[Intro] [Verse 1] Bastard kid immaculate With the facts I spit I packaged it Captioned it with the coolest deep maneuvers To enact the test mastered it Passed it out its tantamount To classics now My pedigrees ahead of me Young graduate with caps gowns I utilize my English In pursuit of my relinquished soul They took it from my ancestors And stole it from my spirits glow Now Im out to take it back I know yall all relate to that I aint simply fussing bruh Im only stating basic facts Style lax wild cats With stacks that stretch a mile back Smile glad riled rants My maps gon make a proud man Now I stand to be a shining example Of all I can be cause I focused on the good And made the most of all the bad things Sadly the modern day boarding school Produced a strong dad Cause the Foster care system Ensured I didnt take the same path Sometimes tough situations Translate to good things We say that were the voiceless But Ill ensure the hood sings [Verse 2] The reservation and the city Express of our dispossession I aint truly proud of either But its south side until the heavens Just below the cities ether No matter what your locale From midwest reservations To inner cities in So Cal the no pal We wont help ya no way no how Mindset of oppressors is prevalent It wont slow now so what i gotta do Is take what they give me and multiply To alter my position envision a place With duller skies the bullet buys Supplied with Government rations My people mastered the art Of making Survival food happen They took a tub of lard a bag of flour Sprinkled in some red power What ya got is fry bread The Modern food we all devour And its sorrow, spud on a stick Epidemic It can make us diabetic But it still gets us connected It makes the family kinetic as one We gon still taste it with Buds It makes up for lack of nutrition By building relationships up Sure youre right our new traditions Are far from flawless propositions But Im a keep with new tradition And use it to further my position Flip this english into dollars Reach the pockets of white scholars Rocking shows inside the college Food for thought is polished knowledge Brought it with for college kids Impressed by it like college chicks Bodies thick, want the stick I gives a ish if you liken this to Vicodin Just a drug, just a thug please learn to love I judge myself to hush em up Cause Im the one who bears the brunt Man what yall want? Ive learned to trudge lightly When judging others standing Cause my past wouldve got me banished By traditional justice standards How do I manage? I dont know All I know is that man can grow Some mistakes I might take to the grave But now I behave and thats the glow For those who dont deserve to learn Deserve chances to earn their word If they ruin em let em burn Maybe, if they lack concern But until that lines clearly crossed I cant be one to crucify How could I when Ive deeply hurt So many lives without losing mine To anyone Ive done wrong Whos listening to this track I sincerely apologize I wish that I could take it back but I cant I feel guilt I feel remorse I feel that And I hope you find the slightest peace In hearing Im a changed man Cause I am, yes I am A product of my environment A victim of the system From birth to retirement Please, please just listen I promise Ive inquired it Its been written in my system From birth to enlightenment I didnt come into the world a bad man I came in a bright aura like all babies do But I was birthed in a earth Resembling a trash can And I learned all the horror Like all babies do So when I say Im a victim of the system Im not trying to detract blame But if youre still here and youre still listening That is not how I came It was learned and its been owned It was burned and now Im home And Im thankful to have been able To learn from my mistakes and change Rather than being shot or locked and chained Only to be further displaced If I could Id apologize to your face But I dont know if I can so this is the least I could do
system, reservation, college, learned, tradition