Chance

Genesis, chapter eleven, verse ten
 Explains the genealogy of Shem
 Shem was a black man, in Africa
 If you repeat this fact, they can't laugh at ya
 Seem to not take it too well
 When I tell you that it's not the reason I fell
 Then you know just how he felt
 When you look at how you gave enough chance to sell
 All I ever wanted was a chance for myself
 Why the fuck do you even speak?
 It's not a choice of speech, and it sure ain't free
 When you preaches to keep your edge
 Stay in your corner, fuck you up, we lost our chill
 All you ever wanted was a chance for yourself
 To represent a thing that we have started to build
 All I ever wanted was a chance for myself
 Been chewed up but it makes you proud
 You're the dark skinned nigga in a sold out crowd
 Looking at the girl with the thick, blonde braids
 And you're tryin' to make out what her t-shirt says
 No one ever really gets what 'thug life' means
 They wanna be surrounded but they hate to breathe
 The air is thick as I claim my escape
 All I ever wanted as a chance for myself