[00:00:00] Reality ain't always the truth [00:00:03] Rhymes Equal Actual Life [00:00:04] In The Youth [00:00:07] These are the streets [00:00:10] Shit is real out here [00:00:15] This ain't no f**kin joke [00:00:17] I lived in a spot called Millbrooke Projects [00:00:19] The original Criminal Minded rap topic [00:00:21] With twenty cents in my pocket I saw the light [00:00:24] If you're young gifted and black [00:00:26] You got no rights [00:00:27] Your only true right is a right to a fight [00:00:30] And not a fair fight [00:00:31] I wake up wonderin who died last night [00:00:33] Everyone and everything is at war [00:00:35] Makin my poetic expression hardcore [00:00:37] I ain't afraid to say it [00:00:39] And many can't get with it [00:00:40] At times in my life [00:00:42] I was a welfare recipient [00:00:43] I ate the free cheese [00:00:45] While the church said believe [00:00:46] And went to school everyday [00:00:47] Like a god damn fool [00:00:48] Well anyway here I am [00:00:50] Chillin at the party [00:00:51] Brothers lookin at me like they wanna kill somebody [00:00:54] A cypher manifested in the center of the jam [00:00:56] I got to show these wack rappers really who I am [00:00:59] It's me against them [00:01:00] So I clear the phlegm [00:01:02] And wage the war hardcore to the end [00:01:05] For someone lookin inside [00:01:06] Yeah from the out [00:01:07] It seems like disrespect is what rap is all about [00:01:10] But hip-hop as a culture [00:01:11] Is really what we give it [00:01:13] But sometimes the culture contradicts how we live it [00:01:15] Cause every black kid lives two and three lives [00:01:18] The city's a jungle [00:01:19] Only the strong will survive [00:01:20] Reality ain't always the truth [00:01:22] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [00:01:25] Reality ain't always the truth [00:01:28] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [00:01:32] Every single day I hear lie after lie [00:01:34] Like Black people don't die [00:01:36] We multiply [00:01:37] So when I kick a rhyme I represent how I feel [00:01:40] The sacred street art of keepin it real [00:01:42] Why I gotta listen to somebody else [00:01:45] How they got wealth let me talk about myself [00:01:48] But all I really got is hip-hop and a glock [00:01:50] The results are obvious [00:01:52] If I'm confined to my block [00:01:53] Occasionally in the city I'm released [00:01:56] To meet other beasts lookin for the feast [00:01:58] We grunt and growl on the prowl [00:02:01] As the air gets thinner [00:02:03] Yo yo there he go him there's the dinner [00:02:05] White meat carryin a bag of some sort [00:02:07] Life is short white meat is quickly caught [00:02:09] A scuffle a muffle yet none of us hesitated [00:02:12] Like Mother Africa white meat is violated [00:02:15] We quickly dissapear like Santa's little elves [00:02:17] And go into a area to fight amongst ourselves [00:02:20] We say peace/piece cause that's what we really want [00:02:23] A piece of the pie that America flaunts [00:02:26] Reality ain't always the truth [00:02:29] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [00:02:31] Reality ain't always the truth [00:02:34] Rhymes Equal Actual Life In The Youth [00:02:47] Oh shit [00:02:48] The truth is that police must serve and protect [00:02:50] REALITY is black youth is shown no respect [00:02:53] The truth is government has a war against drugs [00:02:55] REALITY is government is ruled by thugs [00:02:58] With all this technology [00:02:59] Above and under [00:03:01] Humanity still hunts down one another [00:03:03] Rappers display artistic cannibalism [00:03:06] Through lyricism [00:03:07] We fight each other over rhythm [00:03:09] Through basic animal instincts we think [00:03:11] So the battle for mental territory is glory [00:03:13] End of story [00:03:20] Reality ain't always the truth [00:03:22] Rhymes Equal Actual Life [00:03:23] In The Youth [00:03:25] Reality ain't always the truth [00:03:27] Rhymes Equal Actual Life