For Colored Boys (Explicit)-KOTA The Friend

[ti:For Colored Boys (Explicit)] [ar:KOTA The Friend] [al:FOTO] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]For Colored Boys (Explicit) - KOTA The Friend [00:12.66]Lyrics by：Avery Jones [00:25.33]You was born in a hospital with incompetent doctors [00:28.34]Who didn't bother to press you [00:29.55]Against your mother's chest [00:31.15]But that's okay 'cause jehovah [00:32.80]Say that your mother blessed [00:34.01]And we are here to guide you [00:35.22]Through life and teach you what is best [00:37.09]Do not have your kids in a hospital [00:39.13]They don't give a f**k [00:40.23]Especially 'bout black folk [00:41.63]Learn how to deliver your own kids [00:43.89]And have 'em at home kid [00:45.45]And leave that placenta attached [00:46.90]As long as you want kid [00:48.57]It's different for black boys [00:50.13]Harder for black girls [00:51.65]Start your own business venture [00:53.46]Thrive in a black world [00:54.80]Where you and your homies don't gotta worry [00:56.64]'Bout gettin' fired and facin' discrimination [00:59.39]We are creators we don't go [01:01.13]Beggin' for placement where we are not wanted [01:03.51]And I'ma keep it a hunnid [01:05.13]Youngin' we used to be hunted [01:06.45]They had us sittin' in zoos [01:08.30]So what you see in the news [01:09.84]Is really nothin' that's new [01:11.28]They really targetin' you [01:12.76]You hear me talkin' to you [01:14.97]But even if your bread straight [01:16.51]Big house nice car gotta keep your head straight [01:19.43]People that be gossipin' constantly only dead weight [01:22.66]Wiser assessments of situations will carry you to your best days [01:26.47]Put away a portion of your profit when you get paid [01:29.45]And do not be afraid of change [01:31.16]It could be a segue [01:32.49]To a better some some [01:34.57]But have patience [01:35.55]And always make time for family and celebration [01:38.50]And every good thing in life requires dedication [01:41.55]Like career wife kids and it's spiritual [01:44.02]The point of our existence isn't physical [01:46.46]Make sure there is love in your livin' room [01:48.84]And make sure that you [01:49.55]There for the ones that you give it to [01:52.14]And grudges'll do you no good [01:54.04]Life is too short to be stressin' [01:56.00]Love your friends for who they are [01:57.64]If they there when you're down [01:59.03]Then you should keep 'em around [02:00.55]And then return that favor tenfold [02:02.45]Everything you hidin' will be exposed [02:04.78]So you should probably keep it a thousand youngin' and let go [02:07.78]Embrace humiliation it's humblin' [02:09.97]And take every situation for what it is [02:12.52]Love is free so don't be possessive [02:14.78]Love is a combination of lettin' go and holdin' tight [02:17.90]You'll learn when to do which [02:19.42]And get more love than you know what to do with [02:21.70]And you gon' make mistakes 'cause homie you only human [02:24.60]But that ain't no excuse to be foolish [02:26.65]Treat your woman with respect [02:28.34]That means keepin' it real [02:29.79]Keepin' her in your mind [02:31.37]If you about to be stupid [02:32.79]Just think about how she feel [02:34.79]Be honest with yourself [02:36.06]Put your ego on the shelf [02:37.61]And I promise you it helps [02:39.18]You ain't gotta be what they expect [02:41.54]Get to scrubbin' when you make a mess [02:43.31]And treat your daughters same as your sons [02:45.20]We growin' out of double standards [02:47.08]Speakin' of standards [02:48.26]Let's move away from the european [02:50.25]Tell her she's beautiful [02:51.37]Wide nose coarse hair brown eyes brown skin [02:54.59]Self-love for the win [02:56.24]Why conform to a society that hates you [02:59.36]And spent all they energy tryna break you [03:01.70]Now they thinkin' [03:02.61]Y'all n***as still here [03:03.90]Yeah and y'all still scared [03:05.44]Black boys still strong [03:07.06]Slavery's still here [03:08.58]Black boys still marked [03:10.14]The prisons is still packed [03:11.62]With innocent black boys [03:13.17]The black boys still thrive [03:14.78]The black girls still God [03:16.82]Yeah [03:18.04]I love you [03:19.15]I love you too [03:20.20]I love you too [03:22.89]My big boy [03:23.87]You're my big boy [03:24.73]I wanna read hank the hungry caterpillar [03:28.17]You wanna read hank the hungry caterpillar [03:29.94]'Kay [03:30.81]Okay