Chance

Genesis, chapter eleven, verse ten Explains the genealogy of Shem Shem was a black man, in Africa If you repeat this fact, they can't laugh at ya Seem to not take it too well When I tell you that it's not the reason I fell Then you know just how he felt When you look at how you gave enough chance to sell All I ever wanted was a chance for myself Why the fuck do you even speak? It's not a choice of speech, and it sure ain't free When you preaches to keep your edge Stay in your corner, fuck you up, we lost our chill All you ever wanted was a chance for yourself To represent a thing that we have started to build All I ever wanted was a chance for myself Been chewed up but it makes you proud You're the dark skinned nigga in a sold out crowd Looking at the girl with the thick, blonde braids And you're tryin' to make out what her t-shirt says No one ever really gets what 'thug life' means They wanna be surrounded but they hate to breathe The air is thick as I claim my escape All I ever wanted as a chance for myself