[Hook] Low on self-esteem, foes been out for me Someone's watching me, this love ain't proper B Thinking I could be dead [Hook] Low on self-esteem, foes been out for me Someone's watching me, this love ain't proper B Thinking I could be dead [Verse 1] And I guess we them little black beetles This won't attract the singles And that flow is mean, but it lacks tacs and needles I spend my days sharpening my sk** wills while it's still legal Reading through cathedrals applied to my cerebral They ain't built they feeble, driven by the ego The vision of a eagle, see the vision in my people How many lives will they take today? We ain't equal Another world war sequel and doomsday prequel This ain't the world we thought it was when we as in pre-school Sometimes it's hard to be cool, sometimes I feel like I'm see-thru Sometimes I really wish, yo I wish that I could be you Away from all the Hollywood acts and record contracts I won't say I take it back, because I worked hard for that But this life ain't turn out to be what it seem Ever since I woke up I been living in a dream Got me [Hook] Low on self-esteem, foes been out for me Someone's watching me, this love ain't proper B Thinking I could be dead [Verse 2] Who would've thought a marchin' Martin could spark a starvin' artist Spit art, at heart young Marcus Garvey Ponders on it, hardly, rap wonders fondly Smoking herb with just Marley and me This one is for my dogs barking up on the tree Sometimes that wind blows eventually she gon leave That's mother nature for ya, uh Patient and sagacious I ain't gon pay sh** watch she ain't gon say sh** Now that's respectable cause most women expect the dough Accept it though, words of the wise through them rhythm-wrecking professional, exceptional Half man, half extraterrestrial They got me [Hook] Low on self-esteem, foes been out for me Someone's watching me, this love ain't proper B Thinking I could be dead