Changes (feat. yikesyally)

See I was born to two immigrants, So at birth I had my lost innocence A target out the womb with this melanated inheritance Or maybe not exactly, at birth I was white as hell My momma thought that I was lifeless, My pops thought I would do well In this world that was free of crisis Like the country they bid farewell And with all of their sacrifices, came many stories to tell In which constructed my character, I was never embarrassed of Flaunting my real identity, which was met with the errors Of the flawed American society Neglecting the truth and the beauty Of the DNA that sits inside of me, Which done provided me This inner divide in me The european, Black and Indigenous blood has guided me To seek this higher conscious, Aware of the love around The purpose that's placed upon us, The pride in me being brown My nose and lips that are honest, The curly hair on my crown Which was sworn to fulfill the promise To rise whenever we down And we been Down, low For so damn long Impossible to fit the struggle within the length of this song It's like putting 400 years to a film that's 2 hours long, And to talk about all the shit that I dealt with Could make me strong Yet for every step they taking, It feels like I needed 10 more Every dollar I make, Is just making me need to spend more Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, in stores I never had shit so riches ain't something I gotta score So fuck it never complain bout the pain, Or refrain from speakin' on where we from Or 'bout how far we done came If Cole World is the O.G., I'm the son to the game Steady playin' for all the keeps But our hustle one in the same It's Dre Costa Swear to God ya 'gon remember the name I'll never run from any fight or look for someone to blame The day my words is weaponized, I'ma up it and take my aim This our kingdom motherfucker, forever I let it reign Don't give 'em too much you, Baby as much as shit change Life gon' pass you by and every day'll feel the same Sometimes you wanna hide, At times you take the pain Sometimes I can't tell if my brain could maintain Man I just don't know How the rest of it go That's why I get high, so I don't feel so low But I know Shit will get better I never felt better When I tell you it was normal to get picked on, Laughed at, ripped on It's sad I was equipped wrong, While accepting my fate Some of the white kids at the school Would peep my skin and treat me harsh If not for that, then it'd be claiming that my sneakers was fake Or how skinny and frail my body was, lackin' in weight Little did they know that I was starving, EBT on my plate Yet not a meal I never missed My mom and pops was workin' late, Clockin' fifty hours a week To ensure that my shit straight Put a roof over my head That clothing on my back Got a big family that love me, My general health still intact Since knee highs, This life has been, passin' me by For every laugh comes fallen tears, I couldn't cry but now I see why I'm stronger, and gettin' better with this music on my brain If K. Dot is the O.G., I'm the son to the game So now ya know just who I am, ya gon' remember the name I pray to God he make these times change, So make these times change Don't give 'em too much you, Baby as much as shit change Life gon' pass you by and every day'll feel the same Sometimes you wanna hide, At times you take the pain Sometimes I can't tell if my brain could maintain Man I just don't know How the rest of it go That's why I get high, so I don't feel so low But I know Shit will get better I never felt better