Po' Folks (feat. Anthony Hamilton) [New Version]

Ow

Ow

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Boys gon' be okay

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay

Came in the game, plain ya see

Average man when the rest was ashamed to be

Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me

So rough it was downright wrong, I tell ya

Nobody never gave us nothing

The tough time, it made us something

Different stretch of road, new something to see

Every state on the map, a different something to eat

Daps and handshakes, it meant nothing for real

Everybody makin' a killin', man, showin' no feelings

Walking off, collect the pay, it's the way of the world

Can't change it so I guess I'm gon' pray for the world

Sometimes I ask myself, "Was I made for the world?"

I scream this to you and I say it to the world

Nappy then, nappy now, nappy for a bit

Knee-deep, head over heels in this country

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Boys gon' be okay

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay

Even though I picture better days

I'm thankful for the chance I got to say Amen

The Lord done blessed me with His grace

I wish this day would never end

We represent the slum

Where we from, we feel they bump

Fallin' short off on these presidents

And hard times, they go and come

Some take a fall without the chance to make it at all

Who woulda thought Skinny'd be the one that's makin' this call?

Lord, help me out

Tell me where I went wrong

I'm trying to find a righteous path

Although it's narrow and long

I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, "Daddy, be strong

We gonna make it through these hard times

Even though they go and they come"

You're absolutely right

But something happened to me on last Tuesday night

It's plain as day, man, they

With this World Trade, no

Brave ain't the word I'm lookin' for

Ya better make it hope when nothin' seems to matter

That's when, see, everything can go any which way

Look at me, folk see the Henny with the J

Front porch chillin', bro, country folk

Man, I'm nappy with my ways, yo

All my life been po'

I've been po

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Boys gon' be okay

We gonna be okay, yeah

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay

It's a blessin' we woke up this morning

All my colored folk stressin', come, let's join hands

Got to cope with the pressures of being po', man

Papa taught me in order to survive, fear no man

Nappy blossom from the root, henceforth we gon' stand

Prophet grew from a juvenile to a grown man

Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own, man (Yourself)

Zonin', two blunts a mornin' by sunrise sometimes

I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again

Damn, I hope you play this song again

It's soul cleansin', the melody just rare, man

Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my ligaments

Searchin' for Benjamins, all my folks locked in the tenements

And it don't make any sense, children and sentencin' (What?)

Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why I'm writin' these sentences

Just to lower my income, why? Go 'head, finish this

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Act this way, yeah

Nappy Boys gon' be okay

All my life been po'

But it really don't matter no mo'

And they wonder why we act this way

Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay

Okay, okay, oh