Yeah

At times you gotta sit back and realize it's not what you go through, it's what you get

Through

Word

Some of us got scars that you'll never see

Cherish them shits learn from it

Yeah

We was raised in a trap

And it's not because our skin color black

But it's how we living

Give me one second and let me tell you some facts

We can start with the system of schools

An education and knowledge is needed see that I cant refuse

But what needs to be built in order for us to survive and prosper

When you think about it a little deeper, they ain't really hand us no tools

Unnecessary information stuck that we'll never use

Two roads diverged somewhere they merge

But still gotta pick one and choose

That's why a lot of people resort to grass and bricks, so they can build a house

Protect themselves with fire keeping sticks

That's how bad vibes could melt

But when you think outside the box, they retain you in these cages

To put fear up in your heart

And stopped from reaching higher stages

All of this would coming phases

That man fought to get his degree, congratulations

That man beat a case and came home, watch the hood praise him

House **** mixed with field **** mentally, still slaving

History repeating like a roatated good song on station

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

We wasn't given a golden spoon

We was taught bad habits from birth

Yet we the chosen ones, right out the womb

A gift and a curse

Can you really imagine if we was to come together as one

Come to unity through communities, raise our daughters and sons

Injustices should not be justified, but somehow it is

Looking over my shoulder, every block I walk is no way to live

And we destroy each other too

But for that, it's like fuck it comparison

Crabs in a bucket, but crabs shouldn't be in no buckets

Put one another down, put each other down in the dirt

Smoke to cope and drink the think

That's how a brother deal with the hurt

That's what we seen on these boulevards and avenues we grew up on

What don't kill us makes us unhealthy or even make us strong

PTSD filling the atmosphere, you could feel it

The only way that we've been surviving is cause of spirit

Cops kill us and we go and march and protest by the precinct

We kill each other

Blocks get spinned the cycle repeating

Hear the tune

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe playing

Riding to the beat of my own drum the universe