High Rises

Little black girl from the South

Little black girl run her mouth

Little black girl don't know where to go

'Cause she like to clown and the teachers stay kickin' her out

Insecure, but she won't say it out loud

All she wan' do is make her mama proud

She wanna be like them other girls, they in another world

She just can't figure them out

Round face, thick thighs

Full waist, bright eyes

The wonders if they'll judge her for her size, she

She doesn't compromise

She's seen this world before, this child is wise, never busy

But her mind is occupied, she used to dream of high rises

But life is full of surpises

Talent comes in second place to perfect timin'

Used to swear that I was ready, but back then I wasn't rhymin'

Funny, hunger came from stayin' in my dorm and eatin' ramen

College had me stressin'

College had me stressin'

So Father grant me blessings

Path I'm on is lonely so

Right now just help me feel your presence

Gimme royal bars with the humility of mortal peasants

Pray that every L just stand for lesson

Call me Lauryn as I stand on this hill

I begin to survey the field

I wondered, just how far I'd get without a deal

'Cause anything I say is real and any line I spit is facts

And any dream I have is valid, so I'm never goin' back, shit

Listen to that voice inside

That is where the choice resides

You write the future, you know where it lies

I preceed judgment as anger's disguise

Taking a risk will always yield a prize

People will tell us to follow our heart and

Then look at us crazy when we live our lives

My mom, this one's for dad

All of the supporters that I ever had

This for the principal at my high school

Who said I would be nothin', well look where I'm at

Won't stop till I ain't got to look at the tag

Till we go out to eat and I pick up the tab

Took a leap on my dream now it's all I can see

I'm enjoyin' the scene and I'm not lookin' back, shit

High rises

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, I know it sounds fucking cool

Like, if someone...