Truth Universal - Letter to the Youth Lyrics
Verse IHey young the world is yoursBut keep your work legal, please avoid these lawsThem people want us workin’ free like it’s 16th century(and) Kids w/ Black skin destined for the penitentiariesChorus:I know you feel like you’re on your own(and) All your luck is goneVerse IIWe in the streets killin’ ourselves as if we were savagesMurder rate triple what the national average isWe don’t love ourselves, wreckless chasing benjaminsAngola bound or up in University hemorrhagingit’s just so much to put in a verseBottom line is you’re ORIGINAL, you were here firstBlack is the maker, owner, cream of the planet earthNo way you should be 16 carried away in a hearseYou like, this old dude don’t even make senseAnd parents don’t understand like Jeff and the Fresh PrinceBut the funny thing is, we actually doAnd 20 years ago, we was exactly like youChorusVerse IIISometimes school is boring and teachers be aggravatingStick with it, 4 years you could be graduating(At least) 4 years of college could boost your financesAin’t nothing guaranteed, but you have better chancesThe thing you love most, it’s worth pursuing itfigure out a way for you to get paid doing itI offer these words to help you stay on the right coursedon’t advocate military or the police forceThat’s just my advice, still it ain’t no jokeThey don’t work in the interest of the poor and the Black folksI never sold dope, a day in my lifeBut found ways to help my mama keep on the lightsI thought of creative legal ways that I could get lootKept kicks, Polo, Izod and Adidas sweatsuitsEntrepreneur, sales I had a knack for13, Slingin Mama noodles right out the back doorMaking paper, doing homework, watchin’ Looney TunesThen, sold subscriptions to the (times) picayuneI love my Mama, kept me offa the cornerBussed tables, dropped fries till I got my diplomaThen I left home to get professional knowledgePell grants and bakin’ bean pies got me through collegeOn the real, I still owe for them Stafford loansBut now I (computer) program, and see the world rockin microphonesBridgeVerse IVYour dreams and passions you should chase behindYou’ll face struggles, I was faced with mineI really hope you embrace this rhymeI love you, if I didn’t wouldn’t waste my timeChorus
