[Verse 1]
I told my mother I loved her just the other week
Said I'm sorry for being weak, turn the other cheek
No villain is ever raised, as if a different breed
So as humans I shed a tear before I did the deed
Father, Father, our personas gone on forever
The grown-ups ain't show no effort, so homies don't know no better
Of course we gon' go retarded
Our fathers were tarred and feathered
As targets and all we got is the president
So who riding I'm with it?
It's hard to be positive when impoverished, I did it
Involving in politics for a profit
I'm searching for higher learning in hopes for a higher living
You open to different cultures, my opus in hieroglyphics
My n***a
Embarked on an inner search for forgiveness
My n***a
The death of a kid and birth of a cynic
My n***a
We traded our Laurens for foreign women
May the lord see our flaws, and may God be my witness
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Hook]
Ain't no brighter days for a n***a like me
The church don't pray for a n***a like me
The Lord ain't saving n***as like me
It's not likely, nah nah
Ain't no fairy tales for a n***a like me
The world doesn't label the n***a like me
Them educated n***as like me
It's unlikely