As a kid, an altar boy, grown up, a trap artist
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And a couple more things, that I did for money
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I've never been faithful, not even to my barber
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A superstar, but human first
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I’ve got them running, and I’m not a coach
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But that's good, I push them to be better
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P f*ckin' R, we grew up in the heat
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That’s the edge that makes me a winner
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In France I'm a cursed composer
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I couldn’t feel the haters; my day was going great
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But a shooting by a white boy ruined it for me
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And a d*ck-sucking president who doesn't do sh*t
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2020 and racism's worse than COVID
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A Black guy with a gun, that's already a criminal
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But a white boy straps one on and they say it's a hobby
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What’s up, Christian? Is Jesus not watching us anymore?
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Or are you waiting for him to turn away and just keep time on the güira?
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I do have values, they don't expire
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The truth hurts them, they prefer a lie
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But Little Richard was always better than Elvis
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And baby boomers stopped being babies a long time ago
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Woman didn't come from man's rib
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It was us who came out of her pelvis
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They complain that they gave me songwriter of the year
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But not for those things that really hurt us
There are more important things
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Than sitting down to criticize a singer's achievements
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Like urging the youth to be voters
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And to kick the f*ck out the ones who screwed us before
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Over my own career, I put my people first
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But there's always a jerk who calls us ignorant
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Like fighting for immigrants' rights
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Like yesterday another motherf*cker killed his lover
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Like the American dream exists until you wake up
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And it's f*cked up that they won't let you breathe
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And that a badge is a license to kill
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But being white is what makes you lethal
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And being black is what makes you a target
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And it's f*cked up to go to church to pray
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And run the risk that they might rape you
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That's worse than sinning and I can't stop it, because
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If I could change the world, I swear that I'd do it
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And if my money could end poverty, I'd give it all
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But no, it's not my fault
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Before I was born all this already existed
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All we can do is teach and learn, live and grow
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To understand that there's always gonna be something that will hurt us
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To have faith, to believe that it's gonna be possible
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To be able to be me, to let you be you, that's the best prize I can have