yeah i came here on a ship but i flew out on a plane trade these shackles and a whip for some status and a name and the hassle s still the same and my ticket s still in coach and my seat is near the toilet guess this shit won t ever change what s a black suppose to do sell some crack and entertain get a bachelor in some bullshit and a job below my aim i was shooting for the star they re shootin rockets at the moon reach in my pockets for my keys the cop is reachin for the tools if you can see me on the news i hope that s cuz i m on a roll tryna keep me on a leash but i ain t out here on parole yeah i m free to go freedom reign free them chains freedom fries free to try only thing promised to me is a free demise this is why my hustle strong i grew up watching huxtables my mamma grew up watching kids her mamma grew up washing clothes overcomin obstacles way before doctor martin spoke barack can t give me hope mamma gave me that fore her aqua broke yea i m not a lost cause i am a far cry but i can still call and get involved i ain t out here with no sign i m looking for one in the streets now marching to that drum but we still ridin to that beat yeah we still riding to that beat your feeling s in my soul and i can only struggle like my kinfolk did before stride it ride and oh yeah we on a roll ain t nuttin gonna stop me i ain t out i m in control oh yeah let s go  my brother saw enough blood no decision i don t three gs in my closet that s what made me cold my daddy gone by 12 started stealing my clothes i was put behind that cell and next thing you know my grandma had my bail she said son better s you go i said i ain t going no way grandma i ain t have no dope i shoulda called you so my problem s wrong for sure and something in my soul said we gotta go when i went like we got to we got we got to go the motherfucker we got the dope better be out come on we got to roll we bout to blow mon brother we al capone we got to we got to we got to go yall wanna be there come on yall wanna be there we ll be there we should hope we never ever end the day till the mothafuckin eon we don t want these people to roll then some are d i suppose yall n ggas be out the polls before the revolution got to beat out seed out weed out the ho s pull it stick it in three of them holes through dc i propose then i get you with phonetic come and take your head leave out the toes wouldn t leave me out the cause this my cause this is a call to them folks who got hopes high they heard a lot of things believe when seen with my own eyes hell yeah got drive and that s the reason i drove wild but no one s living slow so i switch the pace up one more time now im tryin to get it to the point where my kids kids can live it up so i m taking it s overrated if you wanna change you gotta give it up and yeah you love to hear the story feel it s raw for your drums beat through each lung old and young and now we overcome each one teach one buildin them bridges expanding our vision switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that s different head up fed up scared enough and isn t best believe passing on tradition and reaching soul for the seeds all out long ride the very last one to roll out that s sauerkraut pouting over losses just the wrong route me kicking that rhyme and just like that picket sign from 79 until the now the clock ticking it s time for y 