Pursuit of Happiness (Intro)

You could say I was born on the upper west That was back when white folk got off the train before 96th They call it SOHA now To be honest that don't exist They gentrifying my sh*t I came from humble means but never grew up in the bricks Right next door Still daddy had a vision A fence that's picket For his children and his Mrs And he da*n sure wasn't gon miss it Made it out to Jersey Now we moving up Mama kept me in them books Daddy kept me out the slums I distracted myself with college and that still aint do enough Young Black Genius and I still don't give a f*ck Cuz being forced across the Atlantic Done turned me to a bandit Orbit 'round God's sun (son) and things work how you plan it (planet) No Venus but its zero love unless its family That's tennis sh*t like my bracelet N*gga They don't understand me Hold up I be spitting amo You gon have to keep a crown around my head like SAMO I go where you can't go I'm known to go rambo The blunt got me higher than sopranos Before I was hot I had fans though So we on different levels baby How can I run into you I aint ducking I aint hiding You just cannot get up in these rooms The sh*t get taxin I'm dripped in fashion Now they think I owe them (odom) Like Lamar So everybody asking If your peace is blind And no truth you'll find Breathe the word of light I aint making it that easy Making it that easy They started sending me back and fourth GWB from Englewood to East Harlem New York Mama and Daddy broke up I got mad jumped off the porch I started running I aint even know what I was running for B*tch say my name wrong or its war Cuz man they Took our last names and we resisted with our firsts So they called our first names ratchet And wouldn't give us no work So to every Laquisha Roquita Shaniqua that I know Well know ya mama named you with power in her soul And she was bold And look Daughter of Oshun That learned about life too soon I keep a rocket in my pocket Incase these crackers act a fool And y'all got the nerve to ask me why I got this tool As if it aint the white boys out here shooting up these schools And look Dominated by hatred Baptized in the same water they let the alligators Eat the babies That gave way to the wading That lead to paper chasing 400 years of that waiting If you got it Ima take it That trauma leads to impatience If your peace is blind And no truth you'll find Breathe the word of light I aint making it that easy Making it that easy I can touch the sky and I know it I got angels on my side and they focused Almost at the top gotta keep going Stay in motion Stay in motion Stay in motion Stay in motion Yeah Yeah I can touch the sky and I know it I got angels on my side and they focused Almost at the top gotta keep going Stay in motion Stay in motion Stay in motion Stay in motion Yeah Yeah If your peace is blind And no truth you'll find Breathe the word of light I aint making it that easy Making it that easy Making it that easy Making it that Making it that Making it that easy Making it that easy Making it that easy Making it that easy