Po' Folks (feat. Anthony Hamilton)

All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
 All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
 We came in the game, plain ya see
 Average man when the rest was ashamed to be
 Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me
 So rough it was, downright wrong I tell ya
 Nobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin'
 Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see
 Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat
 Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real
 Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelin's
 Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world
 Can't change it, so I guess I'm gon' pray for the world
 Sometimes I ask myself, was I made for the world?
 I scream this to you, and I say it to the world
 Nappy then, Nappy now, Nappy for a bit
 Knee-deep, head over heels in this country shit
 All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
 All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
 Even though I picture better days
 I'm thankful for the chance I got to say amen
 The Lord done blessed me with his grace
 I wish this day would never end
 We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump
 Polish shot off on these presidents, and hard times they go and come
 Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all
 Who woulda thought skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call
 Lord, help me out, tell me where I went wrong
 I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long
 I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, daddy be strong
 We gon' make it through these hard times
 Even though they go and they come
 Ya absolutely right, for somethin' happen to me on last Tuesday night
 It's plain as day, man they with this world trade
 Naw brave any order but confoldure
 Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter
 That's when, see, everything can go any which way
 They got me fooled, see the henny with the J
 Front porch, chillin' broke, country folk, man I'm Nappy with my ways yo
 All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
 All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
 It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin'
 All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands
 Got the folk with depresses of being po' man
 Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man
 Nappy got some from the roots for we gon' stand
 Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man
 Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man
 Zonin', two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes
 I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again
 Damn I hope you play this song again
 The soul cleansin', the melody just read my end
 Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my lady
 Been searchin' bendin' and saw my folks locked in the tenants
 And it don't make any sense why children and sentencin'
 Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why I'm writin' these sentences
 Just lower my income, what though we ain't finish it
 All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
 All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
 And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay