I Am-Novel

[ti:I Am] [ar:Novel] [al:I AM] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.52]I Am - Novel [00:09.89]I am, reverends' future black president. [00:13.93]I'm what you see rollin' [00:15.07]Every day through your resident [00:16.53]Windows tinted, young and relentless [00:19.29]To the cops, [00:20.05]I'm a suspect that fits the description [00:21.81]But I am, not a hoodlum, I'm not an abuser [00:24.54]I'm sort of a connoisseur slash entrepreneur. [00:26.57] [00:27.10]I've seen a lot of people grow, [00:28.58]Some went, some came [00:29.48] [00:30.03]Rappers are next-generation sh*t [00:31.69]But I am change. [00:32.75]At the age of 21 [00:33.72]They said I'd be non-existent, [00:35.22]It's that, or pleading the trial or being convicted. [00:38.20]I guess since I'm alive then I beat the statistics [00:40.89]Y'all can all kiss my a** when I am rich. [00:43.32] [00:44.91]I'm the sun, I'm light, [00:46.07]I'm much more than your bling [00:47.85]Or the shine off your ice [00:49.02]I'm as, free as a spirit, I'm as fly as a bird [00:51.53]I'm whatever I wanna be as long as I am heard [00:54.20]Cause I am [00:54.86] [01:04.72]I am I am I am [01:08.12]Eternal to the light I am I am [01:10.53]I'm a product of the ghetto, my father's boy, [01:13.55]A brother to my sister, [01:14.81]My mother's pride and joy, I am [01:16.82]I am I am I am [01:18.93]The king of all knights I am I am [01:21.04] [01:21.55]I'm the blade of the knife, [01:22.95]That slaughtered the lamb [01:24.20]The greatest sacrifice, the son of Abraham [01:26.65] [01:27.23]I am C-E-O, H-N-I-C [01:30.38]B-K-M-C, Talib Kweli [01:33.23]My name roll off the tongue like L-M-N-O-P [01:35.77]See I am at touch, you can I'm me. [01:38.41]I'm not nobody's toy, I'm not nobody's boy [01:41.27]I am someone's man, I am someone's joy [01:44.06]I am the voice, I am the truth [01:46.75]I am the choice, I am the proof. [01:49.40]Like my man from the D [01:50.69]Gon' stand on my feet [01:52.00]I am the branch, from the family tree [01:54.81]A baby to the leaves, carriers of the seeds [01:57.49]To carry on the name, to make a man complete. [02:00.19]De La Soul said I am a beat [02:02.22]I'm not a dream, I'm not a fantasy [02:03.73] [02:04.30]Right here in the flesh, [02:05.83]I am out of this world, I am something else [02:08.50]I am something lived, I am something felt. [02:10.89] [02:22.17]I am I am I am [02:24.09]Eternal to the light I am I am [02:26.81]I'm a product of the ghetto, my father's boy, [02:29.53]A brother to my sister, [02:30.79]My mother's pride and joy, I am [02:33.02]I am I am I am [02:34.96]The king of all knights I am I am [02:37.59]I'm the blade of the knife, [02:39.12]That slaughtered the lamb [02:40.33]The greatest sacrifice, the son of Abraham [02:42.74] [03:16.42]I am I am I am [03:18.36]Eternal to the light I am I am [03:21.06]I'm a product of the ghetto, my father's boy, [03:23.79]A brother to my sister, [03:25.13]My mother's pride and joy, I am [03:27.21]I am I am I am [03:29.12]The king of all knights I am I am [03:31.93]I'm the blade of the knife, [03:33.30]That slaughtered the lamb [03:34.61]The greatest sacrifice, the son of Abraham [03:37.58]