Things Change That's The Way

I Guess Cause I'm Black Boy, I'm Supposed To Say 'peace', Sing Songs, And Get Capped On.

So Much Pressure In This Life Of Mine, I Cry At Times, I Once Contemplated Suicide And Woulda Tried, But When I Held That Nine, All I Could See Was My Mama's Eyes, No One Knows My Struggle, They Only See The Trouble, Not Knowing It's Hard To Carry On When No One Loves You.

Even As A Little Seed, I Could See His Plan For Me. Stranded On Welfare, Another Broken Family.

I Got Love For My Brother But We Can Never Go Nowhere Unless We Share With Each Other.

It's Like If You Plant Something In The Concrete And If It Grow And The Rose Petal Got All Kinds Of Scratches And Marks, You Ain't Gonna Say, 'damn, Look At All The Scratches And Marks On The Rose That Grew From The Concrete.' You're Gonna Be Like, 'damn, A Rose Grew From The Concrete?'