
Date of issue: 23.06.2016
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: EMPIRE, Rexx Life
Song language: English
OJW3 |
Tell you who you are in the classroom |
Schoolbooks don’t tell you bout the kings and queens (That you come from) |
Just know knowledge is power |
The wealth’s in your mind but you gotta have heart |
And you gon' need it |
'Cause the odds been against you from the start |
'Cause your skin tone dark be smart like |
I learned and gained from my papa |
Wisdom he taught me bout wealth, he said |
If you gon' work for somebody, then you |
Might as well work for yourself. |
It went |
Over my head as a youngin, 'cause it’s |
Some shit you don’t comprehend, if you |
Forget everything I tell you, promise |
That you’ll remember this |
Ain’t nobody gon' give you nothin |
You gotta take that shit |
Ain’t nobody finna give you nothin |
You gotta take that shit |
Take it |
Look |
Um, Take me back to the one room shack |
The house on Sack |
Where it all originated |
The entrepreneurship that you demonstrated |
I listened to you every time that you was ventilating |
Even though you thought I wasn’t |
Bob Marley tellin us to get up stand up |
You taught me to stand up and be counted |
But how you gon' be counted if you don’t have your hand up |
Hand full of green hair grease that you keep in your fro |
I got the same soft hair I know I got it from you |
I love mom but her side of the family just seem to have nappy roots |
But the blacker the berry, sweeter the juice |
You told me about the struggle when you were young |
West Oakland Projects and mayonnaise sandwiches |
How the Black Panthers taught y’all about self defense |
Being black is beautiful but come with its challenges |
Told me bout your time at Coca-Cola |
You were stressed out dealin with them racists |
Which led to you beatin ass in the basement |
You were never one to avoid confrontation |
I probably get it from you |
But the same roll led to a business of your own |
Before cell phones you were runnin out the home |
You was givin me the skills that I wouldn’t understand 'till I’m grown |
Now I understand everything you were on |
Don’t understand my siblings |
And how they don’t come around |
'Specially with your illness |
I think that shit’s selfish |
Why they act like children |
You act like you don’t hurt but I know you got feelins |
I love that you’re a realist |
And never have you sugar coated anything |
You been honest with the tongue of a guillotine |
Know that everything you taught still lives in me |
And every move I make is a result of all the energy you put in |
I learned and gained from my papa (I love you forever) |
Wisdom he taught me bout self, he said |
Heaven is a state of mind, that’s why |
People be livin in Hell. |
It went |
Over my head as a youngin, 'cause it’s |
Some shit you don’t comprehend, he said |
If you forget everything that I told you |
Promise you’ll remember this, like |
Ain’t nobody gon' give you nothin |
You gotta take that shit |
Ain’t nobody finna give you nothin |
You gotta take that shit |
Take it |
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