De La Souls

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I am P.O.S
 I be the new generation of slaves
 Here to make papes off this land corporations rape
 From that life I'm tryin' to separate
 But I guess I'm livin' dreams cause my rent's always a month late
 Product of an East German Black
 Who kissed the neck, of a pretty woman named Grace
 But he left my life just a little too soon
 Didn't see me catch the Doomtree fame
 As we go a little something like this
 Look mom, no protection, now I got a baby boy by the name of Jake
 And I been trying to play the cowboy to rustle in the dough
 When I think I'm getting' better every passin' day
 I'm not an early bird, plus the feathers' all black
 So by the time I catch an apple, usually it's rind
 But it's a must to decipher one's girl
 From the round, sweet apples that are rotten on the inside
 I cherish my free time
 But I maximize, so my soul needs to unwind
 I wanna see the stars be the moon to my sun
 (But I'm always on the run, run, run)
 I'm fake to all these hard-case kids
 I raise a black fist but won't say *nigga* in the things I write
 And I don't say *faggot* cause I don't think it's right
 I know my boy will struggle with that for over half his life
 I guess we got our own lives to live
 But I'm stretched too thin, tryin' to build a kingdom to rule
 And I think to the past sometimes
 And dag man, it's bad, see I kinda acted like a fool
 But I've apologized to the lives that I've touched wrong
 Pride to the back, move ahead strong
 But I can safely say: I've never played a woman without karma catchin' up later on
 I try to walk the right side of the tracks
 But I've hopped a couple trains, mom would cry if she knew the haps
 But I can stand who I am and face the day straight
 Knowin' not a thing can change when our beat singin'
 No one will ever be, like me
 No one will ever be, like me
 I know I'm not a bad guy, but when I try to do what's right
 Everyone who comes to me don't understand or see my plight
 Everything I've ever done, and all the plans I've had inside
 I was Mr. Gone Wrong in way, so I gave up and said
 (Alright)
 So now I do what I can, I'm
 (Alright)
 Stand up like Mama raised me
 (Alright)
 I was dealt from the bottom
 And pulled a flush
 I've been living with my chips all in
 And I'm still in, see
 I am P.O.S
 I be the new generation of slaves
 Here to make papes off this land corporations rape
 From that life I'm tryin' to separate
 But I guess I'm livin' dreams cause my rent's always a month late
 And lookin' back it seems I've always been a step behind
 Little off-track and feelin' no one shared the frame of mind
 Listenin' to records in my room to escape
 Found some things I could relate with, I wore out the tape
 We said
 When I lose, every time I win, cause
 No one will ever be
 Messin' up stuff or doin' things wrong
 Quite like me
 {X2}
 No one will ever be, like me
 No one will ever be, like me
 No one will ever be, like me
 No one will ever be, like me
 

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Duration
03:45
Key
1
Tempo
95 BPM

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