boy you got your mama s eyes deep inside i know you hold your daddy s pride black boy gliding like you hypnotized boy you need some ackrite cause you ain t acting right mama say i m a diamond in the rough miracles are instances that show you god s love i might not be here cause i know there was a time before i was born that my father would feud with my mama all of the drama was feeding me karma i came out the womb with the world against me born without a spoon had to earn what i receive parents hate each other so they never even speak all i ever hear is how the other is a going to my grammy s cause all i want is some peace all i want is to see a picture of us three black boy meets world boy you got your mama s eyes deep inside i know you hold your daddy s pride black boy gliding like you hypnotized boy you need some ackrite cause you ain t acting right grammy the first who show bout god s love church on every sunday i go cause it s a must she taught this black boy how to be a man how to be a man of god in his image at times i don t listen i get confused cause there was a man in the choir he looked familiar i want the chance to stand beside him she wouldn t bother i need to know if it was my father she looks right at me and says that man is not your father i m looking forward to church every sunday looking for man in the choir pretending one day he would come up to me and then he d say he was my dadd ay that wasn t part of the plan that drew a line in the sand my heart was yearning i know cause i would still sit in rows put my mind through these shows finding bliss on my own avoid the truth cause it s cold it was hard to let go black boy meets world  boy you got your mama s eyes deep inside i know you hold your daddy s pride black boy gliding like you hypnotized boy you need some ackrite cause you ain t acting right mama taught me the value of hard work sacrificing dreams just for me i m not worthy i m giving her the hardest times anger in my heart cause i was on the line fighting at any sign there were many times we barely made it by sitting by her door hearing whispers of her cries wishing there was more in this world for her to thrive thinking of the ways that i could make her feel alive she would give it all for me go to sleep with hunger just so i could eat eleven years of growing it was just you and me us against the universe and then you sowed a seed a baby boy for my company i take him up under me i m showing him all these things that a young brother needs then it would dawn on me one day i was wondering all that i ve come to be from us three boy you got your mama s eyes deep inside i know you hold your daddy s pride black boy gliding like you hypnotized boy you need some ackrite cause you ain t acting right