I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can 9 Years old, my momma and daddy already divorced years ago Now it's just me her and joe Joe is her boyfriend that wishes mom was a different race Cuz with his fist he put red all over her face Beat the breaks off her I say something he'd beat me too I said a lot he beat me often Took his fist and punched me dead in the jaw He told me to tell my teachers I'm clumsy and I often fall One day I had enough and I called 911 I could have went from 9 to eleven by the time the police would come They rang the bell of this living hell My momma ran to the door BEFORE i could myself And what I saw would forever create a scar Momma bruised and scared told him that nothing was wrong And it would be from then on I went to the streets got me a peace and earned some RESPECT c'mon I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I took on everything in my life head on Even if it's fights My fuse was easy to light And I was literally a stick of dynamite My good times was nights of bloody faces from victims I beat from not not looking at me right walking the streets the flashing lights They got me Drugs in the car and an unregistered gun on my body Back to the prison it's a party I got more friends there than out here sad Hardly But it's been years if recidivism What used to be black and white has become a full color prism And now I got a daughter and she needs my wisdom I had become the same Joe that made my own home a prison There's a half way house I wanna enlist in I've been sober I did a lot of emotional heavy lifting But I know i have a gift and a heavenly mission So I'ma get a new life by living life totally different This is a mean world to try to live in Glory glory glory hallelujah I will become a true inshallah East African name for father is baba I will not be an average Joe No not by far I named my beautiful baby daughter Baha That's Arabic for splendid glory I tell her, we all can make our own end to our story Our intro is just our entrance it's chapter one And we can make a clean cut like when an actors done. Forward ever run I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can

I met this beautiful sister overseas It was after show We would go Over Everything She was a from a poorer country She spit game on how she wishes she was American with fortune and fame She sees the opportunity not the nuance I said please get information like Beyonc She said most Blacks take U.S for a joke I did no we do t but U.S dropped bombs on Blacks in Oklaho Black Wall Street 1921 The wealthiest Blacks was murdered by bombs mobs and guns And that was just after the reconstruction yo Where we was promised equal rights but Jim Crow Ku klux klan hoods and hangings She said this is now that was then I said yeah sister many do better as immigrants coming to America than Blacks who are ADOS That's: African Descendants of slaves Black actually from the U.S. born and raised Our lack equality and racism remains Turn on the infra red and you can still see the blood stains We all We all Wanna be Young Americans And she said We all We all Wanna be Young Americans And she said You got it all You got it all You got it all Young Americans And she said You got it all You got it all You got it all Young Americans She said Black Americans be dripping I that gold though driving Buggati’s, Chanel Bags and Hublot She still thinks the 45 prez was dumb as a mofo but she said that on the down low I said I love the U.S. home of Hip Hop but just Jazz Blues and Rock it got co-opted All I’m saying is don’t see things with rosey optics Come here get that money and give back to your continent We agreed and we planted seeds I wanna move to Africa and her to DC The world is ours we both wanna be free And everyone's at a different stage of what freedom means So we went and got some greens and some corn bread She down with elegba I’m down with what the Lord says She kissed each other lightly on the forehead And pray for the diaspora to be joyous We all We all Wanna be Young Americans And she said We all We all Wanna be Young Americans And she said You got it all You got it all You got it all Young Americans And she said You got it all You got it all You got it all Young Americans We all We all Wanna be Young Americans And she said We all We all Wanna be Young Americans And she said You got it all You got it all You got it all Young Americans And she said You got it all You got it all You got it all Young Americans

I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can 9 Years old, my momma and daddy already divorced years ago Now it's just me her and joe Joe is her boyfriend that wishes mom was a different race Cuz with his fist he put red all over her face Beat the breaks off her I say something he'd beat me too I said a lot he beat me often Took his fist and punched me dead in the jaw He told me to tell my teachers I'm clumsy and I often fall One day I had enough and I called 911 I could have went from 9 to eleven by the time the police would come They rang the bell of this living hell My momma ran to the door BEFORE i could myself And what I saw would forever create a scar Momma bruised and scared told him that nothing was wrong And it would be from then on I went to the streets got me a peace and earned some RESPECT c'mon I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I took on everything in my life head on Even if it's fights My fuse was easy to light And I was literally a stick of dynamite My good times was nights of bloody faces from victims I beat from not not looking at me right walking the streets the flashing lights They got me Drugs in the car and an unregistered gun on my body Back to the prison it's a party I got more friends there than out here sad Hardly But it's been years if recidivism What used to be black and white has become a full color prism And now I got a daughter and she needs my wisdom I had become the same Joe that made my own home a prison There's a half way house I wanna enlist in I've been sober I did a lot of emotional heavy lifting But I know i have a gift and a heavenly mission So I'ma get a new life by living life totally different This is a mean world to try to live in Glory glory glory hallelujah I will become a true inshallah East African name for father is baba I will not be an average Joe No not by far I named my beautiful baby daughter Baha That's Arabic for splendid glory I tell her, we all can make our own end to our story Our intro is just our entrance it's chapter one And we can make a clean cut like when an actors done. Forward ever run I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can

I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can 9 Years old, my momma and daddy already divorced years ago Now it's just me her and joe Joe is her boyfriend that wishes mom was a different race Cuz with his fist he put red all over her face Beat the breaks off her I say something he'd beat me too I said a lot he beat me often Took his fist and punched me dead in the jaw He told me to tell my teachers I'm clumsy and I often fall One day I had enough and I called 911 I could have went from 9 to eleven by the time the police would come They rang the bell of this living hell My momma ran to the door BEFORE i could myself And what I saw would forever create a scar Momma bruised and scared told him that nothing was wrong And it would be from then on I went to the streets got me a peace and earned some RESPECT c'mon I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I took on everything in my life head on Even if it's fights My fuse was easy to light And I was literally a stick of dynamite My good times was nights of bloody faces from victims I beat from not not looking at me right walking the streets the flashing lights They got me Drugs in the car and an unregistered gun on my body Back to the prison it's a party I got more friends there than out here sad Hardly But it's been years if recidivism What used to be black and white has become a full color prism And now I got a daughter and she needs my wisdom I had become the same Joe that made my own home a prison There's a half way house I wanna enlist in I've been sober I did a lot of emotional heavy lifting But I know i have a gift and a heavenly mission So I'ma get a new life by living life totally different This is a mean world to try to live in Glory glory glory hallelujah I will become a true inshallah East African name for father is baba I will not be an average Joe No not by far I named my beautiful baby daughter Baha That's Arabic for splendid glory I tell her, we all can make our own end to our story Our intro is just our entrance it's chapter one And we can make a clean cut like when an actors done. Forward ever run I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can

I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can 9 Years old, my momma and daddy already divorced years ago Now it's just me her and joe Joe is her boyfriend that wishes mom was a different race Cuz with his fist he put red all over her face Beat the breaks off her I say something he'd beat me too I said a lot he beat me often Took his fist and punched me dead in the jaw He told me to tell my teachers I'm clumsy and I often fall One day I had enough and I called 911 I could have went from 9 to eleven by the time the police would come They rang the bell of this living hell My momma ran to the door BEFORE i could myself And what I saw would forever create a scar Momma bruised and scared told him that nothing was wrong And it would be from then on I went to the streets got me a peace and earned some RESPECT c'mon I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I took on everything in my life head on Even if it's fights My fuse was easy to light And I was literally a stick of dynamite My good times was nights of bloody faces from victims I beat from not not looking at me right walking the streets the flashing lights They got me Drugs in the car and an unregistered gun on my body Back to the prison it's a party I got more friends there than out here sad Hardly But it's been years if recidivism What used to be black and white has become a full color prism And now I got a daughter and she needs my wisdom I had become the same Joe that made my own home a prison There's a half way house I wanna enlist in I've been sober I did a lot of emotional heavy lifting But I know i have a gift and a heavenly mission So I'ma get a new life by living life totally different This is a mean world to try to live in Glory glory glory hallelujah I will become a true inshallah East African name for father is baba I will not be an average Joe No not by far I named my beautiful baby daughter Baha That's Arabic for splendid glory I tell her, we all can make our own end to our story Our intro is just our entrance it's chapter one And we can make a clean cut like when an actors done. Forward ever run I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can I know I will Become the best I can Become the best I can Become the best I can