The Story So Far (2018)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Tryna escape this bodega with no avail The corner store committing robbery, ripping me off Making this agave passionfruit for sale I tried to fight it but to no avail Chips here are probably stale Yet I'm with it: I'm high and I'm hungry I see a sign and it's hung above me It says "What does your life entail?" My moms hasn't heard from me in a while And my pops even longer Need to speak to his daughter and see how she's doing Scary world for a little melanin girl, it truly is I need to call you too; I know you missing me Exit the store, cover my eyes, the sun's hitting me But I have never seen the sky, so differently Until the day that you died Until the day that you died Until the day that you- Yo I do this 'til the day that I die My nigga cringe when he hear fireworks in July You ain't need to know why I just hope he recover His mother miss him and I miss him too I hope he play this and he thinks of all the things we been through But if he doesn't, I wasn't the type to stop him from getting money My cousins is hungry; he hustling for their tummies Is he wrong? Dear God, is he wrong? Son wanna be a reverend, pops clipped in 7/11 He asking his moms, "is Daddy gonna go to heaven?" Is he wrong? Dear God, is he wrong? [Verse 2] I'm asking what happened to Miss Symone Told my niece brown color when you draw skin tone Mahogany, maroon, caramel, chocolate, [?] Blend 'em all together I want her to see the characters in her In her and them, two puffs on her head stem From an imagination rooted deeply in coloring The palette beautifully displays all types of complexions That she hasn't seen in the store's magazine section Reflection of her on that coloring page As her eyes light up revealing images displayed That God is a queen, someone she could really believe in Her puffs raise up, teeth missing from in her grin Black girl, hated by the world she in But you don't know what it's like to be forced to hate your skin But she do And she still somehow pushing through And she do, she do And she still stronger than you And me too And me too Me too And this for you, for you, for you, for you, for you