Pat Battle - Been Around lyrics

Now I'm low profile around phonies, so they don't know me I'm ghost, but when you see me I'm bony as David Bowie Haven't been around the world, hell, ain't even left my prison A kidnappin' inherited, trapped in capitalism From the burbs to the ghetto and back, it's kinda wack To my mother, hangin' with us Blacks wasn't where it's at Matter fact, she graduated hard knock times From the hood, though Big Mama always had 'em lookin' good Ten little huevos in the frying pan of fables With diez in the den, how she gonna get the pesos? Life finds a way though, I heard Malcolm say so Arkansas runaway on that government queso But each one she raised though, would raise one in return And bestow upon 'em every little lesson that she learned See the true Gods and Goddesses Are those who make impossible possible Through the obstacle of survivin' improbable feats Not economical when options are bleak But it allows the next generation to keep rockin' the beat When I talk in my sleep I rhyme, cause it's all that's on my mind How can I articulate a way to paint these times? Yo, I never been on a plane, so when I sit on the train I imagine it's a ship 'bout to take me on a lift Up up up up and away and around the world's waist Like a lover turned mother with a baby on her hip I'm notorious for makin' life look a little laborious In hindsight, when the time's right, I'll bet the story is Battle had a handle on it, better get a grip Imperative little narratives, lyrical movie scripts On a Bad Boy beat, this blend might taste funny Like I sprayed with you with some Ma$e and got your face all Puffy You may never ever love me But name someone who can touch me I'm workin' without batteries, k**in' it like I'm Chucky In and out the burbs and I - yah yah I take sh** for granted Can explain it, I don't know why Why we on this planet I don't know how we got here Is it the Big Bang? Or a dude with a big name? Man, I don't f**ing know Been around some words and I - yah yah I hear so much hatred I could guess, but I don't know why Why my world's so jaded I don't care if y'all play this This is that real sh** Give a f** if you feel this Uh...B-Baby baby!