yeah i got some shit i gotta say check since sixteen i had big dreams i used to keep em hidden by nineteen shit i seen the truth up in the system a lot of cats i hoop with end up shooting something different or just missing the ambition but the proof is in the privilege there s kids i met in college only down there boozing sniffing popping new prescriptions choosing women to abuse until it s been four years maybe five so tell me why they still on corners stop and frisking but the frat house stay unlisted shit you and i both know the reason it s black it s white but still the power about where the green is for real and i done known a lot of dealers and known a lot of interns the main difference hustlers get paid in the end term so only passion really impress me gangsters and scholars respect me so you really don t stress me they get defensive when i spit but no one really could check me they send me traps but i move past them no one really compress me and i know a lot of peers that try to act like rappers but they still ain t got the heart to say that black lives matter see they came for the slang and they stayed for the drugs me i came for the knowledge and i stayed for the love millions of poor kids and we teaching them the wrong way think i give a fuck if hov cheated on beyonc children starving cops killing people for nothing but you think that i should worry bout who rihanna be fucking that s no slight to em but to the bullshit i throw adblock pops taught me bout this shit back when we would slap box cause while they show you the left they hit you with the right that s why i keep a wide perspective so that everything s in sight was times i let the bleakness pervade everything in life but now i m thinking bout getting better every single night take the darkest of the thoughts and i try to give em light and they tried to give me pills i just told em give a mic okay guys now i just came from the park and this kid teasing me because i have filas on now mind you i am not a material person i just wear filas because you know i like the colour and i think they re cool they might not be what s popular today but you know that s what i like so you know i told the kid it s not about what i have on my feet it s about what i have inside my head no matter what i m wearing no matter what i have on it s about my information the knowledgeable things in life these sneakers are not even going to fit you in 20 years from now 