Deeper Than Rap

I don't wanna make friends, I don't wanna break the ice

I think about my life and I analyze

The gunman was aiming at me, but he weren't precise

I looked down the barrel of the gun and saw paradise

Don't wanna see us win, they wanna sabotage

The next time they see me in the flesh, I'll be camouflage

Heard a man talk greaze and he's thinking he's hard

Till I catch you lacking there with your Nicki Minaj

I'ma keep the next ting in my cousin's garage

Jakes won't find shit if they run in my yard

How you live your life when your life's a façade?

How many times did I lie to my marge?

I wasn't even rolling with the entourage

I'm taking my time when I'm playing my cards

You know them **** always gonna try catch me off-guard

They think I'm talking to myself, but I'm talking to God

I know my skin looks fresh, but I come from the mud

I was in a bad mood until I smoked on a bud

Handle your business, don't brush it under the rug

You wasted my time and I felt like I was robbed

All I need is some mash and a corn on the cob

I was chilling with Chanel but I called her a cab

I'm so on my job that I sleep in the lab

You think that I go without a fight but I think that you're mad

I knew they was coming so I sat and waited

They tried burst through the door but it was barricaded

I wasn't lost in the sauce but I was marinated

We looked at the stars and then we navigated

We started thinking as one, then we elevated

We never said a word, we just demonstrated

No blacks, no dogs, we were segregated

They took our history, then they went and erased it

I'm just a roadman, so why am I preaching?

God made you sexy, so why are you bleaching?

How you send your son to school and don't know what they teach him?

How you beefing next block and you don't know the reason?

Me, I love myself cah I'm black and I'm gorgeous

Why they wanna kill us for natural resources?

Every move that you make, you have to be cautious

I work with the powers, I work with the forces

And the Almighty gets all the praise

I make my salah cah I'm stuck in a maze

I saw a sister and I lowered my gaze

I had to lay low for a couple of days

I'm still with the mob, but I chill on my J's

Be careful your drink don't get spilled on my J's

The way I left your block in disarray

Don't do as I do, just do as I say

Spark a dutchie, I'm in my element

Provide for the family and pay the rent

Tell you what I stand for, what I represent

I heard what you said but I know what you meant

I read between the lines when you tell me things

I'm from the road so you don't think I'm intelligent

I had to fill up the candy with some medicine

I'm made from carbon, they call it melanin

The way I tell you everything, I was genuine

You had a red eye, that's why you never win

I won't even say a word, I just pepper him

How can a man judge me like he never sin?

Looking for your soul, it got blown in the wind

You seen his paperwork and you're rolling with him

I wanna fix the world, don't know where to begin

They ain't seen me in so long, they're like "Where have you been?"

I was fresh from a war, but it was internal

Every day I encounter another hurdle

Why they wanna take my manhood and strip-search me?

When I think about my life, it's been a long journey

It was a snowstorm but I stood firmly

All the time you wasted, you gotta reimburse me

I had to play dumb just to blend in

Then go to Africa for spiritual cleansing