Work in Progress-Nappy Roots

[00:00.00]Work In Progress （）-Nappy Roots [00:02.814]Wise words bein'spoke huh y'all know what it is [00:14.851]Nap nappy roots can I start this one off okay [00:20.209]Each day I listen what the streets say [00:22.162]Like a DJ my negroes scratch ghetto recording's [00:24.881]For my peoples got the eyes of an eagle [00:26.729]Can't see us ever bein'at peace for a reason 'cause we ain't [00:29.337]Never bein'equal they got us believin'we heathens uncivil soldiers [00:32.551]Of evil reach up and assume the position [00:34.678]You know the procedure [00:35.670]Can't even leisure smoke hollow reefer without police [00:38.233]And search and seizure by the same police who murdered creaser [00:40.622]It's brutal [00:41.325]Seein'them treat us like lower creatures than human beings more [00:44.103]So like aliens tourin'the land of Europeans [00:46.439]Seemin'to have the tendency to think we ignorant [00:48.735]'Cause of our pigment can't take away [00:50.583]A niggas dignity though still I pimp the industry hoe and even when [00:54.504]I'm rich I'm a pretend to be poor [00:56.256]My life's a work in progress soon to be [00:58.120]End of the road but I don't stress cause I have been her before [01:00.793]You know [01:01.514]My life's a work in progress [01:04.279]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [01:06.636]My life's a work in progress [01:09.513]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [01:11.937]My life's a work in progress [01:14.537]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [01:16.993]My life's a work in progress [01:19.769]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [01:22.97]In life every step you take every right every left you make [01:25.532]You can look at it like chess in a way 'cause life is best when [01:28.953]You take your time don't make a move unless you done made up [01:32.96]Your mind play by the rules don't ever play the fool [01:34.687]Sometimes you play and lose but you still pay your dues [01:37.292]Come on [01:37.869]Everybody knows the cost to be the boss [01:39.759]Yeah the price is kind of steep but sacrifice is never cheap [01:42.351]I learned that life can be sweet [01:43.743]And bitter at the same time it's the ying verse the yang [01:46.327]Sorta like rain without shine [01:47.447]Sometimes against the grain you grind [01:48.928]Gotta grit your teeth and bear it [01:50.232]Matthew 5verse 5the earth the meek shall inherit [01:52.957]Cherish the day before you perish away 'cause who can say [01:55.781]How many days your power last [01:57.461]It's like a crack in your hourglass [01:59.625]In a flash the hours pass [02:01.505]Then you're gone gone gone [02:03.545]My life's a work in progress [02:05.417]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [02:08.192]My life's a work in progress [02:11.160]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [02:13.136]My life's a work in progress [02:15.544]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [02:18.128]My life's a work in progress [02:20.995]Like there long life livin'get will bring you close you dyin' [02:23.442]The more laughs one had will bring you close to cryin' [02:25.827]Cold unforgiving planet yea it is racists and communicatin' [02:29.724]Those who wrong did [02:30.780]I daydream back to the 80's when we was all kids [02:33.502]A stab wound kidnappin'but experience though at the time [02:36.683]Not a glock would blow in da wind it's a good day in the hood [02:39.875]To witness a stabbin'now stories told to us [02:42.503]Without tragedy seem like [02:44.107]It involve bloodshed automatically [02:46.195]If you ever get a chance [02:47.411]Just stop and use your mind observe the world for yourself and ju [02:50.459]Your time [02:51.442]Yeah oh yeah that's right [02:54.503]Smoke somethin'with your country people [02:57.218]Drank somethin'with your country people [02:59.753]My life's a work in progress [03:01.505]Thinkin'back in junior high when sex was the sh*t [03:04.233]Fein'p**sy now a day can get you killed quick [03:06.833]'Bout shootin'ball in now they 'bout getting licks [03:09.201]I'm playin'nappy roots just to hear the realest sh*t [03:11.881]Expect it to the best of my know how and my rapping wit [03:14.601]See next to nothing sugar coated in these cold streets [03:17.136]Whatever you do be smart tote your heat [03:19.449]Did I mention if you don't work you don't eat [03:21.971]If you ever get a chance stop and use your mind [03:24.643]Observe the world for yourself and check the time [03:27.195]Yea smoke somethin'with your country people [03:30.17]My life's a work in progress [03:32.465]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [03:35.137]My life's a work in progress [03:37.785]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [03:40.217]My life's a work in progress [03:42.881]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [03:45.433]My life's a work in progress [03:48.577]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [03:53.761]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before