Tiger Song

I was born a lover, raised a fighter
 Sworn in a saint, turnt to a sinner
 If I earn another stripe, I be motherfucking tiger
 Next kill for the loaf, you fucking with a winner
 Niggas going ham for a slice
 Can't knock the hustle working for their next meal
 Wishing they could have a nigga life
 Pigeons ain't eating, I'm just throwing them the heels
 Flipping you the bird while I'm flipping niggas bills
 If they whipping in the whip, sit, bitch nigga chill
 Couldn't tell the pedal from the motherfucking wheel
 Niggas on my dick thinking that they on my heels
 Image never tarnish, stainless like steel
 Print the face real big, let 'em deal emblem
 If they start I'ma end them
 No say, no referendum
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 Read my lips
 Read my lips
 Read my lips
 Read my lips
 Read my lips
 Malcolm was a failure, more fame than lethal
 Feeble, shot by his own people, poignant
 The needle that feeds his blood, violent loops
 Last hoop he will leap through
 But its strong to be militant, like it's smart to be ignorant
 Just to sell all this nigga shit, 'cause they only buying nigga shit
 (Goddamn) supply and demand
 They demand, I supply though surprised that I am
 I didn't take a stand, money over matter, matter fact over fam
 I know that through experience
 Ain't that right triple X? You feeling this?
 I know that through experience
 Ain't that right triple X?
 I was born three seeds in my palm
 Papa don't preach, black quiet storm
 Speak with his first, we recite his Psalms
 Raised a fighter though I had my qualms
 Took two to the body, another two to the jaw
 His little lip bleeding but my heart got scarred
 Pull the fire alarm
 Adolescent immolation, I protest these laws
 Born a lover, full lips, soft hands
 Old head said it went against my brand
 Brand new stance, iron fisted jab
 Gift that gab and I whoop that ass
 People don't change, they just do new task
 Another tool in the box, another trip to the shed
 Men make man-made men like pawns
 Till we follow Islam to the Boko Haram
 In all empathy I sing with sympathy
 Simply not, we spot our true enemy
 But all empathy I sing with sympathy
 Simply not, we spot our true enemy
 But we are who we company
 If it's health then we healthy
 If it's wealth then we wealthy
 If it's filth then we filthy
 Without saying if it's guilt then we guilty
 I was born a lover, raised a fighter
 Papa said that's how you raise a real nigga
 And he should know, he should know
 Dead or in jail, nigga
 I'ma look who still here, nigga
 Hell yeah, hell yeah, yeah
 Look who still here, nigga
 Look who still here, nigga
 Man, man, ain't here no more man
 Man, man, ain't here
 And it's hard on my psyche
 He supposed to be just like me
 Or me just like him
 He suppose to be my best friend
 Made excuses for him, said it was society
 Thug charm man had the whitest teeth
 Even in the music, even in the TV
 Even in the news, gave it to him easy
 But they hard on a nigga like me, man
 They hard on a nigga like me
 They hard on a nigga like me, man
 Ain't never seen a nigga like me
 They want me to be one of them
 But I ain't one of them, I ain't even one of them
 I start drifting when I think of him
 See the cold wind when I think of him
 I drift so far from shore
 Don't they know niggas can't swim
 Now Martin waiting on his harvest
 Debating if the state going be coarse or modest
 Fought as a pacifist accomplished
 More than all them Harlem niggas, pen his accomplice
 Fresh out of jail, suit still pressed the sharpest
 Who the law for, we gon' break laws regardless
 Outlaw nigga from the south
 Boys talking down, got them diamonds in my mouth
 Every farmer when they plant their seed
 Dreams of sweet fruit with the greenest leaves
 From the strong branch of the tallest tree
 But never promised to taste what's reaped
 Both portraits hanging over the couch
 Martin on the left, Malcom on the right
 As if still debate, still choice in route
 Some might understand what I'm taking about
 Born a lover raised a fighter
 Drawn to the air, thrown to the fire
 Only one heir to the highest
 If I told you that I cared, I'm a motherfucking liar
 No shares, no compliance
 Every action got its opposite
 Know your fucking science
 Learned about David from Goliath
 Now my whole hood know how to defeat the giants