Blackboy

And I was told in school I was a fool

And money I'd never gain none

But I used my flow as a tool, they was cruel

Said I'd be no rapper, but I did work and became one



Now it's a cryin' shame, I'm buyin' thangs

And they got debts, they got to pay back

I think I know why my teachers would

Look in my eye and say that

And why's that?



'Cuz I'm a blackboy

Came from nothin', don't mean my life means nothin'

Made it out the game through the pain and sufferin'

Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all clutchin'?



See, I'm a blackboy

Scared when you see me, frauds disappear like a genie

Little whiteboys want to be me

But you don't want to go through what I go through

True definition of a blackboy



It must be the way that my pants sag

Or the sparklin' diamonds on the watch my left hand has

I know my appearance is lookin' like I am bad

In your department store all I wanna do is pop a damn tag



Made it honest, that's why the blacks get mad at you

Even foreigners shop and got big gratitude

I make more than you, but you got this attitude

Like I can't be shoppin' at Saks Fifth Avenue



I'm just tryin' to buy my baby some creed spring flower

But they don't know that the Tecca Nina cheese means power

So they look at me like none of my breed brings valor

That's why when you see us in passin' we seem sour



Last time I checked, my power shockeras

I was on top of the Indy charts and not a slotera

But I'm the author of darkness and I like the opera

So why when I'm at Macbeth they won't treat me more propera?



'Cuz I'm a blackboy

Came from nothin', don't mean my life means nothin'

Made it out the game through the pain and sufferin'

Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all clutchin'?



See, I'm a blackboy

Scared when you see me, frauds disappear like a genie

Little whiteboys want to be me

But you don't want to go through what I go through

True definition of a blackboy



Frontline shoot, soldiers represent that

Frontline shoot, Grand Verb, it's the snatch back

Head wrapped in the desert, boombox on the camel back

Escape from the clone lab, fugitives spook black



With finesse in you, it's the knowledge from way back

The prophet of the page don't eat right till it all cracks

Blackboy rappin' from the pages torn

Street scriptures more classic than the Jimmy Cracked Corn



A spawn of the movement, keep the music movement

So my purpose stays clear and my music stays groovin'

I do it for the real, I don't need Jena Six

For me to know America is still on that bullshit



So people think that black are just ball players and singers

That massa complex is what fuels the street bangers

And street soldiers to stand up, no choice to get it right

So these blackboys can finally get they man up



'Cuz I'm a blackboy

Came from nothin', don't mean my life means nothin'

Made it out the game through the pain and sufferin'

Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all clutchin'?



See, I'm a blackboy

Scared when you see me, frauds disappear like a genie

Little whiteboys want to be me

But you don't want to go through what I go through

True definition of a blackboy



I'm a blackboy and always gettin' underestimated

But when I move next door, I know you hate it

You had my whole family investigated

And when they didn't find no crack, you said I ate it



Uh uh, a motherfucker just elevated

Over ghetto life that was designated

You see this blackboy, you know heaven made it

I don't want to go if I got to integrate it



You know pellot boy, be happy you made it

Just take what you got, and stop complainin'

Ok, weather man will stop the rainin'

On my people head, and start explainin'



What your people said, believe in the bible

But you still act barbaric and psycho

My name is Ice Cube, bitch, it ain't Michael

I'll never bleach my own skin just to be like you



'Cuz I'm a blackboy

Came from nothin', don't mean my life means nothin'

Made it out the game through the pain and sufferin'

Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all clutchin'?



See, I'm a blackboy

Scared when you see me, frauds disappear like a genie

Little whiteboys want to be me

But you don't want to go through what I go through

True definition of a blackboy