I Hate Myself-Lil B

[00:01.19]Don't want the world to see me [00:08.50]Don't think that they'd understand [00:15.56]Everything's meant to be broken [00:22.56]Want you to know who I am [00:27.94] [00:34.22]I see myself in the mirror, but I don't see nothing [00:36.32] [00:40.61]If you understand what I'm seeing please tell me something [00:45.55]When you black, the media make you wonder why [00:54.60]I need to learn... [00:55.66]My lifetime came from struggle [01:00.03]All I've seen is what I follow [01:01.85]My skin color, automatic transaction [01:05.04]I'm already classified, no second chance [01:08.85]Taught to feel nappy hands, little grade [01:11.72]Why can't I sag when it's just a style [01:15.04]Grown beard, black hoodie, and I'm all good [01:18.48]People judge before they even know me [01:20.91]Stare at me, don't know I'm lonely [01:23.60]Outside's front these stares from police [01:26.47]And I get the bad rap because another man that just looks like me [01:31.80]Think life's a movie like Spike Lee [01:34.49]Too cool like Ice T [01:36.30]Yeah, I move with Life's Peace, and he move with the gun piece [01:39.68]So there's no peace [01:41.55]I gotta go to the hood, all I see is [01:44.18]Divided, the freshest schizophrenics [01:47.37]Men pimping women, people losing vision [01:49.93]Given choices before she started living [01:52.75]I hate myself [01:53.55] [01:54.18]Don't want the world to see me [02:01.25]Don't think that they'd understand [02:08.24]Everything's meant to be broken [02:12.49]Want you to know who I am [02:19.74] [02:22.99]I see myself in the mirror, but I don't see nothing [02:24.95]If you understand what I'm seeing please tell me something [02:28.45]When you black, the media make you wonder why [02:29.57]I just need my history, because I hate myself [02:30.90]It makes me sad to see pimping like I'm at a battle with my surroundings [02:32.15]Everybody do it, but not really [02:33.03]And I couldn't imagine my momma [02:33.40]Universal knowledge is karma [02:34.15]I see young girls hanging off the corner [02:37.15]And they searching for love in the wrong space [02:40.21]Gave her mind to a pimp, now he's changing faces [02:43.78]Sometimes I just wish I could trade places [02:47.56]I hate myself for being taught the roots of the hood [02:51.25]Which don't matter, no respect and no love [02:54.63]That got jailed for the real thugs [02:57.06]And I'm sorry to all the innocent in prison [03:00.00]You get a second chance when you free or in heaven [03:03.75]I promise if you really love and you watch your steps [03:07.88]Respect everybody, man you will get blessed [03:11.45]Get your point across without violence [03:14.22]The black dying by the gun, I'm tired of crying [03:16.78]I hate myself [03:18.22] [03:18.85]Don't want the world to see me [03:27.62]Don't think that they'd understand [03:33.37]Everything's meant to be broken [03:38.35]Want you to know who I am [03:43.07] [03:47.14]I'm ready to give up my old thoughts [03:50.20]I'ma move past what I saw [03:52.95]I'ma do what I want and be happy [03:55.82]I'm not gon' rob or kill to survive [03:59.64]Everything I've seen was a lie [04:02.14]I'm not ready to die, I love myself [04:05.64]I said... [04:08.01]Everything that I've seen was a lie [04:10.52]I'm not ready to die, I love myself [04:13.77]Break that mental [04:17.08]You know we are free now man [04:20.89]Break that, uh, mental blockage [04:23.77]Don't think too hard, free your mind [04:29.14]That's real life man [04:30.14]I just... you know speak for real [04:32.87]****, that really feel real ****, man you know [04:36.27]We all human, we all got questions [04:39.08]You know, I'm designed this way and I got questions [04:41.79]It's all love over here, you feel me? [04:44.66] [04:46.80]Like I said man, just livin' [04:53.19]Yeah, but then I hear me tho' [04:56.44]I said I'm ready to give up my old thoughts [05:00.38]I'ma move past what I saw [05:02.81]I'ma do what I want to be happy [05:05.19]I'm not gon' rob or kill to survive [05:08.07]Everything I've seen was a lie [05:09.95]I'm not ready to die, I love myself [05:17.75]But I don't see nothin' [05:22.94]If you hear what I'm sayin' please tell me somethin' [05:30.00]When you-, the media make you wonder why [05:36.94]I need to learn my history, because I hate myself