EVERY TRUTH IS A DARE

My first memory when a teacher said I couldn't be

I was 6 years old with the missing teeth

In a chair swinging feet

Future looking memphis bleek

Eye glistening Pretend I wasn't Listening

parent teacher conferences

messing w/ my confidence

Trauma Weighed on me heavy as a continent damn

momma called her job and quit

Home school'ed got it out the swamp with it

Dancing w/ the consonants

Taught me to read

taught me to breathe

Sacrifice I never could see

Momma was a virgo too

When they put me down I saw it it hurt her too

I have no idea where you patience

In my spirits basement

I think about it as the days went

Fast forward El Camino

I dropped out

Couldn't see a class that reflected me opt out

Words was a sweaters World colder than Moscow

Wheres opportunity? I guess that he Knocked out

High school in Compton

Life was Lifing

Jobs was jobbing

I needed the time

Low on options

I needed the time outside out the grind

I needed the time to really unlearn

I needed the time to stick to my word

I needed the time to just search

I needed to trust

I knew who I was

I knew that they lied

I needed the time

Tired of crumbs

I needed the time

To know where I'm from

I needed the time

To sit with my patience

I needed the time

Nothing was wasted

I needed the time

I needed the time

Tried writing it as clear as I could be

(but) Some details are really just for me

UCI opened up a whole another chapter

Living off the FASFA

Getting into nuance reading Henry Dumas

Became an art dula stretching my beliefs

I was still school ya they was asking me 2 teach

CalArts Stanford destiny in reach

Passion aggressive

Now a professor

All 4 reason nothing separate

THE TRUTH IS A DARE

I DARE YOU TO TELL IT

I been so many ppl for so many ppl

But I did this for me tho

But Did this for myself made my lineage proud

When you sing me make sure you screaming it loud