[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)