[00:06.580]So I'm saying What up what up
[00:08.650]Nigga you made it
[00:09.880]So I'm saying What up what up
[00:12.380]Nigga you made it
[00:13.690]So I'm saying What up what up
[00:15.200]Nigga you made it
[00:16.320]So I'm saying What up what up
[00:17.750]Nigga I hate it
[00:19.310]So I'm saying What up what up
[00:20.750]Nigga I hate it
[00:22.050]Frustrated and I'm riding
[00:23.050]down the back streets
[00:24.000]Making my conscious ask me
[00:25.370]Would I survive to make
[00:26.800]it up out this hole in time
[00:28.860]Black boy fly
[00:30.350]Black boy fly
[00:31.500]Black-black boy fly
[00:33.310]Black boy fly
[00:35.680]
[00:41.490]I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo
[00:43.480]I used to be jealous of Aaron Afflalo
[00:46.720]He was the one to follow
[00:48.220]He was the only leader
[00:49.410]foreseeing brighter tomorrows
[00:50.210]He would live in the gym
[00:52.400]We was living in sorrow
[00:53.960]Total envy of him
[00:55.210]He made a dream become a reality
[00:57.830]Actually making it possible to swim
[01:00.140]His way out of Compton with
[01:01.570]further more to accomplish
[01:02.880]Graduate with honors
[01:03.830]a sponsor of basketball scholars
[01:05.640]It's 2004 and I'm watching him
[01:07.570]score 30
[01:08.440]Remember vividly how them
[01:10.190]victory points had hurt me
[01:12.060]Cause every basket was
[01:13.240]a reaction or a reminder
[01:14.810]That we was just moving backwards
[01:16.360]The bungalow where you find us
[01:17.930]The art of us ditching classes
[01:19.600]heading nowhere fast
[01:20.730]Stick my head inside the study hall
[01:22.660]he focused on math
[01:23.910]Determination ambition
[01:24.540]plus dedication and wisdom
[01:26.410]Qualities he was given
[01:28.160]was the shit we didn't have
[01:29.840]Dug inside of his book bag and
[01:31.590]Coach Palmer asked for his finals
[01:33.400]He had his back like a spinal meanwhile
[01:35.640]We singing the same
[01:36.580]old song spinning the vinyl
[01:37.770]11 graders gone wrong
[01:39.450]He focused on the NBA we
[01:40.890]focused on some Patron
[01:41.880]Now watch that black boy fly
[01:43.880]Black boy fly
[01:45.060]Watch that black boy fly
[01:46.820]Black boy fly
[01:47.630]Watch that black boy fly
[01:49.750]Black boy fly
[01:50.560]Watch that black boy fly
[01:52.740]Black boy
[01:53.620]I used to jealous of Jayceon
[01:55.120]I used to jealous of Jayceon
[01:58.600]Taylor when I was young
[01:59.990]Taylor made a career out
[02:01.360]of music from writing songs
[02:02.920]A Buick had driven past bumping
[02:04.410]him when I mowed the lawn
[02:06.100]Money laundering hustling
[02:07.100]homies pondering up against
[02:08.470]Schemes to make a million
[02:09.900]even if doing you harm
[02:11.390]War's the case and just in
[02:13.960]case you wasn't alarmed
[02:15.140]The city had fought with firearms
[02:16.710]and many had died before dawn
[02:18.140]Its 2004 and I'm hearing the people roar
[02:21.200]For the name of The Game
[02:22.880]they line in front of the store
[02:24.630]Swap meets selling our mixtapes
[02:25.880]I'm like oh shit wait
[02:27.190]Don't wanna be another nigga
[02:28.560]stuck regretting mistakes
[02:30.370]Mixed feelings was my opinion
[02:31.810]I was defending my insecurities
[02:33.610]Chillin my conscience next to a villain
[02:35.730]Compton made you
[02:37.730]believe success wasn't real
[02:38.920]Be honest none of us knew of a record deal
[02:41.980]So as I peel through these lottery tickets
[02:43.970]I see a Harley Davidson truck
[02:45.850]visit the same plaza we shopped
[02:47.710]A tall nigga hopped out with
[02:49.340]Jordans and a white tank top
[02:50.910]He was top of the rap game
[02:52.660]we was the top of the block
[02:54.280]So watch that black boy fly
[02:56.030]Black boy fly
[02:56.980]Watch that black boy fly
[02:58.770]Black boy fly
[02:59.530]Watch that black boy fly
[03:01.780]Black boy fly
[03:02.520]Watch that black boy fly
[03:03.780]
[03:04.660]Black boy
[03:05.650]My mama didn't raise me
[03:06.840]up to be jealous-hearted
[03:07.970]Like most of the winners call it
[03:09.580]Regardless of where you stay
[03:10.830]hold your head and continue marching
[03:12.270]That's what she said but in my
[03:14.020]head I wanted to be like Jordan
[03:15.770]A Boy touring the country with
[03:17.140]money from mic recording
[03:18.450]The only way out the ghetto
[03:19.950]you know the stereotype
[03:21.510]Shooting hoops or live on
[03:22.940]the stereo like top 40
[03:24.190]And shortly I got discouraged
[03:26.060]Like every time I walked to
[03:27.560]the corner had them guns bursting
[03:29.060]Nigga I was rehearsing
[03:30.250]in repetition the phrase
[03:31.990]Only one in a million
[03:33.500]will ever see better days
[03:34.990]Especially when the crime
[03:36.360]waves was bigger than tsunamis
[03:38.550]Break your boogie boards to
[03:39.980]pieces you just a typical homy
[03:41.480]All these niggas facetious and
[03:42.850]they all standing beside me
[03:44.220]They all will buy me a chopper
[03:46.280]if any one of you try me
[03:48.530]What am I to do when every
[03:50.640]neighborhood is an obstacle
[03:52.520]When 2 niggas making it out
[03:53.770]had never sounded logical
[03:54.510]3 niggas making it out
[03:56.020]that's mission impossible
[03:57.070]So I never believed the type
[03:58.570]of performance that I could do
[04:00.450]I wasn't jealous cuz
[04:01.500]of the talents they got
[04:02.940]I was terrified they'll
[04:04.250]be the last black boys to fly
[04:06.820]Out of Compton
[04:08.390]
[04:09.330]Thank God