[Verse 1]
Sitting back these days I reminisce
I seen the light, is this what Heaven is
I seen the rights, I’m speaking feminist so
Love yourself, my family trans and cis
One nation, no religion bound
Either sink or swim, I can’t ever drown
Pushing the waves, I’m tidal for days
Apple be the fruit to make them pray
(Yo man, talk that talk)
[Pre-Hook]
(Adam and Eve, to love another or each other
To love no one else and be proud of the color
That’s an Ace in the deck, a queen or a king
Melanin in our skin while we doing this thing
We were just kids; she’s a mother, I’m her brother
Blind to the hate, we ain’t ever going under
And if you ask, if I’m down, I’ll let you know)
Since the world closing in, people come and they go
[Hook]
Ohhh oh oh
Yeah, are you down? Are you down?
Just let me know
Are you down? Are you down?
Just let me know
Are you down? Are you down?
Just let me know, know
Are you down? Are you down?
Just let me, yeah
Are you down? Are you down?
Just let me know
Are you down? Are you down?
Just let me know
Are you down? Are you down?
Just let me know, know
Are you down? Are you down? Are you?
[Verse 2]
Y’all boys been playing, do you hear what I’m saying?
Seventeen tracks in, many more I’m creating
Lost life in the News, so I headed to Mason
Running mile after mile, being impatient
Fake tan, fake hair; we know he complacent
Mixed boy, white robes; all the drama I’m facing
Just for them to say this dream ain’t worth chasing
Rather see me fall, lose it all in the making
Dream Deferred, my brothers have many hues
Speaking poems, writing on that Langston Hughes
This ain’t rap, this is feeling rhythm and the blues
While I’m speaking of winning, no time to lose
Seen you from my past, out the window pane
Ultraviolet album, call that stuff purple rain
I’m a Prince in my city where I’m from
Fresh like your breath after chewing on some gum
I let myself orbit, centered ‘round my Sun
I’ll be living with the stars, raising up the funds
Put an end to human trafficking of women and kids
And send them all first class back to where they can live
Look, Hov gave a milli; made a blueprint
Rob a Kardashian, see where them n***s sent
And that’s the reason why ignorance is relevant
People only getting clout, just for the hell of it
[Outro]
Let the real ones starve while you getting fat
Billionaires grow obese, where’s the middle class?
And if these be the last words that I speak
Just know I wanted better living out in the streets
(and if these be the last words that I speak
Just know I wanted better living out in the streets)