De La Souls - P.O.S

[00:00.0]De La Souls - P.O.S
[00:10.33]I am P.O.S
[00:11.31]I be the new generation of slaves
[00:13.4]Here to make papes off this land corporations rape
[00:16.5]From that life I'm tryin' to separate
[00:18.17]But I guess I'm livin' dreams
[00:19.32]Cause my rent's always a month late
[00:21.71]Product of an East German Black
[00:23.23]Who kissed the neck, of a pretty woman named Grace
[00:26.53]But he left my life just a little too soon
[00:28.89]Didn't see me catch the Doomtree fame
[00:30.6]As we go a little something like this
[00:32.54]Look mom, no protection,
[00:33.85]Now I got a baby boy by the name of Jake
[00:36.17]And I been trying to play the cowboy
[00:37.85]To rustle in the dough
[00:39.28]When I think I'm getting' better every passin' day
[00:41.75]I'm not an early bird, plus the feathers' all black
[00:44.07]So by the time I catch an apple, usually it's rind
[00:46.6]But it's a must to decipher one's girl
[00:48.38]From the round, sweet apples
[00:49.7]That are rotten on the inside
[00:51.66]I cherish my free time
[00:53.62]But I maximize, so my soul needs to unwind
[00:57.05]I wanna see the stars be the moon to my sun
[00:59.45](But I'm always on the run, run, run)
[01:02.16]I'm fake to all these hard-case kids
[01:03.49]I raise a black fist
[01:04.61]But won't say *ni**a* in the things I write
[01:06.69]And I don't say *faggot* cause I don't think it's right
[01:09.37]I know my boy will struggle with that
[01:10.74]For over half his life
[01:12.14]I guess we got our own lives to live
[01:13.94]But I'm stretched too thin,
[01:15.04]Tryin' to build a kingdom to rule
[01:16.82]And I think to the past sometimes
[01:18.47]And dag man, it's bad,
[01:20.04]See I kinda acted like a fool
[01:22.19]But I've apologized to the lives
[01:23.56]That I've touched wrong
[01:24.5]Pride to the back, move ahead strong
[01:27.21]But I can safely say:
[01:28.69]I've never played a woman
[01:29.79]Without karma catchin' up later on
[01:32.59]I try to walk the right side of the tracks
[01:34.34]But I've hopped a couple trains,
[01:35.33]Mom would cry if she knew the haps
[01:36.94]But I can stand who I am and face the day straight
[01:39.84]Knowin' not a thing can change when our beat singin'
[01:41.880005]No one will ever be, like me
[01:47.270004]No one will ever be, like me
[01:51.91]I know I'm not a bad guy,
[01:53.2]But when I try to do what's right
[01:54.55]Everyone who comes to me don't understand
[01:56.03]Or see my plight
[01:57.08]Everything I've ever done,
[01:57.86]And all the plans I've had inside
[01:59.6]I was Mr. Gone Wrong in way,
[02:00.94]So I gave up and said
[02:02.16](Alright)
[02:03.27]So now I do what I can, I'm
[02:04.75](Alright)
[02:05.13]Stand up like Mama raised me
[02:06.43](Alright)
[02:07.98]I was dealt from the bottom
[02:09.0]And pulled a flush
[02:09.73]I've been living with my chips all in
[02:11.19]And I'm still in, see
[02:12.41]No one will ever be, like me
[02:17.70999]No one will ever be, like me
[02:32.2]I am P.O.S
[02:33.36]I be the new generation of slaves
[02:35.34]Here to make papes off this land corporations rape
[02:38.37]From that life I'm tryin' to separate
[02:39.79001]But I guess I'm livin' dreams
[02:41.54001]Cause my rent's always a month late
[02:42.95999]And lookin' back it seems
[02:44.03]I've always been a step behind
[02:45.70999]Little off-track and feelin' no one shared the frame of mind
[02:47.95999]Listenin' to records in my room to escape
[02:50.27]Found some things I could relate with,
[02:51.51]I wore out the tape
[02:52.61]We said
[02:53.29001]When I lose, every time I win, cause
[02:55.7]No one will ever be
[02:58.23]Messin' up stuff or doin' things wrong
[03:01.32]Quite like me
[03:03.38]No one will ever be, like me
[03:08.44]No one will ever be, like me
[03:13.46]No one will ever be, like me
[03:18.59]No one will ever be, like me