Motherless Child

Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile On the face of a motherless child Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile Yea yea yea When anxiety overcomes, I’m fighting over it drums Mama crying tears of joy at the sight of what I’ve become Blacks gunning over fights, whites fighting over guns But I’d rather be righteous than right when it’s said and done You’re cheating the reaper when you’re surviving through the slums Where they’re taking all the cake and sliding icing on the crumbs They’re handing you a plate and you start stuffing your face Wondering why dem belly full but to the hunger you succumb I guess that’s why I’m getting numb and I ain’t feeling their opinions When you recognize the real, it starts revealing the chameleons Used to pray over meals and now we’re praying over millions Because the appetite for that rapper life is so appealing The kingdom’s full of soldiers, No such thing as civilians So let us in the door or else we’re bringing down the building Its moments like this when I get a feeling Even if I’m not a star, I’m a star that shines brilliant Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile On the face of a motherless child Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile Yea yea yea How you deal with the pressure? How you deal with depression How you deal with the press when they’re pressing and asking questions How you deal with the stress from the object of your affection Confessing they wasn’t faithful, blame you for their indiscretion And tell you you’re a failure, and ain’t nobody checking Fuck you and your heart, they throwing darts in your direction Lesson learned though Now I’m all by myself, wondering where is love Or should I just give up you know Hell nah. Can’t quit. That ain’t how you change this Even when it’s going tough, voices screaming Don’t give up So I go harder, more focused and more smarter I flow sharper from The Birth to post-partum Pardon me if my party is probably part of the problem But I refuse to lose, I’m gonna pop bottles regardless I’m an artist so I gotta be myself, there’s nobody else for me Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile On the face of a motherless child Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile Yea yea yea It’s like jungle, sometimes it makes me wonder How I kept from going out of my mind when I was younger I knew rejection all too well and couldn’t tell if it was a phase Yet and still, the demons die when you praise But I was fresh then, fresh prince, parents didn’t understand That all of their suggestions never was my preference And I’ll admit it, I was running wild Sometimes it takes a different kind of love to raise a child So don’t give up And that’s right they never gave up, that’s why we never gave up I’m screaming Fuck the world. Now go and show them what you’re made of Creator’s in your corner don’t you ever be afraid of The enemies you used to run away from Shoot for your dreams and anybody standing in-between Is getting blasted with strays until you go out in blaze There’s one life to live and to die there’s a million ways And it’s all in his name I pray, Now let the church say Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile On the face of a motherless child Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile Yea yea yea Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile On the face of a motherless child Feeling like a motherless child, pain cuts into my soul Its beating me down, can’t find my smile Yea yea yea