Who Detached Us-Nipsey Hussle

[00:04.806] [Verse 1] [00:10.111] Look, somehow I escaped the fate of this life I lead [00:14.374] Divorced the street, she tried to kill me and my wife to be [00:17.123] Black widow, silk sheets and a satin pillow [00:19.877] This California king loved you like a sack of indo [00:22.971] Empty patron bottles and a pack of Mentos [00:25.822] Master suite frigerator full of incidentals [00:28.596] Every day we have a ball like the blond bimbo [00:31.484] Talk to her like a shrink and f*** her like a nympho [00:34.409] And it can be as simple as it seems [00:36.894] If you never doubt yourself and learn from everything you see [00:39.561] No wishing on a star can turn your life into a dream [00:42.261] You could walk on water just don't look down at your feet [00:45.577] Look [00:46.146] Told this world I was a star I'm gon' need a stage [00:48.541] Cause life is short and talk is cheap so f*** what people say [00:51.232] When I was 12 a crazy lady told me lead the way [00:53.958] I shed a tear cause it was real and swore to never stray [00:56.971] Now every second is a classic, when nothing last [01:00.013] Gotta take a moment and appreciate the fact that [01:02.713] This world is turning faster and faster [01:05.486] Once you found the the real it's hard to tolerate the plastic [01:08.047] [01:08.222] [Chorus] [01:08.392] I ain't no Christian, ain't no Catholic but I believe [01:11.412] God gonna shine his light on everyone that never had s*** [01:14.173] I need some answers to these questions that I'm asking [01:17.083] We used to be connected, who detached us [01:20.286] We used to be respected, now they laughin' [01:22.941] We've turned into possessions with no passion [01:25.798] How we go from the best to less then average [01:28.640] We used to be connected, who detached us [01:31.479] With no collective identity, it's every man for himself [01:39.113] We need a black mafia [01:41.571] [01:41.820] [Verse 2] [01:42.528] Ruthless Crip on some stupid s*** [01:45.844] To valeting at Ruth Chris in some roofless s*** [01:48.666] I think too much TV is what ruins kids [01:51.308] When homosexual actors is their influences [01:54.196] We need community centers that teach the music biz [01:57.066] That way we learn to retain ownership on some Jewish s*** [01:59.901] Don't take your hand out, you build it it's more lucrative [02:02.612] And now everything that I spoke is the truest s*** [02:05.696] You get abused long enough, you start abusing s*** [02:08.428] She flipped the script and now your woman calling you a bi*** [02:11.424] You got some problems in the house that only you can fix [02:14.003] And if you was a kid that grew up with it even you would split [02:17.108] He told the world he was a star and he gonna need a stage [02:19.848] Cause life is short and talk is cheap so f*** what people say [02:22.671] When he was 12 a crazy lady told him lead the way [02:25.578] He shed a tear cause it was real and swore to never stray [02:28.653] Now every second is a classic, when nothing last [02:31.469] Gotta take a moment and appreciate the fact that [02:34.068] This world is turning faster and faster [02:36.955] Once you found the real it's hard to tolerate the plastic [02:39.639] [02:39.803] [Chorus] [02:39.942] I ain't no christian, ain't no catholic but [02:42.445] I believe god gonna shine his light on everyone that never had s*** [02:45.635] I need some answers to these questions that I'm asking [02:48.383] We used to be connected, who detached us [02:51.329] [Interlude: Steve Jobs] [03:13.665] Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it [03:21.675] And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life [03:28.395] It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new [03:32.786] Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away [03:41.448] Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life [03:46.181] Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking [03:51.478] Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice [03:55.715] And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary [04:07.224] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish [04:09.982] It was their farewell message as they signed off [04:12.989] And now, I wish that for you [04:16.920] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish