Wakanda Man

I got friends that’s worth a billion
Friends that’s worth a couple hundred M’s
I got friends that call me to borrow a couple hundred bucks
But I never buck on them about some shit that I did for them
That shit corny, that’s a sin
What I do, I do from my heart so I don’t bring up times where I helped them win
I done lived my whole black ass life, never tried another man feel small
I don’t need to talk down on him to make me feel tall, what’s wrong with y’all?
All in all, a couple times I stunted, I did that shit just to get the girl
She realized later I ain’t what she wanted ‘cause, from mе, she knew she wouldn’t gеt the world
See, I don’t wake up to chase the bag
I manifest it while sitting still
I tell the universe that it’s mine
‘cause the universe wants to do my will
I ain’t with the social media smoke, out here acting like something that I ain’t
I ain’t drawn to every canvas standing, I’m particular of pictures I paint
Naunny more like a Basquiat
A neo-expressionist, if you will
Not successful as a lot you are, but if this the best it gets, I’m fulfilled
If I get dressed, then I’m dressed to kill
Normally I’m just dressed to chill
I’m so invested in being myself that I can’t adjust to just fit your bill
But this is me. All U get. All the flaws. All the grit
Only opinion that could rate my performance is that of God’s, not your list
I been systematically oppressed so long that at times I forget
That I don’t need none of y’all approval of blue checks to say I’m the shit
I am it

I don’t care what these people think about me
I ain’t come here to play the game like none of y’all do
I try to keep these negative folk from around me
‘cause they ain’t got nothing good to say about me, nor you
Yeah
But my folk who know who I am
Know I would never try to treat’em cruel
Just ‘cause I got a little more than them
That don’t mean that I am better than you

So what kind of man I
If I let my people down?
What kind of man am I
If I turn around and put you down?
What kind of man am I?
(Look like yourself, act like yourself
Speak like yourself, just be yourself
Think like yourself, just love yourself
Love you for you, love self…)

I never tried to buy a woman’s love, ‘cause some men, that’s their entire deal
You are not an object of my affection, I am not some king on top a hill
I don’t hang out in that direction, that type of behavior gets you killed
Women get fed up with the abuse, and your excuse is that you pay the bill?
Look, buying bags don’t make a good man, exotic trips don’t make it love
No more than wide hips make you better than a slim girl with none of the above
See, we all trapped in a bubble of popularity
And no, it’s not necessarily
Sincerely a good deed when a camera on while you give to charity
The word say to humble yourself so you could be exalted at the proper time
I may be flawed, but I don’t cross the line
I maybe fall, but I don’t often whine
I may be quiet and not so outspoken, but arrogance is just not my design
Designer drip? Nope, not DeNaUn
Now I could dip, but nope, I ain’t trying
To keep up with the Joneses online
‘cause when you die, I never seen a U-Haul behind
Any casket, so I decline to be defined by what I’m buying
In hindsight, it’s probably why I was overlooked at times
Your success look great through the blinds
I like your shoes, but choose to walk in mine
But that’s who I am

I don’t care what these people think about me
I ain’t come here to play the game like none of y’all do
I try to keep these negative folk from around me
‘cause they ain’t got nothing good to say about me, nor you
Yeah
But my folk who know who I am
Know I would never try to treat’em cruel
Just ‘cause I got a little more than them
That don’t mean that I am better than you

So what kind of man I
If I let my people down?
What kind of man am I
If I turn around and put you down?
What kind of man am I?

Oh…