Color of Skin
King Marino
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I'm tryna find me a reason to smile bcuz I haven't smiled in a while Provide for my wife and my child May my money be long like the Nile And if not I won't live in denial I'll just live on my means and afford what I can There ain't no kind of shame I'm already the man Made up a plan rap as I can Keep the money in pocket They word in my hands I'm addicted to bands And I've been since a kid Let me tell you bout some of the shit that I did I used to think skin didn't matter Until I struck out like an unlucky batter Was shooting my shot I was in the 10th grade Bout to holla at shawty beginning of day Worked up my courage pursuing my moves Then walked up on her not tryna be rude And I was like at night I be thinking of you I see you and I think that you cute When I sit in my seat girl you all that I see I want you and my future come kick it with me I wrote her a letter and took it myself And the shit that she said it thru me to the left As I looked in her eye I won't tell you no lie She say I ain't her type and I need to know why I'm thinking my breath was on stank But it ain't cuz back then I wasn't blowing no dank Do you know what it was It was color of skin She said yeah she like chocolate but not in her men Imagine the state i was in as rejection crept in That I can't even f*ck and it don't make no sense I looked at myself and examined my skin Never had them before, insecurities in Now they in my head and they spiraling And they ringing loud like a siren Now, I know a sis is banging white men And I'm nothing like white man To many battles we be fighting So you gotta right it keep the tribe United I'm just staying down doing my best It don't really matter how you slice it If you wanna know how this black man feel I'm tired of slaving and dying in the field If you wanna know how this black man feels I'm tired of working and dying in the fields I'm tired of working to hard for the check Feels like freedoms to hard to get I'm too tired of fighting my Queen Nigga don't act you don't know what I mean Tired of all these dang on bills that's due Stay on my grind don't know bout you Try to kill us everyday but we come right back All a nigga know is ride out in all black I hate it's a fight when I come in the house Cuz I gotta fight when I walk outta the house I hate that I gotta work so hard to get Things that some people easily get But I live myself so much I been all that I've had to keep picking me up Knowing that I'm better than opponents Always first to level up I was getting B's I submitted A's College it was hard to make the grade East bound train riding thru the pain Tryna get degree I was in the rain Hard to see my dreams in the window pane The general knowledge curve different With some kids from private school When you barely know the difference in Between college and wide rule Life with no rules I came from staying alive Watching my brother he'd watch me Cuz we was part of the same tribe But it's complicated still loving and ignorant neighbor As if you know everything and you won't need no favors My perspective is scrambled Still on myself I gamble To discover who I am and come across like a channel Guess I'm just conjuring words To try and see how I feel From all this chasing dreams And discussing what's real I try my best to stay informed and Walk that delicate line Of observing just for knowledge And consumption of the mind I just wish them jobs woulda called When I used to apply My credit stopping me from earning That day left a tear in my eye I was looking for love Love I couldn't afford Chip on my shoulder extra weight pressure From carrying more Born of a race to a society With rules from a man Never loved I couldn't afford Chip on my shoulder Extra weight Pressure From carrying more Born of a race to a society With rules from a man Never free I believe It was because of the color Of my skin Debrief And then relearn it And then tell you how you feel That's what I got
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