The Blues

Whoever thought that my Ford Explorer would get me here
Go through hell as long as I keep the vision clear
I ain’t never had to keep up with the Jetsons
Bought a space ship
Nothing like your first Lexus
I ain’t seen nobody with a drive like mine
Even when the gas gone
I could never slip behind
I read all the signs
I can always feel a switch
I done seen my friends die
Same ones still live
Know they pray for my demise
So they tryna starve my kids
I’ll never let that slide
They get a 3 star dish
Well wishes to the opps
When I drop
Make them sick
You can let them bodies rot
Add a tally to the list
Gotta learn to take your pain and put a Cham in front
Gotta walk a mile so you got some energy to run
Gotta face your problems cause they not going to fit inside a blunt
Know you feeling hollow
Grab a magazine and fill it up
Mean mug
Test somebody if they putting up a front
Any altercation you going to pull out and let it dump
Another broken cycle got our people in a slump
You will never solve those issues with that hatred in your blood
Yeah

Everyday is something new
Only fear God
Tell me what I really gotta lose
Set backs coming by the two’s
I ain’t cry about it
I know it was written in the rules
Yeah
It’s never certain
This the life that many choose
But for me its do or die
And you can bet I’m not going to lose
Look in my eyes
I guarantee you feel the blues
Look in my eyes

What it’s like to be a black man
It’s me against the world
Got me backed in
So much pressure tear drops turn to VVS
But i’d be damned if I ever let them see me stressed
Everyday maneuver after every setback
Blessed to have some options
Never had to sell crack
But every man is born into a different struggle though
Still gotta figure out on how you going to crack the code
Yeah