| [00:00.300] | (Poppa Wu) I'm a manchild born in the promised land |
| [00:02.523] | Captain of my destiny, guidin my faith through the turbulence of life |
| [00:06.698] | See, in order to be who you are, you've got to know who you are |
| [00:10.341] | In order to get to where you want to go |
| [00:11.678] | You've got to know from where you came |
| [00:13.928] | Say, it was Malcolm X who said |
| [00:15.791] | "A man who doesn't have nothing to stand up for |
| [00:17.954] | Will fall for any god damn thing!" |
| [00:18.811] | (Shyheim) Damn, Woke up again... |
| [00:20.986] | Down my face drop tears, it's like nobody cares |
| [00:23.829] | I swear, life ain't fair, sometimes I wanna disappear |
| [00:26.812] | Only Blahzay Blah', I got mad gray hairs, I'm a young old man |
| [00:30.556] | What part of "Shit Iz Real" don't you understand? |
| [00:32.771] | Twin got murdered, caught one to the temple |
| [00:35.142] | You ain't been what I been through, Can It Be All So Simple? |
| [00:37.610] | I got bad nerves, it's absurd, I'm disturbed |
| [00:40.892] | So, I suggest you watch the words that you blurb |
| [00:43.258] | Out your mouth, or it'll be a shoot out |
| [00:45.813] | I leave you stretched out, I'm thugged, inside and out |
| [00:48.752] | And it ain't by choice |
| [00:50.430] | I'm screaming out loud for love (AHHHH!) |
| [00:53.278] | Do anybody hear my voice? |
| [00:54.596] | Pardon the noise, I'm just a black ghetto boy |
| [00:57.204] | Went through the rain and pain, where's the sunshine and joy? |
| [00:59.896] | I can't seem to find it, trapped in the black cloud |
| [01:02.648] | Watching my life go down, to hide the suffering, I smile |
| [01:06.354] | (Tekitha)Running these streets can be so |
| [01:08.770] | Trying these trying times |
| [01:11.857] | Manchild in the promised land |
| [01:14.536] | Who of you will understand? |
| [01:17.233] | Running these streets can be so |
| [01:20.206] | Trying these trying times |
| [01:22.895] | Manchild in the promised land, hey-ay... |
| [01:27.898] | (Shyheim)My aunt died from AIDS, I watched her deteriorate |
| [01:30.856] | She told me fucking wit drugs, was her biggest mistake |
| [01:33.628] | Put my moms on to it, sticking needles in her veins |
| [01:36.263] | Being sons of addicts, yo, me and Cane the same |
| [01:39.228] | We packed bags at Pathmark, we both humped Tamika |
| [01:42.018] | We used to go to the pool, just to steal kid's sneakers |
| [01:44.769] | Rocked cut-off beepers, wore old clothes for Easter |
| [01:47.660] | Shit was so real, we had to split a slice of pizza |
| [01:50.313] | I was born at six months, damn, premature |
| [01:53.253] | My moms birthed a thug like, Afeni Shakur |
| [01:55.866] | I'm surprised I ain't crazy, from the bug shit I saw |
| [01:58.965] | I caught my mother buying crack on the first floor, before |
| [02:01.856] | I never thought I'd be in a cell, smoking the Newport |
| [02:04.535] | With all sorts of thoughts, running through my mind |
| [02:07.570] | Know I ain't leaving, caught, D.A. talkin jail time |
| [02:10.055] | I glanced at my mom's eyes, she looking like she wanna cry |
| [02:13.206] | (Tekitha) Running these streets can be so |
| [02:16.007] | Trying these trying times |
| [02:18.889] | Manchild in the promised land |
| [02:21.499] | Who of you will understand? |
| [02:24.261] | Running these streets can be so |
| [02:27.301] | Trying these trying times |
| [02:29.965] | Manchild in the promised land, hey-ay... |
| [02:35.256] | (Shyheim)They say I'm an accident waiting to happen, G |
| [02:37.968] | Miss Ann from the first floor said she gon' pray for me |
| [02:40.821] | She had a bad dream, that they, murdered me |
| [02:43.500] | I said, "Miss, truthfully, I don't believe in dreams" |
| [02:46.256] | Hope is miles away, from where I stay |
| [02:48.984] | Who knows the way? Pssshhh... shit, I'd pay |
| [02:51.800] | For the directions? My whole family's in correction |
| [02:54.607] | Fake friends half-stepping, I'm stressing, answer question |
| [02:57.557] | Can I trust you? Uh-huh, then I love you |
| [03:00.309] | Yea, if not, straight up and down, fuck you |
| [03:02.953] | Bottom line, real people do real things |
| [03:07.033] | Play your position... (running these streets can be so...) |
| [03:08.469] | You see, its like this |
| [03:10.418] | You've got to plan your work and work your plan |
| [03:13.216] | Cause seeing who fails the plan, plans the fail |
| [03:16.148] | Execute your strategy and seize your goal |
| [03:19.321] | Cause see, persistence overcomes, resistance, peace |
| [03:23.298] | Trying these trying times |
| [03:25.790] | Manchild in the promised land, hey-ay... |
| [03:31.702] | Running these streets can be so |
| [03:34.410] | Trying these trying times |
| [03:37.330] | Manchild in the promised land |
| [03:40.268] | Who of you will understand? |
| [03:42.598] | (fades...) |
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