For Colored Boys - KOTA The Friend.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : Avery Marcel Joshua Jones
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Avery Marcel Joshua Jones
[00:24.63]You was born in a hospital with incompetent doctors
[00:28.04]Who didn't bother to press you against your mother's chest
[00:30.88]But that's okay,
[00:31.87]'Cause Jehovah say that your mother blessed
[00:33.85]And we are here to guide you through life
[00:35.59]And teach you what is best
[00:36.94]Do not have your kids in a hospital,
[00:38.80]They don't give a ****
[00:39.94]Especially 'bout black folk
[00:41.32]Learn how to deliver your own kids
[00:43.49]And have 'em at home, kid
[00:45.00]And leave that placenta attached as long as you want, kid
[00:48.20]It's different for black boys, harder for black girls
[00:51.22]Start your own business venture, thrive in a black world
[00:54.43]Where you and your homies don't gotta worry 'bout
[00:56.90]Gettin' fired and facin' discrimination
[00:58.82]We are creators; we don't go beggin' for placement
[01:01.89]Where we are not wanted
[01:03.11]And I'ma keep it a hunnid, youngin',
[01:05.21]We used to be hunted
[01:06.47]They had us sittin' in zoos
[01:07.98]So what you see in the news
[01:09.36]Is really nothin' that's new
[01:10.90]They really targetin' you
[01:12.41]You hear me talkin' to you?
[01:13.92]But even if your bread straight
[01:16.09]Big house, nice car, gotta keep your head straight
[01:19.05]People that be gossipin' constantly only dead weight
[01:22.15]Wiser assessments of situations
[01:23.96]Will carry you to your best days
[01:26.00]Put away a portion of your profit when you get paid
[01:29.03]And do not be afraid of change
[01:30.64]It could be a segue
[01:32.10]To a better something
[01:33.84]But have patience
[01:35.30]And always make time for family and celebration
[01:38.15]And every good thing in life requires dedication
[01:41.19]Like career, wife, kids, and it's spiritual
[01:43.82]The point of our existence isn’t physical
[01:46.04]Make sure there is love in your livin' room
[01:48.37]And make sure that
[01:49.27]You there for the ones that you give it to
[01:51.33]And grudges'll do you no good
[01:53.73]Life is too short to be stressin'
[01:55.69]Love your friends for who they are
[01:57.19]If they there when you’re down
[01:58.90]Then you should keep 'em around
[02:00.52]And then return that favor tenfold
[02:01.96]Everything you hidin' will be exposed
[02:04.23]So you should probably
[02:05.57]Keep it a thousand youngin' and let go
[02:07.48]Embrace humiliation it’s humblin'
[02:09.53]And take every situation for what it is
[02:12.05]Love is free so don't be possessive
[02:14.33]Love is a combination of lettin' go and holdin' tight
[02:17.68]You’ll learn when to do which
[02:19.14]And get more love than you know what to do with
[02:21.54]And you gon' make mistakes 'cause,
[02:23.00]Homie, you only human
[02:24.36]But that ain't no excuse to be foolish
[02:26.42]Treat your woman with respect
[02:27.99]That means keepin' it real
[02:29.38]Keepin' her in your mind
[02:30.89]If you about to be stupid
[02:32.46]Just think about how she feel
[02:33.93]Be honest with yourself
[02:35.77]Put your ego on the shelf
[02:37.21]And I promise you it helps
[02:38.77]You ain't gotta be what they expect
[02:40.73]Get to scrubbin' when you make a mess
[02:43.03]And treat your daughters same as your sons
[02:44.83]We growin' out of double standards
[02:46.81]Speakin' of standards
[02:48.09]Let's move away from the European
[02:49.61]Tell her she's beautiful
[02:51.17]Wide nose, coarse hair, brown eyes, brown skin
[02:54.11]Self-love for the win
[02:55.74]Why conform to a society that hates you
[02:59.02]And spent all they energy tryna break you?
[03:01.33]Now they thinkin', "Y'all ****** still here?"
[03:03.61]Yeah, and y'all still scared
[03:05.24]Black boys still strong
[03:06.76]Slavery's still here
[03:08.20]Black boys still marked
[03:09.76]The prisons is still packed
[03:11.24]With innocent black boys
[03:12.71]The black boys still thrive
[03:14.35]The black girls still God
[03:15.92]Yeah
[03:17.56]I love you
[03:18.71]I love you, too
[03:19.92]I love you, too
[03:21.10]My big boy
[03:23.60]You're my big boy,
[03:24.88]I wanna read Hank the Hungry Caterpillar
[03:27.92]You wanna read Hank the Hungry Caterpillar?
[03:29.57]'Kay
[03:30.26]Okay