTED CHAPTERS TRYING TO ERASE OUR ORIGINS YOU KNOW THE SAYING WE'RE EQUALLY YOKED YET YOU'RE EASILY PROVOKED WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE TWICE AS PRONE TO EASILY GET SMOKED OR GET STOPPED BY THE COPS I AINT HERE TO MAKE A BOP, SILLY THIS IS HIP HOP, IM REALLY POURING OUT MY HEART JUST LIKE A 40oz OF MALT LIQUOR R.I.P. TO ALL MY NIGGAS, RESTING EASY KNOW WE MISS YA, SPECIALLY MY FAMILY MEMBERS KNOW, IF YOU STAND FOR SOMETHING THAT I'M RIGHT HERE STANDING WIT YOU NEVER EVER SUPERFICIAL LADY CEE BEEN TOO OFFICIAL HOOK: SKY'S THE LIMIT, I'M ALREADY FLY THEY BEEN GOING LOW, BUT YOU KNOW I'M ALREADY HIGH, THEY WANT US TO DIVIDE SO, INSTEAD I MULTIPLY, WHAT'S A LION WIT NO PRIDE? A PRODUCT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT! VERSE 2: YOU INHERIT PROPERTY, WE INHERITED POVERTY I PLAYED THE GAME OF LIFE WHEN YOU WAS TAUGHT TO PLAY MONOPOLY COULD PULL MYSELF UP BY MY BOOTSTRAPS, PROBABLY BUT GRANDMA COULDN'T DO THAT, CAUSE SHE WAS BAREFOOT ON DIRT ROADS, AND STILL SHE STAYED TEN TOES, UNTIL SHE ROSE AND STILL I RISE, AS IF I'M BORN TO SURVIVE, THERE'S NO SURPRISE YOU CAN SEE IT IN MY EYES, WIDE OPEN, EVEN THOUGH, THEY SITTIN LOW AND DILATED FROM THE TOKIN' NOT A TOKEN NIGGA, NO THOUGH AT TIMES SOFT SPOKEN, THESE HERE WORDS THEY BE SO POTENT IT'S LIKE MURDER WHEN SHE WROTE IT, TOOK A STAB AT EVERY NOTE AND EVERY LINE COULD BE A QUOTE, THOUGH THEY LAUGHING I AINT JOKIN' NIGGA NOPE, YOU THINK I'M PLAYIN', I HOPE YOU DON'T I HOPE YOU WOKE, I HOPE YOU KNOW, THEY HOPE WE REGISTERED TO VOTE CAUSE THEY COUNT US LIKE THE CENSUS BUREAU, I'M JUST TAKING NOTES I HOPE YOU KNOW I CAN'T BE BROKEN DOWN, I AINT THE TYPE TO SIT AND TAKE YOUR SHIT, I'LL STAND AND FIX MY CROWN, IN FACT I THINK I'LL FIX IT NOW, LIL BITCH HOOK: SKY'S THE LIMIT, I'M ALREADY FLY THEY BEEN GOING LOW, BUT YOU KNOW I'M ALREADY HIGH, THEY WANT US TO DIVIDE SO, INSTEAD I MULTIPLY, WHAT'S A LION WIT NO PRIDE? A PRODUCT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT!