My quiet observations on the bus city people lost trust 
Maudleys out patients are shouting with the pavements 
They looking rough can't get to grips so they end up 
looking worse than shit 
Maybe if I can see who there talking too I might talk 
to them to so they can prove 
The spirit never lies but before I get to try the 
clouds open up and let god cry
Why is this white lady nervous cause 3 black youths 
come on so she checking were her purse is 
Make me feel nervous like they aint my country like 
they don't really want me 
But mummy always love me I never had a daddy it was me 
and my mummy 
Mummy was my daddy I can either cry or see it as funny 
How you can have a child and then just leave 
Now I'm walking around with my heart on my sleeve cause 
I'm effected anytime anybody leave
You can see my scars and hear my silent screams 
I been reading books to analyse my dreams and to me it 
seems 
The only chance we get to make sense of it is when we 
put our heads down a little bit 
That's why I'm spittin it cause each one teach one and 
you can take it how you want don
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Right now I got a lot of work to do
I gotta smooth out my edges
Eat more vedges 
Listen to my elders 
Vibe with my peers 
Confront my fears and 
Finish this album
Right now I got a lot of work to do 
I gotta represent the youth
Speak more truth 
Eat more fruit 
Get wise with my years 
Confront my fears and 
Finish this album

But it seems I get side tracked it's like a mind trap I 
get a call real late bout were the foods at 
Cause certain man a certain place got certain food to 
taste so my Nikes are laced 
And I was never really one to stay awake through a 
working day for them little bit pay yo 
This nine to five is just killing me slowly but 
quitting is for quitters so I wait until they fire me 
But now no one will hire me cause I got more lies in my 
CV than a pro's had STD's 
When will they see I was born to reign entrapment is my 
pain I need to feel alive again 
I need a man that compliments my stride ovastand I'm 
this way until I die 
Has ambitions of his own so ovastand i don't wanna be 
alone I just need a little time in my zone 
This one goes out to my shotters in the alleys were all 
brothers and sisters were all family 
All my sisters trying to raise there babies all the 
youth man with court cases crazy
It's like the smarter you are the bigger your worries 
stupid people are lucky trust me
This one goes out to my people with ambition I'm still 
learning I'm still trying but for now

Honesty is courage and since I got the heart of a lion 
then there's no sense in lying 
I portray my life over violins no matter what it brings 
least I'm being real 
When I look at my future I fear failure I fear the fact 
that you might not like me 
I know I'm skilled but just maybe slightly what if my 
light don't shine so brightly 
I'm scared of that I'm telling you the truth I'm scared 
of that 
What if the doctor said you couldn't have children 
What if the system they tried to topple what I'm 
billing better living for all my ghetto children 
And I don't mean were you live I mean your state of 
mind 
Cause ghettos not just a place ghetto is a vibe 
And I don't need no boastie words or complicated flows 
If I know what I gotta do then I flow 
But sometimes I get tired sometimes I lose faith I 
guess that's the reason that we got to church
Cause when you at the bottom of the barrel it hurts 
need something to believe in and God works You think 
spiritual is just hocus pocus what you really saying is 
you have not noticed 
Inside us all is a silent protest you can acknowledge 
or ignore but me