I don't wanna leave, but I can't just rush
I don't wanna leave, but they say I must
I don't wanna be in the box they put me in, put me in slight disgust
I don't wanna feel, but I can't just touch
I don't wanna give in to anxiousness
Plus I was raised in The Rich, where people do snitch, better check your neighbors trust
So how the fuck you live your life pretending, then try to judge me cause I don't agree with your opinion
Life is not a Twitter post, that's why I watch you n***as close
Your silly thoughts have no dominion
Fuck your swag, plus you're mad
Ppl wanna pry your life & discuss your past
I was right there when my cousin got popped
I don't care what you think, I don't want your past
But I gotta tell mom that I can't get paid while I'm stuck in class
Still I'm stuck on this destructive path
They tell us what to wear, when to speak, who to fuck, what to eat
I don't even listen to music unless it's something deep
I don't even fuck with these rappers cause they're pursuing me
We don't even sing the same tune, n***a are you in key?
The day Obama won I was perplexed, I had to suppress my inner strength with resolution
Everybody was happy to see a black man, but that's the day they sucked away our spirit of revolution
But I ain't here to criticize what some folks epitomize
What one man sees as truth the other man considers lies
What you see as a victory is a trick to me
And when it falls apart, don't expect me to sympathize
In the ghetto where the n***as serve crack
Talk shit cause they want their turf back
These haters sleepin on me, time to go take a dirt nap
And they say this is a post racial country
But Try telling that to black folks that's going hungry
Try telling that to black folks that's living comfy
They don't give a fuck about nothing but themselves
What they sell is a lifestyle impossible to reach
And provide a false hope for broke n***as in the streets
See, I don't succumb to fear
So don't expect to just throw me a couple crumbs & that makes up for 400 years
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey bleed, nothing new
If you strongly disagree, then probably the monkey is you
And all you n***as do is take shots at me, but what it proves to me is really you are not happy
I don't wanna leave, but I can't just rush
I don't wanna leave, but they say I must
I don't wanna be in the box they put me in, put me in slight disgust