Niggas be thinkin’ I’m deep, intelligent, fooled by my college degreeMy IQ is average, there’s a young lady out there, she way smarter than meI scrolled through her timeline in these wild times, and I started to readShe mad at these crackers, she mad at these capitalists, mad at these murder policeShe mad at my niggas, she mad at our ignorance, she wear her heart on her sleeveShe mad at the celebrities, lowkey I be thinkin’ she talkin’ ’bout meNow I ain’t no dummy to think I’m above criticismSo when I see something that’s valid, I listenBut shit, it’s something about the queen tone that’s botherin’ meShe strike me as somebody blessed enough to grow up in conscious environmentWith parents that know ’bout the struggle for liberation and in turn they provide her withA perspective and awareness of the system and unfairness that afflicts ’emAnd the clearest understandin’ of what we gotta do to get freeAnd the frustration that fills her words seems to come from the fact that most people don’t seeJust ’cause you woke and I’m not, that shit ain’t no reason to talk like you better than meHow you gon’ lead, when you attackin’ the very same niggas that really do need the shit that you sayin’?Instead of conveying you holier, come help get us up to speedShit, it’s a reason it took like two hundred years for our ancestors just to get freedThese shackles be lockin’ the mental way more than the physicalI look at freedom like trees, can’t grow a forest like overnightHit the ghetto and slowly start plantin’ your seedsFu** is the point of you preaching your message to those that already believe what you believe?I’m on some “Fu** a retweet,” most people is sheepYou got all the answers but how you gon’ reach?If I could make one more suggestion respectfully
I would say it’s more effective to treat people like childrenUnderstandin’ the time and love and patience that’s needed to growThis change is inevitable but ain’t none of us seen this beforeTherefore we just gotta learn everything as we goI struggle with thoughts on the dailyFeel like a slave that somehow done saved enough coins to buy his way up outta slaveryThinkin’ just maybe, in my pursuit to make life so much better for me and my babiesI done betrayed the very same people that look at me like I’m some kind of a heroBecause of the zeros that’s next to the commasBut look here, I promise I’m not who you thinkRan into this nigga outside of the store yesterdayHe said something that had me like, “Wait”He was like “Cole, ‘preciate what you been doin’, my nigga, that’s real”But damn, why I feel faker than Snow on Tha Bluff?Well, maybe ’cause deep down I know I ain’t doing enoughThe sun is shinin’ todayThe sun is shinin’ todayThe sun is shinin’ todayCan you walk with me?I hope we’ll find the reason why we often sob, go on, cryPainful memories Fu** up the vibeThough I be tryin’ to let the time heal my mindI was once a child, I’ve gotten olderStill, I know I’m just a boy in God’s eyesFill me up with wisdom and some couragePlus endurance to survive, help mine thrive