Deeper Than Rap

I don't wanna make friends, I don't wanna break the ice I think about my life and I analyze The gun man was aimin' at me but he wasn't precise I look down the barrel of the gun and saw paradise They don't wanna see us win, they wanna sabotage The next time they see me in the flesh, I be camouflage Heard the man talk greazy, he's thinkin' he's hard 'Til I catch him lackin' there with your Nicki Minaj I'ma keep the next thing in my cousin's garage Jakes won't find shit if they run in my yard How you live you life when your life's a facade? How many time did I lie to my marge? I wasn't even rollin' with the entourage I'm takin' my time when I'm playin' my cards You know them niggas always gon' try to catch me off guard They think I'm talkin' to myself but I'm talkin' to God I know my skin look fresh but I come from the mud I was in a bad mood until I smoked in a bud Handle your business, don't brush it under the rug You wasted my time and I felt like I was robbed All I need is some mash and a corn on a cob I was chillin' with Chanel but I called her a cab I'm so on my job that I sleep in the lab You think I'll go without a fight But I think that you're mad I knew they was comin' so I sat and waited They try to burst through the door but it was barricaded I wasn't lost in the sauce but I was marinated We looked at the stars and then we navigated We started thinkin' as one then we elevated We never said the word, we just demonstrate it No blacks, no dogs, we were segregated They took our history then they went and erased it I'm just a roadman so why am I preachin'? God made you s*xy, so why are you bleachin'? How you send your son to school And don't know what they teach him? How you beef wit next block and you don't know the reason? Me I love myself 'cause I'm black and I'm gorgeous Why they wanna kill us for natural resources? Every move that you make, you have to be cautious I work with the powers, I work with the forces And the Almighty gets all the praise I make my salah 'cause I'm stuck in the maze I saw a sister and I lowered my gaze I had to lay low for a couple of days I'm still with the mob but I chill on my G's Be careful your drink don't get spilled on my J's The way I left your block in disarray Don't do as I do, just do as I say Spark a Dutchie, I'm in my element Provide for the family, pay the rent Tell you what I stand for, what I represent I heard what you said but I know what you meant I read between the lines when you told me things I'm from the road so you don't think I'm intelligent I had to fill up the candy with some medicine I'm made from carbon, they call it melanin The way I tell you everything, I was genuine You had a red eye, that's why you never win I won't even say a word, I just pepper him How can a man judge me, like he never sinned? Lookin' for your soul it got blown in the wind You seen this paperwork and you rollin' within I wanna fix the world, don't know where to begin They ain't see me in so long, they like, "Where have you been?" I was fresh from a war but it was internal Every day I encounter another hurdle Why they wanna take my manhood and strip search me? When I think about my life, it's been a long journey It was a snow storm but I stood firmly All the time you wasted, you gotta reimburse me I had to play dumb, just to blend in Then go to Africa for spiritual cleansing --- Deeper Than Rap - J Hus