In That Water

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Yung Phree

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You only lose
To the odds against you
When you fail to use em
As motivation to overcome
The obstacles put in your path
Keep pushing
I was thrown in that water
And was told either sink or swim
Came up out of that
Like I was just bathing
I had to face my fear
Of getting caught up with the sharks
I didn't think I'd make here
Cause when l reached surface
The mug was thick
The odds was against me
I was thrown in that water
And was told either sink or swim
Came up out of that
Like I was just bathing
I had to face my fear
Of getting caught up with the sharks
I didn't think I'd make here
Cause when l reached surface
The mug was thick
The odds was against me
I'm just trying to play
This losing hand as best I can
And beat the odds against me
Seeing sixteen was blessing
I made peace with not living long
At age twelve
Given life in the trenches
Trying to make it from rags to riches
I fell victim to my surroundings
Circumstances meant to kill me
Or land me life in prison
It's crazy how my life was written
Before my existence
Bein that I'd be born
African American
Proudly I accepted my heritage
That being the challenge
Of overcoming
Every obstacle thrown
Keeping me from
Weathering the storm
But I refuse to drown
Instead I made a forecast of my own
Where sunny days
Followed after the rain
I learned to deal with the pain
Never settled for struggle
I'm out the claim
Every thang there is to gain
Before they dip me in my grave
On my kids and for my kids
I'm using my brain
For the weapon it is
They wasn't expecting me
Learning to swim
Before they tossed me
In the deeper end
I was thrown in that water
And was told either sink or swim
Came up out of that
Like I was just bathing
I had to face my fear
Of getting caught up with the sharks
I didn't think I'd make here
Cause when l reached surface
The mug was thick
The odds was against me
I was thrown in that water
And was told either sink or swim
Came up out of that
Like I was just bathing
I had to face my fear
Of getting caught up wit the sharks
I didn't think I'd make here
Cause when l reached surface
The mug was thick
The odds was against me
Lets talk about
Whats in that water
Look at neighborhoods
In which we grow
On every corner there's a liquor store
The crime rate the highest
Blocks be flooded with drugs
Meant to influence us
To be addicts it tragic
Cops ain't patrolling shit
But profiling our people racially
They trained protect & serve
All but minorities basically
If you really paying attention
They just modernized slavery
But they ain't count it making me
I'm too strong
Ain't no breaking me
So rather than give in
To all the evils
Planted around me
I used my brain and the pain
As motive to upgrade
My surroundings
I learned to survive
And studied the law
To protect myself
From a broken system
That view me guilty before innocent
And made the cost of a legal team
Unaffordable so it aint
No beating sentences
I shook my addiction
Of looking for answers
At the bottom of that Remy bottle
I promised myself that I'd
Always think bigger
Than seventeen petty bucks a hour
Swimming up to surface
I couldn't help but notice
True colors was showing
The solid was folding
And hoping the title waves end me
It always those closest that envy
I was thrown in that water
And was told either sink or swim
Came up out of that
Like I was just bathing
I had to face my fear
Of getting caught up with the sharks
I didn't think I'd make here
Cause when l reached surface
The mug was thick
The odds was against me
I was thrown in that water
And was told either sink or swim
Came up out of that
Like I was just bathing
I had to face my fear
Of getting caught up with the sharks
I didn't think I'd make here
Cause when l reached surface
The mug was thick
The odds was against me

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