Makeup

Everybody wear make-up sometimes man
 But you gotta walk outside
 And let that rain, just wash it off man
 Look at what's around you man
 How people got it bad man, you know what I'm saying?
 Say no more, I need music to get me by
 Simple beats, simple life, and a simple rhyme
 Momma taught me to hustle for piece of mind
 Never thought I'd get caught in this long line
 For the truth, I don't worship a stone or shrine
 Put my faith in the pen, now let me fly
 Through the wind of the rhythm I hold tight
 On the streets of Seattle, in cold nights
 Father give me the strength to continue
 Oversee all the prayers I send you
 My heart's open to people who love back
 Put my soul in a song, am I wrong for that?
 Never was, some how I still catch flak
 If agreeing, why they fight over white or black
 Keep the vision of peace but I still shoot
 I'm a rebel for reasons you won't prove
 Just look at the sunshine
 In the morning when you wake up
 And let it wash off all your make-up
 Even the lightning and the thunder
 When this gets too heavy to carry sometimes
 I break down and just let it fall from my eye
 Even though it still hurt when I get back up on my feet
 To see that nobody's seen me cry
 Waters waters a Havel for pain
 Devil he came, and he walked in the skies
 But I throw it the opposite name
 Reason I came, to open up your eyes
 And whatever I say, know that I mean well
 Every last word that I spitted
 This is all I want to be
 So to give you my all
 I make sure it's in every sentence
 This poet ain't fake no
 From the mouth of a fresh spree
 Hot beats so, from up under the dirt roads
 And the concrete, from my people with no clothes
 So many times I thought of suicide
 Giving up is the easiest way to die
 Put my life in the barrel and go to sleep
 Never witness the birth of my own seed
 Never had the will power to graduate
 Went to too many schools to keep an A
 Carry pipes in my bag, smoking at lunch
 Away from reality all at once
 I saw momma outside on the porch crying
 Saying she can't pay the rent but she really trying
 Would I be embarrassed to get food stamps?
 Daddy never came home from the school dance
 Ashamed of the way that I been feeling
 Selfish enough to give up on living
 When she made it this far
 Working at a bar
 With no where to turn but the sunshine