[hook]
Living in a nightmare, chasing a dream
Tryina find the truth but it ain’t what it seems
I could give a lesson you could take it from me
But it’s some things that you can’t teach
'Cause our mind’s in a cage behind doors that you can’t leave
Keep your goals so far away that you can’t reach
Understand one thing that’ll set you free
That I'm not like you, and you not like me
[verse 1]
… Somedays I wanna be different, some days I wanna be distant
Just to see if my absence will make any difference
And to those I done bad, hoping they can forgive him
Life on a track hoping maybe you’ll listen
But the beats gotta clap, bass better be kicking
I come from the rags, navigated to riches
Now there’s no running back, hence why I'm defensive
My skin tone black, so I fit the description
of someone behind bars, either rap or in prison, switch visions
Tell the stereotypes excuse my skin
Boycott vitamix I refuse to blend
I got a different view my friend, I dropped the chip off my shoulder
Sometimes you gotta lose to win
Let me introduce my fears, in a world with no peers
tryina share a new idea
So I guess I'll go retro, let go of everything
Until I'm in this room, all alone with my echo
[hook]
[verse 2]
You know…
We were all born different people
Built unique, but all of us equal
More than a sequel to our forefathers
Less than the ultimate one we trust
Hence we hoard dollars
Rich fools, poor scholars
and all in between
In this world where nightmares and dreams
aren’t quite what they seem
But still we chase the regime as we aim to be king
… Ironically over those the same as we
Desperate to be different in comparison
But if history repeats we’re on pace to be Aryans
So I pace myself in my own shoes that I laced myself
A soul alone, not like you