Reasons (To Be Me)

Yeah I struggle Ha you don't even know what struggle means From the D but never experienced a need Says a white nigga who I guess knows what being black means Has the knowledge to know that I don't have enough to be a nigga You're not enough You're acting white as f*ck You ain't the only one Many of ya'll just tryna to blend in as us I think you said enough Woke niggas ha It's already hard being a black girl Living in a white world Got the confidence to wear my hair in these big curls But all they do is stare and Always stay comparing Yeah they want to change you up to look a certain way yeah All in a game of eenie meenie miney mo Catch a nigga by his toe If he holla jail he go If he holla guns will blow Before you know Another young soul gone before he could grow I said reasons these all the muthafuckin' reasons Why I feel I'm at the deep end Can you listen up listen up Understand my feelings These the muthafuckin' reasons Why I feel I'm at the deep end Can you listen up listen up listen up You're very pretty for a black girl But you don't have the qualities to become that it girl That it girl got long hair no perm girl Lightskin with thick curls Skim thick not too big Unique not average Sorry I don't fit the description you see on tv Sorry that in actuality you want to be me Who me couldn't be I was the running punchline Wasn't I the one you laughed while sitting on the sidelines To be me gotta handle that shit with a smile Words will grow numb to you it'll take a while To be me even if you run from your problems You're a walking target so act real solemn To be me even your own people won't be there for ya As you grow older they as scared as ya Crazy how the cycle comes right back to ya back to ya I said reasons these all the muthafuckin' reasons Why I feel I'm at the deep end Can you listen up Can you listen up And understand my feelings These the muthafuckin' reasons Why I always feel I'm at the deep I said reasons these all the muthafuckin' reasons Why I feel I'm at the deep end Can you listen up listen up Understand my feelings These the muthafuckin reasons Why I feel I'm at the deep end Can you listen up listen up listen up