Hate to Break it to Ya

[Intro]
It's a hard-knock life!
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones
Aw naw
(Yeah) We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones
Aw naw (Yeah)

[Verse 1]
You shoulda killed me then when I was deep off in that sin (Too late!)
Momma didn’t raise no fool, so now I live
I got my foot on the accelerator, call me Rev Rich (Err!)
Granny and that hot water corn bread singin' hymns (Yeah)
Looking out that window, we surrounded by that window pain (Yeah)
Lord it’ll help if you can send us down a lil' rain (Please)
Dry bones on these iPhones
Cyclone us witchya might, breathe life, keep our lights on (Oof!)
Villains tryna kill us and steal us from our inheritance
Sell us on that temporary, rush us to that cemetery (Lawd!)
Hope deferred make the heart sick
Gospels for them ills keep our souls rich (Keep us rich!)
Lifting up my gaze got me lifting up my praise
Living in His gates got me living longer days (Heya)
Surrendering my pain got me shining in the rain (Heya)
Now my ma' can really say, "Look at my son rays"

[Course]
I hate to break it to ya (Yeah)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I hate to break it to ya (Yeah)
I ain’t the one, knaw
I ain’t the one, yah
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I ain’t the one, knaw
I ain’t the one, yah

[Verse 2]
He wrapped me up and sent me down stream (Thanks)
Now That’s a Moses thing (King me!)
Preserving me for such a time, sitting in the brine (Ready)
Now the fire lit, we rising out the pit (Les go)
That fruit remaining rich, I know that make the devil sick (Ugh!)
But, so what? Who cares? He took my lil' homie (Right)
Now he messing with my uncle and his health, let’s expos’m! (Let him go)
All this mental illness, all these young children
Tryna wipe out whole generation, burn the village (Na na na)
Where the fathers at? We need you more than ever
Even if you is a substitute, tend it, make it treasure (Yeah)
Rise to the occasion, all Kings, every nation
Standing on the word that’s a guaranteed ovation (Yeah)
I done came too far to now untie these laces
Crushed. battered and bruised, we multiply, face it
We count all joy, puttin' fear under ASICS
Hands high, new anthem, raise it!

[Course]
I hate to break it to ya (To ya) (Yuh)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya) (Yeah)
I ain’t the one, naw
I ain’t the one, yah
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya)
I hate to break it to ya (To ya) (Yeah)
I ain’t the one, naw
I ain’t the one, yah (Yeah!)

[Bridge 1]
I know you thought that we would back down (Sing!)
I know you thought that we would cave in (No!)
I know you thought that we would tap out (Nah!)
But, aw naw (Did you believe dat?)
I know you thought that we would back down (Woh!)
I know you thought that we would cave in (Ohh!)
I know you thought that we would tap out
But, aw naw (Na na na na na na na na)

[Bridge 2]
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones (We ain't the ones, naw)
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones (We ain't the ones, naw)
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones (We ain't the ones, naw)
Aw naw (Na na na na na na na na)
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones (We ain't the ones, naw)
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones (We ain't the ones, naw)
We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones (We ain't the ones, naw)
Aw Knaw (Yeah! Na na na na na)

[Outro]
Na na na na na na (We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones. We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones)
Na na na na na (We ain't the ones, we ain't the ones, aw naw)
(Na na na na na na na na)
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na
(Na na na na na na na na)