Been in a daze since the ink hit the seam now I think it's time for me to play My runnin' days read the moment of me now I won't stop until I find a way home The summer's gaze gives me a tingling ease now Anticipate a veil of shade But the shade is a gift from the tree now I won't stop until I see the change I have made Damn, it's been a while since nights we saw you Under the viaduct, if it's fire, run, run To everybody that look like us Who fam don't talk when they tired There's more than what meets your eyelids And live in the park just dyin' make you forget what you fight about Plus, what good is that flight? You ain't flyin' out your entire house From Camry cars to the fancy All without any dark kids in the train car Hustlin' candy bars to play basketball I still get nostalgic seein' houses that my family lost They wished upon a star, I caught it like I'm Randy Moss When granny fought for her property, she would turn down any cost I'm the grandson of Carl who lived across from the fosters Then fostered me to spread love through holiday poverty Hand-me-downs I was given, I thought they were bought for me A tale of two Chicagos, this gets confused commonly 'Cause one, you're commemorated if you're the hot commodity I tried that invincible shit, but the principle is When there's niggas defendin' your wig, then it's a pendulum shift I tried to spend a lil' less like a minimalist But then I can confess that this gets harder the bigger you get