K'NAAN LYRICS

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IF RAP GETS JEALOUS
So good things come to those who wait,
Sure, I've waited about pop pop pop pop- thats 4 cousins shot.
I got grudges, lets discuss this
My music needs no touch ups, I've got a long record of fuck ups trust me,
you dont know a past as weird as mine or a life as hard as mine,
i had to hustle, chop, sell drugs, grind whatever you wanna call it is fine
But just listen and dont pre-judge- I dont want anyone dismissin me for another thug or some shit like that,
No sir, if i fall i'm gon' get right back, I got circumstances,
But let me stop dancin around the issue and tell you straight forward, i'm poor
A refugee been imprisoned and survived a war,
I come from the most dangerous city in this universe, ur likely to get shot at birth
So how can rap quench my thirst?
...And if rap gets jealous, cuz i rock heavy It dont worry me, mother fuckas gon' get it
If rap gets jealous, cuz of where i'm headed, I used to be public enemy dont forget it...
Thats what it is, its pain, know what i'm sayin'?
i dunno man its like you spend years developing ur artistry u know what i'm sayin, perfecting ur skill and u cant do shit with it,
thats gotta be fucked up, know what i'm sayin? its gotta be fucked up
just imagine like you build a fucking castle and you can't live in it thats what it is,
you can't live in it! and you got problems you got family to feed, i got family to feed,
moment of truth right?

SMILE
(an integral part of our community, we smily while we bleedin)
...(shot) with my girlfriend (when) when we was younger,
i was scarred yo- but i survived tho,
death, it came easy, the gang needs me, never let em see me down smile whil ur bleedin
Smile, when ur strugglin, Smile, when ur in jail, Smile, when ur dead broke, Smile, and the rents due, Smile, you aint got friends now, Smile, cuz no one knows you, Smile...despite the war, despite the pain yo- never let em see you down, smile while you bleedin...
...i can't blow it- i got judges tellin me my life's key they will throw it, nu uh no sir,
i plan to have a chauffer and it seems to me this choppin crack is really goin nowhere,
therefore i'm resurrectin', they call me with more injection, i infect you with the rhythm...
There are a few things u gotta take into account i'm not an entertainer i've never been a clown,
I was born where mothers give birth while they frown...
I never really thought i'd make it to 14...war is no place for a child- especially if he's rollin with an AK and a smile, he had witnesses- his own mother in a bloody towel but please please never let em see you down, smile while you bleedin'