Yollo - Lyrics - Improv

Can’t stop even if I wanted to I couldn’t do it My skills are loosenin’ up and finally becoming fluid Took nearly my whole life ta crack my third eye’s eyelid But lookin’ back I see it wasn’t wack trying ta fight for it Yo I was just a little man wit little hope for understandin’ That these little jokes about not having a dad had Little to nothin’ to do with what I had a hand in But I only knew how much it hurt ta feel abandoned Thrift store clothes lined dried by a single parent Tried to cry unnoticed ta hide my embarrassment Shy soon applied to antisocial by indifference Woulda died ta fly high away from all this *** See as a kid not having *** but usin’ what I got Through synergy my psyche finally met hip-hop It brought me up with all the things that it taught Guess it was about time that I got a pops Now I’m grown up and it’s all good right? naw You going out tonight I can’t I got a second job My mom’s sixty and still can’t retire After twenty two years of hauling coals for the fire My brother used to be the captain of the team Now he can barely walk around a track with crohn’s disease So given those facts and taken what god’s given me Where does that leave me?... You gotta live your life you only gonna live it once one time one time Said this is my life I’ve dedicated ta playin’ these songs for my brothers in arms uh We gotta take this chance we only gonna get it once one time one time Said this is our lifes that’s been given ta us ta shine defy and find truth in our eyes How important is it that you understand this system Then again what is it givin’ you any incentive The deadly poison we injectin’ ain’t as quick as venom But it’ll surely leave us stranded with our heads spinnin’ The drug’s ignorance the big man’s the factory We’re the dope fiends and the pusher’s the economy Don’t lie to me and tell me you ain’t gettin’ pimped You reelected a president with the IQ of a chimp It gets sicker than that though in fact While we at war with terrorist money and smokestacks We send our sons with nothin’ but shadow support into the black Pools of power with no promise to pull em back But still amazing how we look at that and not them A hundred thousand and countin’ civilians It’s an insane sick ethical mess we’re in Entertained when we see bombs drop on CNN But brush it off and walk past the *** that’s hard to read Turn your head to homeless people in your city streets Neglect the fact that negligence is helping this succeed Watch on TV America’s final heart beat *** that we continue that and die as fools Let the evil of the world conquer us and rule But you still got time still got a choice to choose Where does that leave you? Chorus I have rare moments where I value life for what it’s worth Like my first kiss or my first death expressed though joy and hurt It’s crazy though the things I take for granted every day God help me see this world before its gone away like The laughter we share together as friends like The soft touch of my lover’s fingertips like The unconditional support of my fam like Anything unasked for that’s been put in my hand like…