T.G.I.F (Red Bull 64 Bars)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] One girl with dreams too big for her town She might as well talk foreign, they never heard a sound Too young to know the business on her own Wishin' that she skipped a generation scrollin' through her phone Three little birds always make it known It's impossible, irresponsible, farcical to hope Time, place, and people never in her zone, four-closed Not a day I don't wish I could trade lives and watch her grow One boy born into poverty Caught in the jungle, all you want are barе necessities Mothеr like a lioness, got no time for no pity Shame on you, you'll never beat your brother in these things Stop chasin' after dreams, and chase money trees Worker bees gotta work hard to please the queen Money so squeaky clean, made it, he never wanna spend it She knows how to set him free, he don't know how to end it One woman with no room of her own Went from virgin here to be birthin' kids when she ain't grown Flowin' like a river through the systems she couldn't oppose And that's just the way it goes, I suppose Raised by wolves, it's all she knows Only dishes out what she's seen before Pity how we only open up behind closed doors She never let her art go though, bono She give all her light to others 'round her, so she burn slow One man too sweet to seek control Learnt very early on that he must do what he's told Simple in his soul, happy with a hand to hold But years of never takin' for himself was bound to take a toll "Be a man now, you got your family to defend now Pretend now that you know what you want, put your hand out Take what is given don't go asking for help now" 'Till he's grateful for his death as he takes his last breath I blame it on the east and I blame it on the west For never lettin' my people unload the weight off their chest For askin' them to clean up while their mind was a mess Blame for my Dalis and Fridas gettin' pawned for your chess game I weep for you, keep for you, I don't do this for my gain I take for you, break for you, your pain is in my veins Heaven is a lucky place for you to grow your grain I know you're looking down on me, and you'll make it rain [Chorus] Every little piece takes root in me, takes root in me All these precious flowers bore fruit in me, bore fruit in me I ain't by myself I'm family, you're family, I'm family Livin' for your names, it brings me peace, it brings me peace It brings me peace [Verse 2] And what a tragedy, it gives me the Shakespeare Spinnin' too fast, deadly are the blades of the ceiling fans Where we hang, our tired bodies, gentle hands A culture so beautiful, the greedy couldn't handle it The money dance, our bodies never meant for it The circumstances can turn your deity to a devil The secret glances, the tortured advances Of a mind that never can fit, the preachers word, Francis Wham, tell us where to go-go Took our lands, and left us only bo-bones Broke our clans, and left us with the po-po Now, we got one foot everywhere it can go Wham, we were left with no home We learnt fast, we catchin' up the time though History repeats itself, we gettin to the throne This the plan, we up next in the show, flow, yo