Redman — B.M.I.A

[Intro] We will be here forever, do you understand? (Black man) Forever & ever, & ever & ever [Verse 1: Redman] Hey This black man made it in America Basketball and rapper, track kids to get the hell out the area Nowadays niggas kill when you get ahead of 'em So I backtrack to get 'em to act right 'Cause they confuse the rap life for a trap life (True) Mentally i ain't the rap type, you fuck with me your situation turn to Roy Jones' last fight This muddy music, that means you get offended, these words like liquor when I'm bartending (Let's go nigga) Momma taught me well, she hold a hammer for me She pray for me when I get it, it's mandatory (Mandatory) Call me Big Unc' and I'll cosign ya Bankrolls, rolling blunts, I'll be ya role model Drug addicts go cold chicken They veins pop out, they say "Red, feed me what I ain't getting" I can get in my car and out And the same song is on when I get back in and get out Check my archives, my stage show is barfight You want it? Had it right, Sean Price I'm a legend, don't call me old school I move niggas like they building in the whole foods (Yessir) And you gotta be ready for drama Especially when bloods and. crips is living by your momma I'm breathless [Chorus: Pressure] Reality sneaking to my baby Like John Jerry man I bust it from the eighties Dem free [?] Black in America, yeah, don't play me [?] Revolution kick off like in the '80 Dem free [?] Black in America, yeah, just pay me [Verse 2: Redman] Hey This black man made it in America Facts My blood kill lab rats, I'm one like a snowflake Abstract, that's why I take you to that Mad Max And I grew up across from a cemetery That's why my commentary sound like your obituary Grown man talk, we got a Denzel on, I told LL I'm just getting warmed The tri state, when niggas dying over bullets or they prostate And cops against blacks never gon' migrate I ain't getting shot, they try to pull me over? I turn it to a car chase These little kids into gang violence Artists getting called hip hop but they ain't rhyming Y'all voted for him, now they a rockstar I feel like a black film tryna get a Oscar God forgive me for my sins You dealt me these cards so I'm gon play it to win (Yeah) And I'm tryna get forty more haters So I can sign em on to the "Reggie, I Hate Him But Glad He Made It" I'm breathless [Chorus: Pressure] Reality sneaking to my baby Like John Jerry man I bust it from the eighties Dem free [?] Black in America, yeah, don't play me [?] Revolution kick off like in the '80 Dem free [?] Black in America, yeah, just pay me [Verse 3: Redman] Hey This black man made it in America Can you believe how I did it? I had faith and had God as my witness I couldn't just be a artist, I had to learn the business And haters on the side, they had to sell me wolf tickets But I'm still relevant, me and rap? We got a life sentence Success is like a bank loan, it's hard to get I worked hard for everything I wasn't offered in And it's up to me to show my babies how to be a boss I teach em how to win but also how to take a loss And education is key But nowadays I advise you to learn the trade and not depend on a college degree I sold drugs but I don't have no story to tell Cause music always was my life, Patti LaBelle As long as I live, you get honour and dedication And fuck the media interrogating I'm breathless [Outro] You see it on the news, you see it on social media But when you a black man in America It's VERY scary and terrifying, believe me Sometimes I wonder, will there ever be quality for a black man in America I doubt it