Young, Gifted and Black feat. DJ El Conductor

from Follow My Lead by Tribe Of Levi

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(Verse 1: MICjordan)

There's no such thing as failure, only a chance to to learn
Hard Knock School hall pass, foot in the ass to earn
the success and insight, so when we get it, we deserve it
life's perverse twists that surface might have a bigger purpose
so when the Most High gives me a harsh sentence, I serve it
my person is confined in these bars but as the words drift
the limits suggest questions that undermine the boundaries
heat applied to sound and beats proceeds from a foundry
I found in me when I was six and other kids were clowning me
for my hand-me-down fits, 'cause my mama wasn't brown as me
'cause my hand was always up, questioning what's around me
now I'm in the mix, it's benefits to being down with me
but detriments too, I was too hesitant to spring the trap
if you told me as a kid that I'd grow up to sing and rap
I'd have let out an obscene laugh, sneered audibly,
unaware of how I would be steered causally,
but no matter how large or small they seem, I can't honestly
call these things regrets 'cause they're still a part of me
(it's all a part of me)

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from Follow My Lead, released July 10, 2012
Produced by Akili Beats
Lyrics: J. Beasley
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pete Space at SoundCap Audio, Sacramento, CA

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