Verse 1:
Now I ain't trying to be the greatest
I used to hate hip-hop, yup
Because the people around me hate it
They tried to shade it
Tried to fade it
Make sure the whole town hate it
Said those ignorant hood dwelling
Marijuana smelling
Have no message to deliver
Besides make the godly shiver
Yep ignorantly I agreed
I took the seed
And this garbage I used to feed
To those younger than me
Already infected with the greed
That the rich white uptight
Population preached all night
Do not give to others
Not even to unprivileged mothers
Who's brothers beat her every day
Because they were unhappy with their pay
Despite her four year old child
She needed more than the d** that are mild
And soon went wild
The lessons that my hypocritical elders
Were not the lessons that my idols taught me no
Hook:
(lupe fiasco hook)
Verse 2:
Sittin' in my room
Quietly listening to MF Doom
If discovered I would meet my doom
But the seed that hip hop planted me
Was like a flower waiting to bloom
I felt like the soon to be groom
Who just met the love of his life
And rejoiced by playing the fife
Except I rejoiced
By listening to the life
Of all the brothers who would give to the unprivileged mothers
Who's brothers beat her every day
Because they knew the way
And know that everyone in the hood pay
A price that couldn't be paid with money
If a man is lucky enough to call a woman honey
Then he would disappear like the funny Easter Bunny
Except their ain't no comedy
Because love in the hood is considered to be an anomaly
Even a man who goes to church and listens to the homily
Wouldn't normally
Even show his love formally
Hook:
Verse 3:
These lessons that I've learned
Are more valuable than any paycheck earned
As I became more embedded
And began to feel like I was wedded
I openly shredded all the lies
That made knots like ties
And soon enough all of the guys
Began to despise
Because my rise
To becoming something wise
Didn't include a girls thighs
I longer needed their all seeing eyes
I took off my shades
I improved my grades
And then I glided on my blades
Until I was dead like Hades or aids
Whatever made me King of the trades like what
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