
Cause you wasn't there, life wasn't fair
I look at steps in the wrong direction, another stare
Yeah muthafucka yeah
I swear, just…
…Just the other night I coulda killed a nigga man
Nah'mean, I wouldn't be here rapping about this shit
Think about it man
[Verse 4…
…hustlin' no more if y'all listening
Ya'll niggas only get the music man
Ya'll don't know what be going on with a nigga day to day…

…teachers. Just a mean-spirited kid. I can't remember how it started or what it was about, but one day we were in the hallway between…
…to hurt him despite his layers of protective fat, but I wasn't scared. I knew he couldn't hurt me either. Just as I was really puffing my…
…at me. Our hands were down. One of the dudes in his crew walked right up to me. "Wassup, man, you down for round two?" I didn't…

You and me
C-c-can't you see
It wasn't meant to be
Just take my hand
And you'll understand
Woah! I'm not your man
You and me
C…
…-c-can't you see
It wasn't mean to be
Just take my hand
And you'll understand
Woah! I'm not your man (Understand..)
Cause you…
…that you're the one
For someone
You and me
C-c-can't you see
It wasn't meant to be (Meant to be..)
Just take my hand
And you'll understand
Woah! I'm not your man…

The Girl From Yesterday
It wasn't reall sad the way they said good-bye
Or maybe it just hurt so bad she couldn't cry
He packed his things…
To Be Still
It's just another day in paradise
As you stumble to your bed
You'd give anything to silence
Those voices ringing…
…to try
The days go by
Ev'ry night when the sun goes down
Just another lonely boy in town
And she's out runnin' 'round
She wasn't just…

…straight just to appeal to the women
I believe if you're real they'll just feel what you're spitting
It's an evil world what we live in our…
…just misunderstood
If I could take it all back, I'd say, "Miss, bun your books"
Coz there ain't nothing you could teach man
I'll…
But who was at the gates when we freed man? Us!
I just blame me 'cos I let the greed lead man
'Cos I gave you them things…

…another girl her name was Pat
She wasn't just thick naw the bitch was Fat
She had pierced nipples and a Twiztid tat
In between her…
…and it came for free
Not for everybody just mainly me
I'm a minute man bitch, 'cause I aim to be
I met this hoe named Sweet Denice
Liberian Girl…
…could blow your nut off with just a kiss
Man oh man, that bitch I miss
People find her, I tracked her down
Her new boyfriend smacked…
By Brother Ali (2009)
On album Us (2009)

…didn't want us ended up in the news
You must be crazy, you think any of us appreciate it
How our parents wanna upgrade us
All day…
…respect
His boy Ali got hooked up with clothes
One day slap boxin, he broke my nose
He almost cried man, he had a good heart…
…crew
We both had babies, drama with our old ladies
But as time went on, our connection only grew
He said "I just can't…

…for a way to eat
You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day
Stay down stay down just to live a better way
Stay down stay down just…
…to live a brighter day
Stay down stay down just to live a better way
How many blacks gotta die by the hands of another
Don't you…
…to be dealin'
All I'm sayin' is I feel him I guess
I just see eye 2 eye wit his struggle you know
How many days we gonna live our life…

…for a way to eat
You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day
Stay down stay down just to live a better way
Stay down stay down…
…just to live a brighter day
Stay down stay down just to live a better way
[Verse 1]
How many blacks gotta die…
…days we gotta live our life searching for a way to eat
You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day
Stay down stay down…

…for a way to eat?
You gotta stay down, stay down just to see a brighter day
Stay down, stay down just to live a better way
Stay down…
…stay down just to live a brighter day
Stay down, stay down just to live a better way
[Verse 1]
How many blacks gotta die…
…on the streets
How many days we gotta live our life searching for a way to eat
You gotta stay down stay down just to see a brighter day
Stay…

…hustle where I stay
This wasn't made in a day (Day)
Me and my guys (Guys) havin' it our way (Our way)
Making a play (Play)
I'm out…
…the way (I'm out the way), I don't hustle where I stay
This wasn't made in a day (Day)
Me and my guys (Guys) havin' it our way (Our…
…where I stay
This wasn't made in a day (Day)
Me and my guys (Guys) havin' it our way (Our way)
Making a play, making…

…is fuckin' 'em up!
Same time our women drowning in the midst of it all
But first thing you say's "chill, like it wasn't my call" ("ayo…
…chill, like, it wasn't my call")
Not understanding long as you silent you playing your part
("You know I ain't had nothing to do with that man…
…*)
Or hiding in shells, to keep it in and swallow the grief
Just man up, don't even try to think of crying for help
Can't find my way in anything
...lotta rappers talk…

…not good at a one-night stand But I still need love cause I'm just a man These nights never seem to go to plan I don't want you…
…had the best bond I could ever imagine It wasn't all just about lust now I'm feeling stupid and f*cking garbage because of my so…
…our love wasn't done It was ended or quickly finished I'm just some f*cking dipsh*t you only wished for a very good relationship…

Life can tear away what's vital to a man, hook it from him, one scrap at a time, leaving him empty-handed…
…and beggared by the years. Every man has his thorns, not of him, but in him, deep as bones. The scars of the briar mark me…
…stood close. Corruption is nibbling at our heels from the hour we're born. The stink of rot just reminds us where our feet…
By Mzm (2016)
On album Downpour (2016)

…at you, I was a piece of shit
Girl, I'm pretty sure this wasn't part of the plan
We both rushed in early, I was far from a man
Yeah, I…
…was immature, insecure
With all sorts of habits that I'm sure just pissed you off
But you acted up, you wasn't innocent either…
…would you damage a man so passionate
Who cared and bared all and you was just savage
Yeah you heard right, it's not a typo bitch
I…