College-Lil' Mama

[ti:College] [ar:Lil' Mama] [al:VYP - Voice of the Young People] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]College - Lil' Mama [00:01.46]Now that I think about it [00:02.57] [00:03.76]I was always takin away from my father [00:05.41] [00:06.52]Or he was always takin away from me [00:08.54]It's probably why we so close now [00:10.38]Ya know [00:11.82]We been starving so long in these crazy ghetto streets [00:16.74]And they say we're so wrong for the way we try to eat [00:22.09]How long will he struggle [00:24.57]I gotta grind just to eat now [00:27.37]I gotta eat just a lil now [00:29.97]So I gotta live my life this way [00:32.08]I stretched and yawned [00:33.37]4 years from a newborn [00:34.91]On a charter bus [00:36.05]Filled with stranged humans [00:37.36]Besides my mother nobody seems anxious [00:40.32]Though we on our way to visit a college campus [00:42.77]We roll up freshen up at a food concession [00:45.41]Can't talk to strangers [00:46.90]I wanna ask em questions [00:48.28]Saw a woman crying [00:49.58]Boy face the fence [00:50.92]I don't wanna go to college [00:52.39] [00:52.89]If it causes this [00:53.99]Back on the bus still analyzin vibes [00:55.78]Turned to my moms excel asked her [00:57.79]"why you cryin " [00:58.85]She said because I'm happy [00:59.94]But I could tell she lying [01:01.16]And since lyin was a curse [01:02.64]I sense storytelling [01:04.20]Her eyes focused on a object long enough they tingle [01:06.06]That's when she reached into her bag because her phone was ringin [01:09.06]She said "I accept" [01:10.26]I'm still puzzle piecing [01:11.58]I knew my pops was on the other line [01:13.61]Lonely singing [01:14.95]We been starving so long in these crazy ghetto streets [01:19.20] [01:19.90]And they say we're so wrong for the way we try to eat [01:25.42]How long will he struggle [01:27.94]I gotta grind just to eat now [01:30.39]I gotta eat just a lil now [01:33.02]So I gotta live my life this way [01:35.06]Soon after we roll up to these gates [01:36.93]Barbed wired up [01:37.94]Men standin in the entrance armed up [01:40.35]With a close eye on us [01:41.77]We enter the building [01:43.17]Got checked by the women who staring [01:44.81]My mother [01:45.81]Pull out a card with a picture of her face on it [01:48.79]Two papers with our names on it [01:51.02]They identify her [01:52.54]They lookin at me [01:53.61]Me my confusion of the journey [01:55.67]Thorugh these walls we go [01:57.79]Before the next one opens [01:59.27]The past one must close [02:01.12]As they check for proper clothes [02:03.14]My mama so prepared [02:04.48]For this mini battle has chose [02:06.35]Finally we reach our final destination [02:08.49]My poppa placed in a seat [02:10.81]Facin me [02:11.91]No women in his class [02:13.70]Jus men who never laugh [02:15.08]And when they see they family [02:16.83]They sing [02:17.49] [02:18.00]We been starving so long in these crazy ghetto streets [02:23.24]And they say we're so wrong for the way we try to eat [02:28.53]How long will he struggle [02:30.46] [02:31.05]I gotta grind just to eat now [02:33.82]I gotta eat just a lil now [02:36.43]So I gotta live my life this way [02:38.75]So I begin my investigation [02:40.10]My elbow on the round table [02:41.72]My palm at chin [02:42.87]I'm lookin at him [02:43.92]Ask questions like [02:45.23]"how you been " [02:46.21]"when you graduatin " [02:47.15]Time was up got pulled away [02:48.75]Kickin and screamin [02:49.43]Tears came to his eyes [02:50.72]But never fell in front me [02:52.41]Got old enough to realize [02:53.76]Must've fell up under me [02:54.97]Bein locked away in prison from your family [02:56.97]Tryin to find ways for us to eat [02:58.72]I see [03:00.08]We been starving so long in these crazy ghetto streets [03:04.59] [03:05.26]And they say we're so wrong for the way we try to eat [03:10.77]How long will he struggle [03:12.68] [03:13.25]I gotta grind just to eat now [03:15.99]I gotta eat just a lil now [03:18.78]So I gotta live my life this way [03:20.79] [03:21.94]We been starving so long in these crazy ghetto streets [03:25.61] [03:26.33]And they say we're so wrong for the way we try to eat [03:31.81]How long will he struggle [03:34.31]I gotta grind just to eat now [03:37.09]I gotta eat just a lil now [03:39.39] [03:39.95]So I gotta live my life this way