I'da stayed anonymous if prominent was pure

It's about pride, so I'm outside trying to endure

I'm outside trying to endure

Paint harsh to aim the brainwash, deepen the condition

Knew defeat, want fruit to eat, had to speak it to fruition

Blocks ruined, my own pot stewing, sneaking to the kitchen

Amid disease, give 'em degrees, til they start leaving tuition

Stubborn we did it, wasn't permitted, never needed they permission

They slippin', we going fishing, if was eating; ate sufficient

Street see you get defeated, you get treated as provision

Keep fighting, if that you needing it or heed a bit and listen

Without pull I had to press though, was being a magician

No front street; got dumb heat, see what I was risking?

(You see what I was risking?)

She lift my spirit subtle, told me "this is why they love you"

Praised as poised, raised our boys to keep eye on the enemy

Draw the venetians, bought a few pieces; no required assembly

Let the Tec blaze for decades, the fire was penalty

They owe a debt that reparations can't entirely remedy

She lift my spirit subtle, told me "this is why they love y.."

Where they took my liberty, me not being a bigot is big of me

Want this bit of the map, catch shiv' in your back, practicing chivalry

Every God'll know, it's hard to show compassion in misery

First I'm content with the content, then master delivery

She lift my spirit subtle, told me "this is why they love you"

Not a man of jest, I'm more just than chain mail family crest

Tried to buy us, but Ka decided my candid's best

Talk uniqueness for corporate weakness like every man of flesh

Shit was gritty, wasn't sitting pretty, had to stand the test

Pass flying colors, few brothers got splashed, lie in gutters

Hurt my heart, they took our diamonds, call us spades, tried to club us

She lift my spirit subtle, told me "this is why they love you"

I'da stayed anonymous if prominent was pure

It's about pride, so I'm outside trying to endure

I'm outside trying to endure