Be - Intellectual

[Chorus: Aura Griffiths] X2

I just wanna be, I wanna be me

Arms spread wide so I can fly and be free

Head in the clouds just as high as could be

See all I really want is to be

[Verse 1: T.U.R.K]

They’ll be quick to tell you that you’ll never make it

But when you finally do they’ll act like they never hated

One minute they love it, the next minute they hate it

If you’re not true to yourself you’ll find yourself constantly changing

I’m from a place where there’s no role models

Only a few can say they’ve paved ways, made roads to follow

And I know it might be a hard pill to swallow

But you gotta keep in mind that you’re living on time that’s borrowed

Make the most of today and hope for a better tomorrow

Don’t let what’s in the past bring you sorrow

Life is beautiful like a vivid lyric that’s written in a rap

Your life ain’t come with a receipt, so why would you give it back?

But I’m guessing if you’re hurting you’re hoping the pain lessens

My generation is facing a great depression

It’s getting harder and harder to get out of bed

Sick of the world, no prescription, but marijuana my meds

[Chorus: Aura Griffiths] X2

I’m just tryna get my cake up

Then cuff a chick that looks fine without the make up

Haven’t had the best of luck so love I stopped chasing it

Made a lot of mistakes, but in life there’s no erasing it

This one girl had me thinking that imma marry her

Now she labels me a ba’-du’ like I’m Erykah

And though my skin tone Bernie Mac black

I bet I could bag a bad bitch and her ass fat, facts

Dangerous as if a nigga wearing all red

Faces on the paper in my pockets and they’re all dead

As I look down to see the check on my sneaks

I think I need cheques for these raps that I’m rapping on beats

This would be the soundtrack to my life if I ever wrote one

Watch as I two-step to the beat of my own drum

I wanna be a better me, constantly changing everyday

Good ain’t good enough, see, I’ll be good with being great

[Chorus: Aura Griffiths] X2

[Bridge: Aura Griffiths] X2

I just wanna be

I wanna be free

Don’t wanna be you

Just wanna be me

(Ah yeah)