American

Im from the hardknocks Same block where they bust ya head Same project housing where they shoot you dead 91 to 94 the king manners i bred Then we moved on iowa street Yeah, You know right above washington If you went to Washington you was ghetto as f*ck You was ghetto as f*ck Single momma damn right but she raised me well Stayed in school and in sports you would've never tell And i never meant to hurt her Never meant to take her oldest boy from her But was i supposed to do When my eyes painted blue Skin like the sun but this boy wont run If i have to sock jaws off Or hit a lick with the saw Now all the homies wanna yell free me I appreciate the love but i need to free me No books on the shelf Just need on the books Just tryna survive through these nannies and crooks I need off the hook now Or a life line The way its looking for me, shit It might be a life time And so i pray And I pray for my brothers like every night And i pray for my sisters like every night And i pray for my people like every night Pray Pray And I pray for my brothers like every night And i pray for my sisters like every night And i pray for my people like every night Pray Pray And I pray for my brother like every night And i pray for my sisters like every night And i pray for my people like every night Pray Pray and I pray for my brother like every night and i pray for my sisters like every night and i pray for my people like every night Its Love! I Do, Declare Every thought felling and action I imagine Is a prayer I was stagnant in inaction In a state of Disrepair So I cut my pears Found unity then balance Sauce valor on my Salad Eating Raw just like I Tell it Golden Fleece defeat with the fleetest bleat of soul in Acapella! Super freaking beats, I'm a kinky Geek in a long wine cellar We get along my Bella Eating long mycelium I took a lot of long faces and dark spaces to say hey, babe I am Beautiful And My Blackness is Suitable I'm a bit Unusual SO? Fly in my prime And in this I find... To Weird to Live, To Rare To Die So, I pray for my mamma Light in and I... So, pray for my father Light in and I... So, I pray for my sister Light in and I... Pray Yeah, I pray for my mother Light in, And I And I pray for my Brother Light in, and I And I pray for my Lovers Light in and I Pray