De La Souls

歌詞

I am P.O.S. I be the new generation of slaves Here to make papes off this land corporation's 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 somethin' like this Look ma, no protection Now I got a baby boy by the name of Jake And I been tryin' to play the cowboy to rustle in the dough And I think I been gettin' better every passin' day I'm not an early bird, plus the feathers are black So by the time I catch an apple, usually its rind But its 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 and be the moon to my son 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 struggled 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, an dag man, it's bad See, I kinda acted like a fool But I've apologized to the lives I touched wrong Pride to the back move ahead strong But I can safely say I ain't never played a woman Without karma catchin' up later on I tried to walk the right side of the tracks But I hopped a couple trains, mom would cry if she knew the halfs But I can stand who I am and face the day straight Knowin' not a thing can change with me, singin' No one will ever be like me No one will ever be like me And I know I'm not a bad guy When I try and do what's right Everyone who comes to me Don't understand or see my plight Everything I ever done And all the plans I had inside Always missed, gone wrong in a 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 been livin' with my chips all in and I'm still in, see No one will ever be like me No one will ever be like me From that life I'm tryin' to separate But I guess I'm livin' dreams 'Cause my rent's always a month late Lookin' back it seems I always been a step behind A little off track, feelin' no one shared the frame of mind Listen to records in my room to escape Found some things I could relate with and wore out the tape He said: When I lose every time I win, 'cause No one will ever be Messin' up stuff and doin' things wrong Quite like me 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