[00:31.81]Hey, I'm just a ****** until I fill my pockets
[00:35.81]And then I'm Mr. ******, they follow me while shoppin'
[00:39.71]I feel like Mickey Richards, they feel like Muddy Waters
[00:43.66]So tell me what's the difference, so tell me what's the difference?
[00:47.76]My momma was a Christian, Crip walkin' on blue-waters
[00:51.62]Was fadin' up in Davis, then walkin' back to Palmer
[00:55.53]A fro like Huey partner, Auntie Angie had them choppers
[00:59.64]So tell me what's the difference, so tell me what's the difference?
[01:03.70]I feel like "****** Versace", they rapin' ******'s pockets
[01:07.74]And we don't get acknowledged, just thank me for the profit
[01:11.70]A prophet just like Moses, if Moses look like Shaka
[01:15.66]Zulu, my .44 loaded, I'm aimin' at Nirvana
[01:19.52]My ************ look like Madonna, they starin' at katana
[01:23.38]Waiter still ain't brought the chopsticks, should have brought the chopper
[01:27.25]Uber driver in the ******pit look like Jeffrey Dahmer
[01:31.55]But he lookin' at me crazy when we pull up to the projects
[01:34.95][Hook:]
[01:35.93]See, this weight is on my shoulders, pray Jehovah lift me up
[01:39.64]And my pain is never over, pills and potions fix me up
[01:43.50]I just want to live it up, can a mother****** breathe?
[01:48.60]Life ain't always what it seems, so please just lift me up
[01:52.60]Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
[01:57.57]Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
[02:02.43]Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
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[02:07.89]We love our neighborhood, so all my brothers bang the hood
[02:11.99]I never vote for presidents, the presidents that changed the hood
[02:15.99]Is dead and green, was standin' on this mezzanine in Paris, France
[02:20.10]Feel despairs cause most my homies never finna get this chance
[02:24.05]All these white folks chanting when I asked 'em where my ******s at?
[02:28.02]Goin' crazy, got me goin' crazy, I can't get wit' that
[02:32.03]Wonder if they know, I know they won't go where we kick it at
[02:36.01]Ho, this ************t ain't Gryffindor, we really killin', kickin' doors
[02:39.90]Fight between my conscious, and the skin that's on my body
[02:43.42]Man, I need to fight the power, but I need that new Ferrari
[02:47.53]Man, I breathe in, bleed this, Poppy Street
[02:50.13]I shot them guns cause talk is cheap
[02:51.75]Bow your head and pray, okay, now walk wit' me
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[02:55.05][Hook:]
[02:55.75]See, this weight is on my shoulders, pray Jehovah lift me up
[02:59.32]And my pain is never over, pills and potions fix me up
[03:03.37]I just want to live it up, can a mother****** breathe?
[03:08.37]Life ain't always what it seems, so please just lift me up
[03:12.37]Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
[03:17.47]Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
[03:22.52]Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up