Night Blows Stoves don't work h*es at work A warrior so I wear 'em on my shirt Wish I was free as Che was I spend a day buzzed Tripping on heights wishing for Nikes in different flavors The age of Kane and Big Daddy shown by the caddies Uncles named Larry that really never grabbed me My mother gave birth but she really never had me Left to the hood to play daddy Raised by n***az named Butch Scoot or bae bae With waists so they weigh they status on the streets License plates that say they motto This is Chicago in the hay day Similar to Good Times I guess that I was Jay Jay A skinny n**a young girls with penny figures So many n***az stacked upon each other It's the black upon each other that we love so much Wonder how many of us these d**gs gonna touch Used to gang***g ain't really thug that much Rather have some thick broads then the dutch to clutch Went to school in Baton Rouge for a couple of years My college career got downed with a couple of beers Came back home now l gotta pay back loans Same n***a same block same s**t they own Only thing different quicker they click that chrome In my defense yo l had to hit that zone Man to man I'm good working with my hands My generation never understood working for the man And of being broke | ain't a fan Now I stand in the same spot as my old man My life I planned not ta be on this comer I still wanna see California But this is my world It's your world Yeah ohh~ It’s your world~ Life and death law around us Four pounds and pounds a verb from out of towner It's hard to stay grounded We stay high that's why old folks down us Lost nobody found us the force that surrounds us Ain't with us they get us on the ground and hit us We paint pictures of the chains under their names and scriptures Removed from earth only to return through birth Knew this girl selling her body wish she knew what it was worth Between God and trash looking in every car that pass With a walk that suggests head to milk n***az she was breastfed She know dairy so she say cheese to get bread In the area where it's more weaves and less dreads Kinda scary amongst thieves and base heads Said it was her toes but could tell her soul hurt She was cold turk growing up she got to know hurt Very well in a world where self hate is overt Her step father that he was ike so her mother he striked She got to like like minded n***az who liked crimes and figures Doing white lines and liquor see hard times had kicked her In the a*s it used to be thicker Life is fast some choose to be quicker I remember in high school she had a passion to sing Now she soe herseit in a cesket in dreams These are the children of crack and rap blacks done lack Self esteem yo we forgot the dream On our Jefferson's y'all but we forgot the theme In the Chi we even rooting for a garbage team This queen never seen herself on this Corner She still wanna see California But this is her world It’s your world~ I wanna be a pediatrician I wanna be a governor I want to be a artist I wanna be a veterinarian I wanna be a model I wanna be a doctor I wanna be a ballet dancer I wanna be a football player I wanna be a astronaut I wanna be a obstetrician I wanna be a doctor I wanna be a nurse I wanna be a fashion designer l want to be a gym teacher l wanna be a architect I want to be a duck I wanna be a wrestler I wanna be a dancer I wanna be the first African-American female president l wanna be a police officer I wanna be a rock star I wanna be a gymnastics teacher I wanna be a captain ofa police station I wanna be a drummer I wanna be an actress I wanna be a superstar Be be here be there be that be this Be grateful for life be grateful to life Be gleeful everyday for being the best swimmer among500000 Be nign be you be mom's mean pie be little black sambo With bad hair Be aware of what a lynch is Be be boundless energy Be a four star ghetto general be no one except l Be food for thought to the growing mind Be the author of your own horoscope Be invited be long living be forgiving be not forgetful Be a proud run only to return to fight another day Be peaceful if possible but justice in ways Be high when you low be on time but knowing to go Be cautious of the road to college Taking a detour through Vietnam or the middle east Be visual of foreclosure over your shoulder while begging A nation built on free labor for reparation Be a cartopogropher u know a map maker be able to find afro american man Search thoroughly it may be close to black man Be amended 5/5ths be amended 5/5ths human Be the owner of more land than is set aside for wild life Be Cupid to world government Be found among the truth lost tribe Be at full strength when walking through the valley Be not foolish as temporary king of the mountain top Be a brilliant soul sparkling in the galaxy while walking on earth Be loved by God as much as God loved Gandhi and Martin Luther King Be that last one of 144000 be the resident of that twelfth house Be be eternal