Lost Cause-Diamond District

[00:26.43]Yeah I came here on a ************p but I flew out on a plane [00:29.36]Trade these shackles and a whip for some status and a name [00:32.49]And the hassle's still the same, and my ticket's still in coach [00:35.84]And my seat is near the toilet, guess this ************t won't ever change [00:39.18]What's a black suppose to do, sell some crack and entertain? [00:42.52]Get a bachelor in some bull************t and a job below my aim? [00:45.87]I was shooting for the star, they're shootin' rockets at the moon [00:49.21]Reach in my pockets for my keys, the cop is reachin' for the tools [00:52.55]If you can see me on the news, I hope that's cuz I'm on a roll [00:55.90]Tryna keep me on a leash but I ain't out here on parole [00:59.14]Yeah I'm free to go, freedom reign, free them chains, freedom fries [01:03.00]Free to try, only thing promised to me is a free demise [01:06.14]This is why my hustle strong, I grew up watching Huxtables [01:09.69]My mamma grew up watching kids, her mamma grew up wa************ng clothes [01:12.93]Overcomin' obstacles, way before doctor Martin spoke [01:16.17]Barack can't give me hope, mamma gave me that 'fore her aqua broke. Yea [01:19.93] [01:20.35]I'm not a lost cause, I am a far cry [01:22.02]But I can still call and get involved, I [01:25.57]Ain't out here with no sign, I'm looking for one in the streets [01:28.50]Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat [01:31.95]Yeah we still riding to that beat [01:33.72]Your feeling's in my soul [01:35.39]And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before [01:38.63]Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll [01:42.08]Ain't nuttin gonna stop me, I ain't out, I'm in control [01:45.32]Oh yeah, let's go [01:46.89] [01:47.31]My brother saw enough blood, no decision I don't [01:49.50]Three Gs in my closet, that's what made me cold [01:52.84]My daddy gone by 12, started stealing my clothes [01:56.19]I was put behind that cell and next thing you know [01:59.43]My grandma had my bail [02:01.41]She said “Son, better's you go” [02:03.08]I said ”I ain't going no way grandma, I ain't have no ****” [02:06.01]I shoulda called you so, my problem's wrong for sure [02:09.35]And something in my soul said we gotta go [02:12.70]When I went like, we got to, we got, we got to go [02:14.89]The mother*********** we got the **** [02:16.15]Better be out, come on [02:16.98]We got to roll, we bout to blow [02:18.65]'mon brother, we Al Capone [02:19.80]We got to, we got to, we got to go [02:21.58]Yall wanna be there, come on [02:22.94]Yall wanna be there, we'll be there [02:24.19]We should hope we never ever [02:25.34]End the day till the *********** eon [02:26.70]We don't want these people to roll [02:28.16]Then some are D I suppose [02:29.62]Yall n*ggas be out the polls [02:30.77]Before the revolution got to beat out, seed out, *********** out the ho's [02:33.07]Pull it stick it in three of them holes [02:34.85]Through DC I propose [02:36.10]Then I get you with phonetic [02:37.25]Come and take your head, leave out the toes [02:37.98]Wouldn't leave me out the cause, this my cause [02:39.66] [02:40.18]I'm not a lost cause, I am a far cry [02:41.64]But I can still call and get involved, I [02:45.09]Ain't out here with no sign, I'm looking for one in the streets [02:48.43]Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat [02:51.88]Yeah we still riding to that beat [02:53.55]Your feeling's in my soul [02:55.22]And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before [02:58.67]Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll [03:02.02]Ain't nuttin gonna stop me, I ain't out, I'm in control [03:05.15]Oh yeah, let's go [03:06.51] [03:06.82]This is a call to them folks who got hopes high [03:08.39]They heard a lot of things, believe when seen with my own eyes [03:12.05]Hell yeah got drive and that's the reason I drove wild [03:15.18]But no one's living slow so I switch the pace up one more time [03:18.73]Now I’m tryin to get it to the point where my kids’ kids can live it up [03:21.76]So I'm taking it's overrated, if you wanna change you gotta give it up [03:25.21]And yeah you love to hear the story, feel it's raw for your drums [03:28.77]Beat through each lung, old and young and now we overcome [03:31.90]Each one, teach one (I'm about that) [03:33.47]Buildin' them bridges (I'm about that) [03:35.14]Expanding our vision (I'm about that) [03:36.39]Switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that's different (I'm about that) [03:39.84]Head up, fed up, scared enough and isn't, best believe (I'm about that) [03:43.50]Passing on tradition and reaching soul for the seeds (I'm about that) [03:46.42]All out, long ride, the very last one to roll out [03:49.56]That's sauerkraut, pouting over losses, just the wrong route [03:52.90]Me kicking that rhyme and just like that picket sign [03:55.93]From '79 until the now, the clock ticking it's time, for Y [03:59.69] [04:00.01]I'm not a lost cause, I am a far cry [04:02.10]But I can still call and get involved, I [04:05.23]Ain't out here with no sign, I'm looking for one in the streets [04:08.58]Now marching to that drum but we still ridin' to that beat [04:11.82]Yeah we still riding to that beat [04:13.59]Your feeling's in my soul [04:15.26]And I can only struggle like my kinfolk did before [04:18.82]Stride it, ride, and oh yeah we on a roll [04:21.85]Ain't nuttin gonna stop me, I ain't out, I'm in control [04:25.09]Oh yeah, let's go