Held Down

Allow me, to break it down, ah

Yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah

Life

This is dedicated to all my folks

Diagnosed with a bad case of that proper upbringin'

And never took the time to fall in line or follow

Or swallow the thoughts

Of the recognized committees who lurk throughout ya cities

Ya hood, ya town, no matter which type

You from the same type of people try to hold you down

Just because you tailor made for bigger and better things

Never missed a chance to move ahead of things

And what does it bring? I tell you for me

It brought jealousy in back wounds from all the stabbin'

Cats posin' as my fan just to get grabbin' what's mine

I'm livin' in times where my daughters are found around

Kids who can't afford thinkin' caps

But always found drinkin' raps and eatin' off beats

Claimin' laws of the streets, but who made the laws?

Everybody playin' 'rebel' with no sign of a 'cause'

Well I, feel the world around me

I've found that others will bring you down just to be down

You've got to make up your mind where you wanna be

Where you wanna go with your life, with your life

Yo, I'm never singin' the blues but findin' the clues to maintain

And I been blessed to reign supreme over nearly every dream I had

And I made it come true, I'm an imperfect man

And I'm holdin' the clue to perfection

It doesn't seem to matter what direction I look

I find people settin' traps, tryin' to find the goal

Without havin' any maps, even friends of mine

Jumped on line just to become my adversary

They felt they were entitled to the dairy I made

They don't come to chill or behave

And they got, toast ready to burn

Not learnin' to live, but they yearnin' to take what you earn

Well I, feel the world around me

I've found that others will bring you down just to be down

You see, you've got to make up your mind, where you wanna be

And where you wanna go with your life, with your life

So quick to place blame and deny the shame

We bring upon ourselves so many names held

Accountable for my own account

When a large amount was weight that I made and shaped

When I climbed I found

It was hard to find others around to point my fingers at

Which made me realize the truth

The biggest suppressor could be your own ego

Lookin' for an excuse to plant roots, in a field of self sorrow

To sprout and follow the first thing you feel

Nourishes your hunger to be respected, it gets hectic

And when I'm watchin' the news and my daughter walks in

And choose to ask

"Why were all those people on the floor sleepin', covered in red?"

I told her that they were lookin' for God

But found religion instead

Well I, feel the world around me

I've found that others will bring you down just to be down

You see, you've got to make up yo' mind, where you wanna be

And where you wanna go with yo' life, with your life, with your life

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I need my space to live

Well I, feel the world around me

I've found that others will bring you down just to be down

You see, you've got to make up yo' mind, where you wanna be

And where you wanna go with yo' life, with your life, with your life