The Outsider

This one might get me in trouble But I've never been afraid of trouble Let me talk to you As an immigrant I see things like an outsider Didn't know racism till I moved to North America First white girl's dad didn't like that I was black Didn't want his grandson and daughter to be black Then I realized that it wasn't about The clothes that you wore Or the shoes that you rocked It wasn't because you lacked degrees or didn't work From the jump they saw black skin as having less worth But now we're pouring water on the seeds that they planted We're killing each other as a way to earn respect Not ashamed We sing about it In all our songs Record deals for rapping about shooters and killers That's the new way they aim at youth and kill us Healthy rap is talking about your life experience Not flexing and glorifying youth and gang violence Black music execs you've got to change the narrative If you can hear this, mmm I might be talking to you I might be talking to you Mmm outsider You need to know this I'm not used to following the crowd I'm not used to following the crowd (That's not me) I'm the outsider, mmm I'm the outsider, mmm I'm the outsider, mmm (Outsider) I'm the outsider, mmm (Outsider) I'm the outsider Spent my whole life looking in from the outside Couldn't decide if I was on the good or the bad side Let me take you back to the time of the cassette Kirk Franklin on the A-side Freeway on the flipside Between both sides I had a story cooking inside Brand new perspectives you can call that insight Like Biggie I knew I'd have a story to tell About the Lord who save our souls from hell But first I had to get to know Him so well Started off losing the faith and going atheist Then I hit the club and started to go apeshit Out the faith my life was feeling so great Success was racking up and I could feel the weight It had to be something out there rooting for me Cause some of them wins was too strange to be me So I opened the door and it was Jesus knocking If you can hear this, mmm I might be talking to you I might be talking to you Mmm outsider You need to know this I'm not used to following the crowd (That's not me) I'm not used to following the crowd (That'll never be me) I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider) I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider) I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider) I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider) I'm the outsider (The outsider, uhn) (The outsider, oo) (The outsider, ah) (The outsider, ah) (The outsider, ah, ah) (The outsider, ah, ah, ah) (The outsider, ah, ah)