I Would Rather Have Been

I'm 23 Years Old. I Might Just Be My Mother's Child, But In All Reality, I'm Everybody's Child. Nobody Raised Me; I Was Raised In This Society.

It's Like If You Plant Something In The Concrete And If It Grow And The Rose Petal Got All Kinds Of Scratches And Marks, You Ain't Gonna Say, 'damn, Look At All The Scratches And Marks On The Rose That Grew From The Concrete.' You're Gonna Be Like, 'damn, A Rose Grew From The Concrete?'

I'm Not Really A Religious Person. But I Believe That God Wants Me To Do Something And It Has To Do With Thug Life.

In Usa, A Black Man Only Have Like Five Years We Can Exhibit Maximum Strength, And That's Right Now While You A Teenager, While You Still Strong, While You Still Wanna Lift Weights, While You Still Wanna Shoot Back. 'cause Once You Turn 30, It's Like They Take The Heart And Soul Out Of A Man, Out Of A Black Man, In This Country. And You Don't Wanna Fight No More.

I Guess Cause I'm Black Boy, I'm Supposed To Say 'peace', Sing Songs, And Get Capped On.