What You Know by Kwasi Lyrics
What you know about that sugar on the toast nigga
Cut the lights on, the roaches scatter across the floor
I've been hanging by a thread on the hope nigga
Fuck my circumstances
I hear circumstances might hurt your chances
They dream and relive every failure
I feel nobody understands me, don't understand me
Y'all my family's damaged, my family's damaged
Fucked up and went to prison, no we couldn't have planned for it
My cousin drinks too much and I be popping pills
Nobody is perfect, still got holes to fill
Never had a father, never learnеd to love
Glorified the streets likе money was enough
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
My daddy gave up, I gave up with him
My mama said I'm just like him, I ain't like that
But I ain't say a word, my actions is how I fight back
Started in the basement, I ain't even have a dollar
I just had a dream, I've always pictured where I'm going
The struggles are real, and nobody is helping
And young boys is dying over misperceptions
And we are more concerned with which fighter to bet with
Man I lost my brother, six years ago
Can I cry yet? Can I shed a tear yet
I'm just glad I got to go and pay my last respects
Daddy a deadbeat
My cousins hate me
Mama was patient
I'm mama's favorite
Get for my family, for my family
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about those hard days, them cold nights
Stressing, trying to get right
When the rent’s due
No one I can call on, who to repent too
This pain that I done been through
Stress is part of my mental
Arrogant that’s the issue
I hope I didn’t offend you
If I did then press the issue, fuck it
I’ve been ready to go since I came out mama‘s womb
That was back in ‘94
Don’t evade your fate, just accept it
But these days they’ll do anything to feel accepted
Why does America fail to look at the bigger issues
Then creates laws that intend to be misused
We avoid all our problems by creating distractions
Spawning reactions from the citizens paying their taxes
A democracy? Whatever that is
We do barely enough to rotate on earth axis
Problems with Kim Jung Un got us ready for war
Bombings in Syria, will Russia come even the score?
I’ll sacrifice it all, just to win a Grammy
Just to win a Grammy
I’ll sacrifice it all just to win a Grammy
Just to win a Grammy
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
Cut the lights on, the roaches scatter across the floor
I've been hanging by a thread on the hope nigga
Fuck my circumstances
I hear circumstances might hurt your chances
They dream and relive every failure
I feel nobody understands me, don't understand me
Y'all my family's damaged, my family's damaged
Fucked up and went to prison, no we couldn't have planned for it
My cousin drinks too much and I be popping pills
Nobody is perfect, still got holes to fill
Never had a father, never learnеd to love
Glorified the streets likе money was enough
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
My daddy gave up, I gave up with him
My mama said I'm just like him, I ain't like that
But I ain't say a word, my actions is how I fight back
Started in the basement, I ain't even have a dollar
I just had a dream, I've always pictured where I'm going
The struggles are real, and nobody is helping
And young boys is dying over misperceptions
And we are more concerned with which fighter to bet with
Man I lost my brother, six years ago
Can I cry yet? Can I shed a tear yet
I'm just glad I got to go and pay my last respects
Daddy a deadbeat
My cousins hate me
Mama was patient
I'm mama's favorite
Get for my family, for my family
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about those hard days, them cold nights
Stressing, trying to get right
When the rent’s due
No one I can call on, who to repent too
This pain that I done been through
Stress is part of my mental
Arrogant that’s the issue
I hope I didn’t offend you
If I did then press the issue, fuck it
I’ve been ready to go since I came out mama‘s womb
That was back in ‘94
Don’t evade your fate, just accept it
But these days they’ll do anything to feel accepted
Why does America fail to look at the bigger issues
Then creates laws that intend to be misused
We avoid all our problems by creating distractions
Spawning reactions from the citizens paying their taxes
A democracy? Whatever that is
We do barely enough to rotate on earth axis
Problems with Kim Jung Un got us ready for war
Bombings in Syria, will Russia come even the score?
I’ll sacrifice it all, just to win a Grammy
Just to win a Grammy
I’ll sacrifice it all just to win a Grammy
Just to win a Grammy
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that
What you know about that, what you know about that