They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
Wanna fly with the birds
Swim with the fishes
Cluck with the chickens
Til we surrounded by piglets
Treat you different cause of your pigment
A little charred
I done gone far since 187 boulevard
Come around you might drown
So you better get your feet wet
I had to quit the game for a while so I could reset
I try to do my best through the stress
So could be less
I pretend
But been better as an actor as of recent
Benefits that I been reaping
Yeah you got it
You able to keep it?
They be around you for a reason
But won't be there come next season
You get some news that's decent
But what they say don't have no meaning
That's the kind of shit you gotta peep
You ain't from the Wood if you don't know me and Reek
We was booking all these shows
Try to have like 3 a week
Shit I missed sound check
Was gone go
But fell asleep
Young, bummy, and hungry
But I always had a dream
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
(What am I today?)
Another black man
Tryna be black
In a land that's holding me back
(I need shit my way)
I call the shots
And I'm working even when I'm off the clock and I
(Smoke weed all day)
Blaze my last name
Headed straight to the brain
How I'm supposed to be the same
When thats what the results say
Lettuce wrapped tight
Like I'm eating at chipotle
And I know that they gone hate
At what I do or don't say
Up the anti and the weight
On my back, but won't break
Nigga and my daddy sold crack
Uncle sold weight
One of my first memories of him
Was a court case
But that was my hero
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros
They call us negros
Now their sons' heroes negros