Just Because by Elohin Lyrics
[Produced by Tone Jonez]
[Intro: Elohin]
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
[Sample Skit]
Don't you tell me what I can't do
I made it this far on my own
God was watching but my feet was my own
And I made it
So don't you tell me what I can't do
[Verse 1: Elohin]
Step on a platform composing a rap song
Determined to give my best to every beat that I rap on
The elephant that's in the room people clap for
They stand in line for even spend a stack for
And what I'm talkin' bout it sickens my stomach
I'm talking stereotypes yo I'm talking assumptions
We all got them, the question is how do we stop them
They entertain us so we watch them, time to switch up your posture
When you assume, you're making something out of yourself
We know what that is, imma keep that word to myself
Stereotypes don't always come from somebody else
It can come from your own culture, it can come from yourself
If you don't talk a certain way, and you don't think a certain way
It's a lot of black folks that will say you ain't black enough
Like being black is a preference and I and learn to perfect it
That's just an ignorant perception
I wish I could smack em up
[Chorus: Elohin]
Just 'cause' I'm a man, just because I'm black
That don't mean I'm ridin' around the city with a strap
Just because I'm from the hood, just because I rap
You don't get to tell me how to talk and how to act
Yo I'm breaking all the rules, and I'm pushing back
Just because you thought it that don't always make it facts
Yo you got some big assumptions, got you looking bad
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
[Verse 2: Elohin]
Just because you're Muslim don't mean you're a terrorist
Just because you're Christian don't mean that you hate gays
Just because you're white it don't mean that you got money
Just because you're black it don't mean you're on Section 8 (Talk to em)
People are quick in making a snap judgment
Don't even know the person they're crucifying in public
They talked about it, you talked about it and love it
Regurgitate what you heard but never think nothing of it
Why are we so destructive, we're headed straight for destruction
In need of the Lord's instruction I do my best to instruct us
Claimin' we independent but honestly we're just stubborn
Our pride and our arrogance has become a cultural custom
Stoppin' the ignorance just call me a Frederick Douglass
No judgement, I'm tryin' to lead them to Freedom Harriet Tubman
Fighting against injustice, it got us hoping for justice
But justice starts in the mirror next time you make an assumption
[Bridge: Elohin]
Minority you a criminal, lazy you a millennial
Poor then you are inferior rich then you are superior
America is wealthy so all her problems are trivial
If you in third world you in poverty and you're miserable
You a immigrant you a killer that's probably serial
Anybody who's homeless they make excuses for being broke
We are not equal I'm better than all you people
Just stop your stereotyping I'm sick of hearing your evil
[Chorus: Elohin]
Just 'cause' I'm a man, just because I'm black
That don't mean I'm ridin' around the city with a strap
Just because I'm from the hood, just because I rap
You don't get to tell me how to talk and how to act
Yo I'm breaking all the rules, and I'm pushing back
Just because you thought it that don't always make it facts
Yo you got some big assumptions, got you looking bad
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
It ain't gotta mean it
[Outro: Elohin]
I am not who you say I am
I'm who God say I am
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
[Intro: Elohin]
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
[Sample Skit]
Don't you tell me what I can't do
I made it this far on my own
God was watching but my feet was my own
And I made it
So don't you tell me what I can't do
[Verse 1: Elohin]
Step on a platform composing a rap song
Determined to give my best to every beat that I rap on
The elephant that's in the room people clap for
They stand in line for even spend a stack for
And what I'm talkin' bout it sickens my stomach
I'm talking stereotypes yo I'm talking assumptions
We all got them, the question is how do we stop them
They entertain us so we watch them, time to switch up your posture
When you assume, you're making something out of yourself
We know what that is, imma keep that word to myself
Stereotypes don't always come from somebody else
It can come from your own culture, it can come from yourself
If you don't talk a certain way, and you don't think a certain way
It's a lot of black folks that will say you ain't black enough
Like being black is a preference and I and learn to perfect it
That's just an ignorant perception
I wish I could smack em up
[Chorus: Elohin]
Just 'cause' I'm a man, just because I'm black
That don't mean I'm ridin' around the city with a strap
Just because I'm from the hood, just because I rap
You don't get to tell me how to talk and how to act
Yo I'm breaking all the rules, and I'm pushing back
Just because you thought it that don't always make it facts
Yo you got some big assumptions, got you looking bad
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
[Verse 2: Elohin]
Just because you're Muslim don't mean you're a terrorist
Just because you're Christian don't mean that you hate gays
Just because you're white it don't mean that you got money
Just because you're black it don't mean you're on Section 8 (Talk to em)
People are quick in making a snap judgment
Don't even know the person they're crucifying in public
They talked about it, you talked about it and love it
Regurgitate what you heard but never think nothing of it
Why are we so destructive, we're headed straight for destruction
In need of the Lord's instruction I do my best to instruct us
Claimin' we independent but honestly we're just stubborn
Our pride and our arrogance has become a cultural custom
Stoppin' the ignorance just call me a Frederick Douglass
No judgement, I'm tryin' to lead them to Freedom Harriet Tubman
Fighting against injustice, it got us hoping for justice
But justice starts in the mirror next time you make an assumption
[Bridge: Elohin]
Minority you a criminal, lazy you a millennial
Poor then you are inferior rich then you are superior
America is wealthy so all her problems are trivial
If you in third world you in poverty and you're miserable
You a immigrant you a killer that's probably serial
Anybody who's homeless they make excuses for being broke
We are not equal I'm better than all you people
Just stop your stereotyping I'm sick of hearing your evil
[Chorus: Elohin]
Just 'cause' I'm a man, just because I'm black
That don't mean I'm ridin' around the city with a strap
Just because I'm from the hood, just because I rap
You don't get to tell me how to talk and how to act
Yo I'm breaking all the rules, and I'm pushing back
Just because you thought it that don't always make it facts
Yo you got some big assumptions, got you looking bad
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
It ain't gotta mean it
[Outro: Elohin]
I am not who you say I am
I'm who God say I am
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that
Just because I'm this it ain't gotta mean I'm that