Manchild-Shyheim

[00:00.300](Poppa Wu) I'm a manchild born in the promised land [00:02.523]Captain of my destiny, guidin my faith through the turbulence of life [00:06.698]See, in order to be who you are, you've got to know who you are [00:10.341]In order to get to where you want to go [00:11.678]You've got to know from where you came [00:13.928]Say, it was Malcolm X who said [00:15.791]"A man who doesn't have nothing to stand up for [00:17.954]Will fall for any god damn thing!" [00:18.811](Shyheim) Damn, Woke up again... [00:20.986]Down my face drop tears, it's like nobody cares [00:23.829]I swear, life ain't fair, sometimes I wanna disappear [00:26.812]Only Blahzay Blah', I got mad gray hairs, I'm a young old man [00:30.556]What part of "**** Iz Real" don't you understand? [00:32.771]Twin got murdered, caught one to the temple [00:35.142]You ain't been what I been through, Can It Be All So Simple? [00:37.610]I got bad nerves, it's absurd, I'm disturbed [00:40.892]So, I suggest you watch the words that you blurb [00:43.258]Out your mouth, or it'll be a shoot out [00:45.813]I leave you stretched out, I'm thugged, inside and out [00:48.752]And it ain't by choice [00:50.430]I'm screaming out loud for love (AHHHH!) [00:53.278]Do anybody hear my voice? [00:54.596]Pardon the noise, I'm just a black ghetto boy [00:57.204]Went through the rain and pain, where's the sunshine and joy? [00:59.896]I can't seem to find it, trapped in the black cloud [01:02.648]Watching my life go down, to hide the suffering, I smile [01:06.354](Tekitha)Running these streets can be so [01:08.770]Trying these trying times [01:11.857]Manchild in the promised land [01:14.536]Who of you will understand? [01:17.233]Running these streets can be so [01:20.206]Trying these trying times [01:22.895]Manchild in the promised land, hey-ay... [01:27.898](Shyheim)My aunt died from AIDS, I watched her deteriorate [01:30.856]She told me ****ing wit drugs, was her biggest mistake [01:33.628]Put my moms on to it, sticking needles in her veins [01:36.263]Being sons of addicts, yo, me and Cane the same [01:39.228]We packed bags at Pathmark, we both humped Tamika [01:42.018]We used to go to the pool, just to steal kid's sneakers [01:44.769]Rocked cut-off beepers, wore old clothes for Easter [01:47.660]**** was so real, we had to split a slice of pizza [01:50.313]I was born at six months, damn, premature [01:53.253]My moms birthed a thug like, Afeni Shakur [01:55.866]I'm surprised I ain't crazy, from the bug **** I saw [01:58.965]I caught my mother buying crack on the first floor, before [02:01.856]I never thought I'd be in a cell, smoking the Newport [02:04.535]With all sorts of thoughts, running through my mind [02:07.570]Know I ain't leaving, caught, D.A. talkin jail time [02:10.055]I glanced at my mom's eyes, she looking like she wanna cry [02:13.206](Tekitha) Running these streets can be so [02:16.007]Trying these trying times [02:18.889]Manchild in the promised land [02:21.499]Who of you will understand? [02:24.261]Running these streets can be so [02:27.301]Trying these trying times [02:29.965]Manchild in the promised land, hey-ay... [02:35.256](Shyheim)They say I'm an accident waiting to happen, G [02:37.968]Miss Ann from the first floor said she gon' pray for me [02:40.821]She had a bad dream, that they, murdered me [02:43.500]I said, "Miss, truthfully, I don't believe in dreams" [02:46.256]Hope is miles away, from where I stay [02:48.984]Who knows the way? Pssshhh... ****, I'd pay [02:51.800]For the directions? My whole family's in correction [02:54.607]Fake friends half-stepping, I'm stressing, answer question [02:57.557]Can I trust you? Uh-huh, then I love you [03:00.309]Yea, if not, straight up and down, **** you [03:02.953]Bottom line, real people do real things [03:07.033]Play your position... (running these streets can be so...) [03:08.469]You see, its like this [03:10.418]You've got to plan your work and work your plan [03:13.216]Cause seeing who fails the plan, plans the fail [03:16.148]Execute your strategy and seize your goal [03:19.321]Cause see, persistence overcomes, resistance, peace [03:23.298]Trying these trying times [03:25.790]Manchild in the promised land, hey-ay... [03:31.702]Running these streets can be so [03:34.410]Trying these trying times [03:37.330]Manchild in the promised land [03:40.268]Who of you will understand? [03:42.598](fades...)