Zi - Egos lyrics

[Verse 1: Zi] From the country to the suburbs and the slums Men and our ego got us acting kind of dumb ‘Cause it's die as a man can't be living as a punk You're messing with a man's pride you can end up in a trunk We're not the type that you're gon' see running Feel the heat coming mean mugging Start a fight for practically nothing The streets love it in need of it Being the toughest's not much but at least it makes me something I got gorillas on my side if you try to diss It's ride or die f** the politics And f** the peace talk that Bambaataa sh** I'm a man with pride why should I swallow it I ain't a k**er but don't push me plus I'm mad stressed You say the wrong thing it's jab right jab left Talking sh** you gotta back it up what you expect It's sad how it starts with an argument and ends up with a d**h threat But I'm a king without a queen Plus I'm lacking material things So all I got left is my self esteem Pull out the weaponry I can't let it be I can't let another mother f**er get the best of me [Verse 2: Zi] See my ego would say don't f** with me if it could talk Dictating everything from the way I dress to the way I should walk Gotta avoid anything that would make me look soft Gotta be a bad mother f**er though I got a good heart Your feelings gotta hide real men don't cry And if we do it's in the dark in the light we alright God knows I know it's stupid and it's not wise But I don't know if I would teach my son otherwise ‘Cause it's a cold world and only the strong survive See my own girl wonders what I hold inside Can't stand the possibility of being told a lie ‘Cause I'm a man with pride you don't do sh** like that You don't pick up and leave and leave me sick like that But we don't show it we get up and fight right back ‘Cause I'm the man I'm the sh** yeah I'm nice like that hein [Verse 3: Zi] We work out like we're getting ready to go to war And brag about all the stuff we can afford But the truth is the more you're talking sh** the more you're insecure We count chicks knockouts money and awards ‘Cause anything that can feed our ego we collect And we confuse fear with respect ‘cause it has the same effect Black T black jeans hoodie red Your ego will haunt you if you can't make the p**y wet Your ego will make you lie to yourself thinking that you're Gotti Stuck in this sh** yelling I don't need nobody You're stagnating but you're screaming y'all can't stop me See we could do so much together but you're blinded by yourself Acting like you're too big for a little bit of help And if you're the sh** quit the yapping it should speak for itself Life will teach you that humility prevails