» chorus 1:
I'm lookin at the man in the mirror
and he dont need to can change his ways...
i ain't sell my soul for the dollars...
i ain't sell my people for the pay..
yeah man, the truth it do hurt...
the truth do hurt....
feel my succe ss and my pain...
all i wanted was change..


» verse 1:
goals of world change, I lift one voice
to make people feel my love no choice
since 5 years, I was giving them soul
entertain crowds when my performance unfolds

had a few problems like losing my skin color
then the whole world picked at a true brother
helped many people... saved kids lives
and somehow I'm the wrong one in their eyes
nobody really cares but I still move ahead
kept it real all the time, split up the bread
made them love us, all across the world
I showed every color could entertain the world
maybe magic or a god given gift
that black or white dont really matter just if..
you just get out and try.................
i changed the world in 50 cycles of life


» chorus 1:
I'm lookin at the man in the mirror
and he dont need to can change his ways...
i ain't sell my soul for the dollars...
i ain't sell my people for the pay..
dag man the truth do hurt....
yeah man, the truth it do hurt...
feel my pain...
all i wanted was change..


» verse 2:
i came up in the gutter..... not these other rappers
loved my dear momma even when she was an addict
helped her fight through it.... tellin momma just do it
while she overcame, i developed my music

inspired by the struggle... lived without a home
really in the streets, no other choice while alone
projects buildings on the east and west coast
got into a art school that changed me the most

mom kept me proud and the hustlers gave me game
by the time i was 18 , overcame everythang
and all around the world... i see the same songs
so i give good times hoping that you stay along

for the dark side....they keep out of the light
the plight of colored men, havin heart while alive
i fought for my people..... born to be a thug
showed you can be anything, keep your head up


» chorus 3:
I'm lookin at the man in the mirror
and he dont need to can change his ways...
i ain't sell my soul for the dollars...
i ain't sell my people for the pay..
dag man the truth do hurt....
yeah man, the truth it do hurt...
feel my pain...
all i wanted was change..


» verse 3:
I was born by the bridge.. outside the city
Daddy left me at an age where it really hit me....
hard.... but momma still pushed me to the stars
God son i must be to get so far

as the crow flies... I lost my best friend
who had dreams of being big stars back when...
we was coming up.. so him i carry on....
to a big success.... made from me making our songs

then my momma sick.... it caught me off guard
plus i got a rap beef that's going to too far
but the i end that, and then my momma pass
so I do everything to honor her with my last...

days in the light... the fame will not take me
I try to break records to uplift but get hating
returned... so I lay low...
cause people don't appreciate a real flow