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1. |
Grade 8
02:09
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I'm not inspired by this place
Makes me wanna run away
I feel like they don't speak my language
And keep me locked in a cage
Not being taken care of Just critiqued all day
I gotta get outside But the streets ain't safe
Sometimes it hurts inside But music got me saved
Takes away the pain Takes away the pain
Me and mama been moving around
And I'ma gonna prove myself now
I need to find a way out
This is my first day of grade 8 now
Can someone explain how
I just woke up face down on the ground
On a gray towel at some guy's place who tried to make out & rape my mom
Last night as I was passed out
Anyway, it's almost 8, wow
Hope I got some change now
So I can get some eggs out
Cause you can't eat the food at someone else's house
Fuck it, I threw on my Walkman
And I started walking and nodding
And bobbing my head along to 50 cent
He was poppin
Back when he dropped
Get Rich or Die Tryin
I felt so gangster but I was still just 4'11 and fat
Not much going right for a little Evan in fact
Best friend just got taken away for a criminal act
Mom got evicted and we ain't had
No place to go, and plus my dad
Got remarried to this new bitch
Who don't fuck with me and I don't fuck with that
So I'll be the man of the house without the house
I need to get my mom up off that couch
The bell just went off
Let me go and sit down and see what fuckin' high school's about
Do you know where room 101 is
This sucks
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2. |
Survival
03:34
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If something has your attention and you feel that there is danger, then we would not proceed
The possibility of it manifesting in a further way is greater when you're worried about it than if you're not
You go somewhere even though you were told that it wasn't A good idea
You'll be lucky if you make it out of this ALIVE
Better hold it back whenever you wanna cry
Gotta find something that can change your life
You gotta survive through this part
This part, this part
You'll be lucky if you make it out of this alive
Most don't cause they can't find their light
I hold back anytime I wanna cry
Cause I can't right now, I gotta survive
I gotta survive
Y'all don't know about this part
I gotta survive
Yeah, things got so hard
I gotta survive
Y'all don't wanna know about this part
Gotta survive
Save my life, Ya things got so hard
Too many times I've been on the ledge. Figured it would be easy if I was dead
Felt one foot tall when I was four foot ten. Preteen, getting jumped by a group of men
You're the tip of the chip, this is nacho (not your) ends
Got a knife in my bag and it's not pretend
No matter what happens, I'll tell you one thing
I'm not fucking getting jumped again
Fuck you then, I'll leave this school
You don't even do what you're supposed to do
Second floor bathroom, hella cruel
Evans a faggot, they left it too
You're curious why I'm throwing lefts at you
That's why the bullied kids grab the tool
Come back and teach all of you
What the fuck a motherfucker like me can do
But I was nothing, a squeak, a puke
Got beat up by like six or eight dudes
Hard to keep up when your home keeps moving
Momma's out lots, I'm not sure what she's doing
What the fuck's up? I don't think it's improving
What the fuck's this? I just found this music
That makes me feel invincible when I use it
This is the juice that I needed to fuel this
How come this feels like I'm indestructible
All of a sudden? ohh
This is the shield I needed protection
So I'm gonna use it
And you've activated that vibration enough
That you have a vibration going
That is contrary to what you really want
Because in either case
You've got resistance in your vibration
And you are not even close to living
What you came to live
You'll be lucky if you make it out of this alive
Better hold it back whenever you wanna cry
Most don't cause they can't find their light
I hold back every time I wanna cry
Cause I can't right now, I gotta survive
I gotta survive
Y'all don't know about this part
I gotta survive
Yeah, things got so hard
Gotta survive
Y'all don't wanna know about this part
Gotta survive
Y'all don't know about this part
Gotta survive
It's the most interesting thing that humans do to each other
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3. |
Danger
03:35
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You in danger and you know it dawg
You in danger when you know you are
Yeah you thought that you was hard but now you gotta do it
And someone's coming for you if you just did it
I don't wanna do it dawg, I don't like it, I don't want the feel of it
But I just had to hold this up, the facade of it
And inside of it, it's harder than it seems
When it makes it in your dreams and it changes how you see
Motherfuckers out here with machetes dawg
That's right, machetes dawg
I act like I'm ready dawg but I ain't ready y'all
Nah man, I don't want that life, know what it's about
Blood knuckle nightmares every night
Man with the black hat always in sight
Shivers are chillin' like they came on ice
I don't really wanna take that life
I just hit em with a fuckin' right
Ran away like I bucked em right
Boys chasing me home now
Gang members all around now
Walked through the park late night and got stomped out
What the fuck! ow
You're in danger
We're in danger
I'm in danger
Danger, danger
Fuck it, I'm ready then
I'm in danger
Fuck it, I'm ready then
You're in danger
Yeah, stay ready man
Nothing's stranger
Than danger, danger
Mom and police in the office calling me in
Supposed to identify the guy who hit me in the chin
Fuck it, ten of his homies was there too
So if I get one dude, they're gonna scare you
That's what the constable told me
Constantly reminding me that
It's a long line game like a phony
But my homies, yo, they got my back
But the police won't do shit, so I gotta go scrap
Now I can focus on that
And get lost in the streets
Or I can forget this bullshit that they trying to teach
And I can get off this leash
And we wouldn't have to leech
Then my mom got a job, oh my God, it's freedom
But now my boys put their neck on the line for me
Beefing with the gang that jumped me like we a team
I could never repay you, you were just more street
But you let me get to here to put the story on the beat
You're in danger
We're in danger
I'm in danger
Danger, danger
Fuck it, I'm ready then
I'm in danger
Fuck it, I'm ready then
You're in danger
Gotta stay ready, man
We're in danger
Danger, danger
Thank God that we got away
Moved downtown, nice place to stay
New high school in ninth grade
Kid challenged me right away
Smacked his face on the first day
Headlocks and kidney shots
What I learned brought me pain
I later then became
I'm the bully!? No fucking way
Hard to believe I won that race
I'm in a league that has to stay
Arguably you have to change
What good was the escape
With your old friends around
They rob your new friends at knife point
You're that guy now
Well how the fuck do you stop the cycle
I try and sleep but mom keeps bringing guys home
So I wake up in a strange mind zone
That's why I go cyclone
When I throw my wide right blows
Beside your right eyebrow
I don't care how
Much it hurts
Bitch, I'm hurt too
I don't feel that shit so I don't wanna fucking hurt you
Talk shit for reputation
There ain't nothing I won't do
Smack you in front of your parents after school
Cause I think it's cool
I'm dangerous bitch
At least I'm not scared anymore
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4. |
Pain
03:29
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Most of my problems I don't really talk, about
But this shit fucked me up so bad I could barely walk, around
Both big toes ingrown so far, felt like they were stuck
So far four doctors tried to cut, in then cut em out
More needles in your foot, more pills up in your mouth
Everywhere I had to go I had to slow it down, guess Evan is a little fat kid now
Me and mom drink a two liter of pop everyday, I wonder if that's helping out
Bloody socks when you take shoes off, you just wanna keep 'em on
When other parents see that shit, they think something's wrong
And it really is, but we're trying to address it
Really got gross when them bitches got infected
And I'm impatient, it's hard to accept it
And I don't wanna be with the fucking physician
They're trying to "help it" or heal it
You know that I'm fucking done dealing with this, cause I don't believe em
Feels like they're leading me on and they're using a liter of freezer just so they can
write it off
Fuck it, let's light it up
If you are a patient, remember that you are a client dog
Doesn't matter if this is your life or not, and that shit might hurt the most
I don't let it show, I don't say a thing, you would never know I'm always in pain
I don't let it show, I don't say a thing, you would never know I'm always in pain
Always in pain
Always in pain
Reacting all the time, they think I'm insane
Always in pain
Always in pain
You would never know that I'm always in pain
Antibiotics pill bottle, always on me, all the time
Homies thought that I was chopping Oxycontin on my grind
But no man, unfortunately, all those medicines are mine
What's wrong with you
Not much, other than my fucking AHH
What happened man
Nevermind
I don't understand, we're sitting down
I'm lifting my toenail, inside of my shoe and it's clicking out
That is fucking disgusting man
You don't have to tell me, trust me fam
We dealing with it the best we can
I just really don't want to fail gym again
Embarrassment is setting in
Exhausted when I walk for ten
Hip-hop got me talking, but flip-flops are not an option
I often sleep on it, awkward
I wake up and sheets are covered
In blood or some fucking puss that I swear to god looks like mustard
Now it is time to muster up enough courage
To face another day with chronic pain that you are unsure of
Kept getting worse until pop saved enough from serving to cover the operation
It murdered, but now I'm surfing
I don't let it show, I don't say a thing
You would never know, I'm always in pain
I don't let it show, I don't say a thing
You would never know, I'm always in pain
Always in pain, always in pain
Reacting all the time, they think I'm insane
Always in pain, always in pain
You would never know that I'm always in pain
I don't let it show, I don't say a thing
You would never know, I'm always in pain
I don't let it show, I don't say a thing
You would never know, I'm always in pain
Always in pain, always in pain
Reacting all the time, they think I'm insane
Always in pain, always in pain
You would never know that I'm always in pain
Fuck, I'm done with these pills now
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5. |
Cool Now
03:06
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I'm cool now, it's cool now, when I go out, I'm cool now, it's cool now, when I go out
I'm cool
Had to go through the fear, just to get here, used to steer clear, now I don't care
Feeling like y'all don't really know about me, y'all don't really know about me
I, I, brand new identity dream, y'all don't really know about me, yeah, but neither do I
Just a year ago, couldn't walk outside, now I've finally arrived and I caught my stride
And I live my life like I lost my mind, yeah, I crossed that line, and you're just in time
For this teacher to get it, you talk to me,? you regret it! I'll set it straight right now, so you'll never forget it
Yeah, they say I'm a menace, it's like they're calling me Dennis
But I am more like a dentist, I'll fill you up with a filling (feeling)
I got hot when I became the flame in the fire
Yeah, I'm gone off the handle, and I'm not trying to hide it
Half the teachers in this bitch think that I am retarded
I embrace it and I love it, cause they let me go farther
Y'all don't really know about me, y'all don't really know about me
I, I, y'all don't really know about me
Y'all don't really know about me, but neither do I
I'm trying to find who I'm supposed to be, since I've been mean, they've been nice to me
All that dark couldn't turn the light down, I got that fight in me now, everybody inviting me out
It's cool now, I'm cool now, I feel so untouchable, and I'm cool now,
I'm cool now, I'm cool now
I feel so untouchable, cause I'm cool now
Now it can go down at the drop of a hat
Old block beefs get stopped with a smack, but fuck all that
Man I'm bad, I got swag, did I say swag? I take that back
I mean style, I guess I could hang out here a while
Fresh new blue suit, like Elvis' suede shoes, and I feel that cool too
Guess I had a breakthrough in like grade 9, I could say who I was for the time
I was looking good and I got some duds, mom got paid so we had to shine
Like I just got signed, high rise, happy hour all the time
Mom caught flights and let me lie
Skip school, shoot pool like I'm 25
Pockets full of money, still shoplift, got caught, our hearts got drop kicked
Had to stop it, switch the topic, feeling good today because I haven't got hit
Y'all don't really know about me, y'all don't really know about me, I, I,
Y'all don't really know about me, y'all don't really know about me, but neither do I
I'm trying to find who I'm supposed to be
Since I've been mean, they've been nice to me
All that dark couldn't turn the light down
I got that fight in me now, everybody inviting me out
It's cool now, I'm cool now, I feel so untouchable and I'm cool now
I'm cool now, I'm cool now, I feel so untouchable cause I'm cool now
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6. |
Alberni
03:33
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It's fine, I'll be here by myself, I guess I'll be here by myself, mm, mmm, by myself, yeah
A lot of time alone, oh your mom is always gone
Ya a single child alone, figured out how to do it though
It's all okay, TV's on my side
Money's on the counter
Get yourself something nice tonight
Stay here with me
Even if I'm away
They're all waiting for us to lose
Tell me what would they say? So even if your loneliness is a nightmare
I need you to stay up right here
I need you to make it crystal clear
That you're happier with me
And even if he calls, I do not care
You don't have your father inside here
I'll have him fucking killed by a guy with a beard
Cause nobody fucks with me
My mother was angry from the second I was born
It wasn't about me though, so I was torn
She just fucking hated the world, wanted to swear
So she done sworn, told me the tears
Taught me to fear, taught me to fight
Taught me to get as dark as the night
Just throw a fit and hope that you're right
I did and I got sent home, I guess I'll be here by myself
Uh-uh, I'll be here by myself
I guess I'll be here by myself
Uh-uh, I'll be here by myself
What the fuck is a home? what the heck is a house
Man these echoes are loud, when I walk by myself
Down a hallway, I'm glad that I have a hallway, but damn
Wish that someone's here to share the space with me and I can't
Understand where she be, where she go, what she doing
And I'm just by myself, yeah I think I'm pursuing
Some new way to new wave, keep myself entertained
Yeah I love creativity, but I felt so estranged
And you know what I mean, I go shopping for clothes
I come back, put them on, stand in the mirror and pose
Started mirroring flows, started hearing the notes
Caught the spirit and ghost, while my parent was ghost
All those seedy CDs that you weren't allowed to play up in the Jeep
When everyone was listening, you could just blast them by yourself
And learn every fucking lyric to them
I loved it so much, it was like hysterics
Because it let me put myself in this lyric room, lyric room, lyric room
All those seedy CDs that you weren't allowed to listen to
Put myself in this lyric room, lyric room, lyric room, lyric room
All those seedy CDs that you weren't allowed to listen to
I guess I'll be here by myself, here all by my lonely then
Now I'm good all by myself, all by my lonely
I found what I needed
Me here by myself again
Yeah, I guess I'll be here by myself
Fine all by my lonely then
Be there for myself again
Mm-mm, I'll be here by myself
Fine all by my lonely then
I'll be here by myself
Be there for myself again
Please just let me be here by my self
All by my lonely then
Be here by myself
Be here for myself again
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7. |
The Crash
02:28
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Now I'm along for the ride
Yeah, we along for the ride
Things are getting hella wild
Yeah, things are going down
I can see 'em falling now
Alcohol is always around
Is this even our house
This place never turns down
No, we open 24-7 now
Motherfuckers here all night long
But I guess business is strong
Maybe not, cause no one ever does nothing
All I ever see you do is consume substance
But every time someone comes through
They got a new something or knew something
And that's cool, but who the fuck are you I'm wondering
And I ain't really down to visit all night
With alcoholics out here drinking all night
Mom takes a flight, has a big fight
Comes back something new coming down the pipe
Just when you thought you were all fine
You got a home, place in your head
But you get this instead
The free ride is over
We gotta get out again
But it's coming back, I can feel it now
It hits the ground and crumbles down
Cause we can't live here no more
Fuck it, so we back on the move
Catching a mood with a bad attitude
Had a bunch of cash and some shit that we stole
That's how it go when relationships blow
Back to the homies acting all thugged out
Go and say what's up right near the drug house
I'ma talk my truth just like a love vow
Wanna push my buttons, bitch? Come and find out
Smoke more weed at three just to calm down
Good news, we moved into a condo now
Then again, then we did it all again
Then another place and we moved up
Then again, then fuck
We been moving a lot
And it's not really like we improving the spot
And I don't really like when I'm asked questions
I think I come off a tad aggressive
Lone star cowboy like it's Texas
Don't start smoke, boy, I'm ambidextrous
Nothing to lose so you will respect this
Rob more money without the weapons
Basically, we stealing where we staying
Stealing where we staying every night and day
It's fun to me, we stealing where we staying
Stealing where we staying when we hang and be
It's your family room, we stealing where we staying
So this week it is, next week it won't be
Basically, we stealing where we staying
This week we'll be here, next week we won't be
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What you really want is the security of knowing where you belong
And isn't that what alignment, resource, energy always gives
Now in this operation, we stealing where we staying
We stealing where we staying
Now in this operation, we stealing where we staying
We stealing where we staying
I use darkness for the liberation
Fuck it, if I need it, I'ma take it
I use darkness for the liberation
Fuck it, if I need it, I'ma take it
I'd take every star in the sky
Never get caught, which is why this taught me to lie
New spot we would find
Mom had a story for the land lot landlord
Lots on their mind
Time came to pay, and we had to slide
Think like thieves in the night
Sneak out, no call back, let them stay on the line
Nothing in sight, but the agreement she never signed
Grade 10 is the time.Welfare? Man
Only if the government was giving my mother money
We wouldn't have to do this shit
But there was paperwork involved, and when you a straight shooter it's, it's hard to focus and calm
So hopeless, we'd bomb
On anyone who would let us move in their home
Stay for a month, maybe even longer
Got it out the park, you can call that a homer
We ain't squatting
Now in this operation, we stealing where we staying
We stealing where we staying
Now in this operation, we stealing where we staying
We stealing where we staying
I use darkness for the liberation
Fuck it, if I need it, I'ma take it
I use darkness for the liberation
Fuck it, if I need it, I'ma take it
Now if you do it too long at the same place
They gon' show up where you live, dawg
Cause they know where you live, dawg
Matter of fact, yeah, they own where you live, dawg
Eight months late on the rent, that's a bailiff
I left for school, mom yelling all crazy
Get back upstairs, ain't no time to explain it
Grab whatever you can get, cause if not, they gonna take it
Ya that's the sheriff's office, neighbour's staring at us
I knew that they were broke, man, I'm glad they getting booted
Two big cops dropped boxes off
Gave us 20 minutes to get socks and stuff
This is so awkward, we're not enough
Called two bros over to help pack us up
And it's a school night any day of the week
And me and mom just casually on the street
Between the two of us, we barely got enough to eat
But if we ever needed a reason to believe
I asked my dad for lunch money for the next day
That was 10 bucks a head on an internet cafe
Got us a place to stay
72 hours, you could pay ahead of time and lay there
Tuck your bags up underneath the chair
No one will fuck with you and you can hang there
I was not render not valuable through this
I was given the opportunity to find my truest value that I've ever found
You see
And once you find that, and once that's what you are radiating
Not defensively, in a reflex way, reacting or responding to
Now you've found your center and that's what you're emanating
That's who you are
You're more stable than you've ever been
That's just sort of the way things are being banged out out here in this manifested edge
In the physical form, so often you think that what you're looking for is stability that's provided for another
rather than the stability that's provided when you're in alignment with all the resources from which you have come
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9. |
What is a Home?
03:13
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That's cool man, where you live at? Um.
Thing is, right now..My mom just..
Changed jobs or whatever, so
Actually, we're uh
We're just chillin' man, can we go to yours
What do you mean they moved again
That shit was mean, and very tense
Yeah, as a teen, it only got worse
And better, and then it got more intense
We were like homeless, but not in tents
We get evicted, then move again
We're like the gypsies, the middle of cities
We get your credit card, and then we fed
When survival mode's unleashed
This dog is off his leash
How you gon' be stealin' everything
But not be a thief
Only got a year here
How many places? Three
Now we done lived by the beach
But we gon' move next week
Crates around, 'cause the cats both are getting boarded
Moved into the new crib
We hope we can, but we can't afford it
We can't afford shit
So I broke in and stole it
Got pillows for mom to sleep with
And I don't know where I'm going
But I found a key, I got this thing that's helping me breathe
I put on hip-hop and nod to the beat
All of this weakness, they'll never see
I'll act all tough like a thug from the streets
Then they'll just think that I'm all dark and deep
These are my problems, I keep them to myself
I don't wanna speak, so don't try to reach
What is a home? Where have you grown
Where do you stay when you stay in your zone
Isn't it more than a place where you go
Somewhere to know and make it your own
What is a home? A place you can grow
Away from the road and out of the cold
Somewhere to have and somewhere to hold
Building the fabric is part of your soul
Tell me, what is a home
What is a home
Somewhere to go
Tell me, what is a home
What is a home
What is a home
Somewhere to go
What good are designer shoes
If you ain't got nowhere to go when you put them on
What good is a matching glasses set
If you ain't got a counter to lay them on
All of your stuff is in boxes
You ain't got a home to call your own
Kinda wanna be a kid now, but I can't
Because I guess I am grown
Feel like I'm never landing, no, no one will understand this
Don't know how to fucking plan shit
So I just didn't explain it
And now I'm acting childish
Because I'm so exhausted
But I still take the blame 'cause
I don't care about their judgment, they can suck it
Would it have killed you to be a little kinder
Would it have killed you to be a little nicer
Would it have killed you to be a little kinder
Cause you never know what someone is going through
What is a home? Where have you grown
Where do you stay when you stay in your zone
Isn't there more than a place where you go
Somewhere to go and make it your own
What is a home? A place you can grow away from the road
And out of the cold, somewhere to have and somewhere to hold
Building the fabric is part of your soul
Tell me, what is a home
What is a home
Somewhere to go
Tell me, what is a home
What is a home
Somewhere to go
Yeah, somewhere to go
Yeah, it's somewhere to go
Somewhere to have and somewhere to hold
Building the fabric is part of your soul
Yeah, its somewhere to go
Yeah, its somewhere to go
Yeah, its somewhere to go
Can we go to yours?
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10. |
Options
02:44
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Life in our suitcases, all on our shoelaces
Don't tell no one else, cause they don't know how to take it
Cause they don't know how to take it
Yeah, we had no options
We were just out on the street
With nowhere to be
And from what I can see, seems like no options
Now with nowhere to go
And no home of our own
All we see is no, no, no, no options
I'd rather be out on the streets, than have someone cop over me
I will not live on my knees, no, that's not an option
I lie and I say what I need
God will deliver my needs
That's what we pray and we preach
Speaking of praying
I couldn't tell you where we staying
But I could tell you what we making
That's progress, that's more than y'all I'm just saying
Life in our suitcases, all on our shoelaces
Don't tell no one else, cause they don't know how to take it
Yeah, we had no options
We were just out on the street
With nowhere to be
And from what I can see, seems like no options
Now with nowhere to go
And no home of our own
All we see is no, no, no, no options
There's no going home
I hate that you know
So I'll never tell you
Keep it on low
Cause people gon' hurt you when they try to help you
Cause they wanna go
All through your plans
And figure what fell through
This guy has no hope
That's what the teachers tell you as they fail you
And pops lived in a basement apartment with a bitch that hated me
So instead of enduring that, I went with mom and faced the streets
Basically, that's better for me, cause now I can see
Just how petty people can be, when you make it a beef
And if you're a non-believer I don't see why we should speak
Yeah, we had no options
H-O-M-E
We were just out on the street
With nowhere to be
And from what I can see, seems like no options
Now with nowhere to go
And no home of our own
All we see is no, no, no, no options
I just gotta process, please use caution
All this anxiety, is starting to make me nauseous
No options, no options, no options, no options
Being a bitch has never been an option
Being a snitch has never been an option
Giving up has never been an option
Slowing down ain't an option
Giving up ain't an option
Doing nothing ain't an option
Gotta win, that's an option; Main option
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11. |
Drop Out
04:57
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We got a place and we safe but I can't take this serious no more, thanks
We got a place and we safe but I can't take y'all serious
Yo I don't think this place holds the answers
No, no
The real world is hard and faster
And cold
I cannot pretend to sit here and buy this shit
Goodbye, this shit is over
So they call me a dropout
And they worry about where I'mma go
But I'm ready for a job now
Cause you can't live this life without no dough
Now if you don't hold yourself up, nobody will
Parents less money than me, to this day still
But that's okay, I'm cool to help a folk with a bill
And I've been this way since I was 11, for real
But mostly, I'm just not enthused
About this institutionalized thinking that tries to abuse
My creativity by making me choose between too fat, too thin
Oh yeah, call me bad again
Stick me in the office because I don't think this way
Keep me feeling caught, then the criminal mind will shape
But I saw the lines because my world did break
The innocence in my mind is over, I cannot stay
Yo I don't think this place holds the answers
No, no
The real world is hard and faster
And cold
I cannot pretend to sit here and buy this shit
Goodbye, this shit is over
So they call me a dropout
And they worry about where I'ma go
But I'm ready for a job now
Cause you can't live this life without no dough, no, no
Still wonder if I will be haunted by not having a degree
Even if I was a college was not accepting me
Cause I could not afford to pay the motherfuckin' tuition
And my intuition was telling me to just go get it
So I done got a job as a busboy at a fine dining restaurant
So I could get bucks and pay my way to fly to LA and see what's up
And then I started hittin' the library and reading
More than I ever did in that motherfuckin' school that I swear was nuts
But it gave me enough resentment to last at least till 30
And I know that I'm not pretending or inside I am not hurting
And I did try to submit to one more school with a dope theater program
But they said no because of the reputation
It was only a month with an agent
And I booked my first commercial
This shit felt amazing
And when I realized that our location
Was the gymnasium
Of that school that said no to me, that was my haven
Yo I don't think this place holds the answers
No, no
The real world is hard and faster
And cold
I cannot pretend to sit here and buy this shit
Goodbye, this shit is over
So they call me a dropout
And they worry about where I'mma go
But I'm ready for a job now
Cause you can't live this life without no dough
I cannot stay here
I will not stay here
I will not stay here
I gotta go
I will not stay here
I will not stay here
I will not stay
It's the end of the road
In other words, if you could wrestle more kids to the ground
And attempt to make them more cooperative to the rules
More of them would go to jail, not fewer of them
Because the jail is an indication of rebellion
And rebellion is as a result of perceived confinement
So if there is anything that the school might do
To make the ratio of people going to jail less
It should provide more freedom, more obvious freedom
Like come if you want to rather than you must come or you will be in trouble
Like come and learn this if it appeals to you
Not you will be in trouble if you don't
That's not working out for any of you on any level
Whether it is in the school or otherwise, you see
Acknowledge that they are free
And expect them to live happily ever after
And practice that in your grid so powerfully
That they get that every time they're around you
In other words, they can be in school
And need to be there at a certain time
And need to be in a certain place at the school at a certain time
And they can still feel your overwhelming feeling of their freedom
Because they're free to think
They're free to feel
They're free to offer a vibration
They're free to withhold
They're free to involve themselves
They're free not to
In other words, freedom is abounding all over the place
And as you acknowledge
You see, it isn't your action
That is making the difference in your lives anyway
It's the way you are feeling
And so if you are a parent with kids in school
Or if you are a teacher involved in the system
If you will give your dominant intention
To acknowledging the parts of them that are free
Convince them that they can be in any environment
It doesn't matter what it is
Even in jail, which is close to being in school
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