Forward

[Chorus: Samad Savage]
I'm in this world on my own, mama
I know you warned me that this world could be so cold, mama
'Cause in our homes, it ain't safe to drink our own water
They told me put my hands up, but I don't wanna, no
I can't help
But feel weak
But we got to be stronger
Got to keep movin' forward

[Verse 1: Samad Savage]
From red-linin' to lines read by these white kids
I was fed ramen, not rhymin' if the noodle's my sphere
And said got us, provided they stole our ideas
Four-hundred dark years ahead of our times, turn that to lightyears
Huh, damn, I swear, everything we do is top-tier
Like cryin' beforе the drop of a rollercoaster, but it's not fеar
Dyin' from the pop of a loaded toaster when you block bread
Might use my composure when I don't go wit' a what Allah said
Huh, see, "Time to tell you the truth", what a bunch of lies said ([?])
They gon' only sell us the view if motives abidin' ([?])
No matter the choice of poll in the booth, we still get divided ([?])
I had to compromise, can't just cover I like an eyelid
So I did bust a lil' changes, a bunch of nonsense
To keep it a hundred, I had to do like five paradigm shifts (Hahaha)
But when I saw that fork in the road, I went straight ([?])
Had to learn from the Jay's, Royce da 5'9"s, and the N9ne's ([?])
I got this, now Samad is in a cleaner air
From these imposters, it got too toxic, we don't have a care
To fear a cop's clip, you like an octave, we above 12
If we combine then protect our lives, then we can help 'self, we are not defeated
Black Panther, Sosa, Rolls Royce, so many times that we've been impeded
Now we got technology and Black Wall Street can be completed
We gon' plant seeds that'll become trees when we decease, even if we don't see it
So black babies ain't gotta relate to this hook every time I sing it

[Chorus: Samad Savage]
I'm in this world on my own, mama
I know you warned me that this world could be so cold, mama
'Cause in our homes, it ain't safe to drink our own water
They told me put my hands up, but I don't wanna, no
I can't help
But feel weak (Skoodwidit!)
But we got to be stronger
Got to keep movin' forward

[Bridge: dEnAun]
See they got it all, but they ask for more
And we give it all, and they ask for more
They say this opportunity is yours
Then turn around and close the door
It ain't enough that I'm
Walkin' a thin line with brick shoes through a minefield
I could tell you a million times
But your empathy can't align, 'cause you ain't really from 'round here

[Verse 2: dEnAun]
Now from the baddest of the poor to the court like the co-defendant
Lil' children left to weep what we sow with no dependence
Over-extendin', their mortgages due, and there's no mention
Of help and it's so essential that it's felt in their appendix
That's why when rules are stone that, these youngins, they dare to bend it
There's no hinderance that can contend with their accession 'cause they're the descendants
Of strength, see, the baby's rich off pain, they ain't trained
Off the rip, we blame them when they offend, though we sin
See, they mad them kids in the city pity for us though
They say tough titty when 12 get too litty and pull them itchy trigger fingers
Well, there goes another Kendrick, so, this is freedom vers' control
This is paving freshman roads, I doubt that they'll be reasonable
I don't see them as friend, but foe, I don't see them mentionin'
All the people that they killed before, hope these men repent they souls
God reveals and will expose, one thing's for certain
And two things for sure: I know we won't fold, even though

[Chorus: Samad Savage]
I'm in this world on my own, mama
I know you warned me that this world could be so cold, mama
'Cause in our homes, it ain't safe to drink our own water
They told me put my hands up, but I don't wanna, no
I can't help
But feel weak (Skoodwidit!)
But we got to be stronger
Got to keep movin' forward (Yeah)