How It Feels-Pras Michel

[ti:How It Feels] [ar:Pras Michel] [al:Win Lose Or Draw] [by:] [offset:0] [00:04.38]When I grow up I＇ma be a superstar [00:06.75] [00:07.50]Ah-ha alright baby [00:09.12] [00:10.68]They don＇t know how it feels [00:16.30]（When you＇re out on your own yeah） [00:19.04]（And you＇re lookin for that home） [00:20.85]They don＇t know what it is [00:26.28]（When the world＇s on your shoulder） [00:27.84]（And your baby gotta be a soldier） [00:30.15]Yo I was born in the pro-jects with roaches and rats [00:32.83]And our credentials were our nines and gats [00:34.95] [00:35.51]Stay the hell out the hood read the welcomin mats [00:37.45]I remember them days it was hard bein black [00:40.15]Welfare checks and government cheese [00:42.45]Take your family in portrait everybody smile say cheese [00:44.76]And it＇s a wonder how I kept my head from goin under [00:47.82]Sun don＇t shine where there＇s lightning and thunder [00:50.25]Some got ways some got means [00:52.63]But still we all just got hopes and dreams [00:54.68]The two blend together like d**e and fiends [00:57.18] [00:57.99]Cope with teens has that new gangster lean [00:59.61] [01:00.24]Everybody just wanna be a ghetto star [01:03.05]Fly cribs and drivin them big cars [01:05.41]That＇s all Mr President hear the voice of the youth [01:08.72]I don＇t lie I speak the truth [01:10.28]They don＇t know how it feels [01:16.21]（When you a single mother） [01:17.64]（And don＇t have that significant other） [01:19.83]They don＇t know what it is [01:25.88] [01:26.44]（To be in the ghetto） [01:27.75]（And your life be in slow mo＇） [01:29.75]Uhh yeah [01:30.25]Been around the world a couple times with the ReFugees [01:32.25]From the boot of Italy to the land of Pawnee [01:34.68]Fell in love a couple times on the London Bridge [01:37.24]Fast cars fast life that＇s how I wanted to live [01:40.18]What a crusade one of my great escapades [01:42.17]Cut many hearts like the game of spades [01:45.10]But nuttin was as fatal when they blew the World Trade [01:47.47]Now we at war momma tradin lives for grenades [01:49.59] [01:50.16]Send in the troops here comes the brigades [01:52.15] [01:52.71]American resolve and our hearts＇ll never fade [01:54.59] [01:55.21]I know you somewhere out there chillin in the shades [01:57.77]But I hate to be the one to rain on your parade [02:00.39]See God is merciful and God bless his children [02:02.76]That＇s how we gonna reconstruct them buildings [02:05.26]So stop the killings we runnin out of graves [02:07.75]In the land of the free and the home of the brave [02:10.19]They don＇t know how it feels [02:16.00] [02:16.67]（To hear our babies cry） [02:18.30]（And watch our mothers die） [02:19.79] [02:20.61]They don＇t know what it is [02:25.97] [02:26.60]（To see our brothers in prison） [02:28.47]（While they losin their religion） [02:29.84]These eyes of mines are like camera lens [02:32.15]Loved by many but stabbed by my friends [02:34.52]Is this the end Some may cry out loud [02:37.90]But I won＇t worry we gonna make it now [02:40.33]The ghetto fed up but they won＇t break us down [02:43.08]It＇s an eye for an eye what goes around comes around [02:44.89]Do dis for my peeps who couldn＇t speak [02:48.07]Survival of the fittest what happens to the weak [02:49.82]They either in between above or beneath [02:52.81]Tryin to play me like a scrub in a passenger seat [02:54.93]Racial profile to say the least （okay） [02:58.05]There won＇t be no peace in the belly of the beast c＇mon [03:00.92]But we gonna make it through baby [03:03.11]Even though the world is so crazy [03:04.67]And if they ask you tell ＇em it＇s pain times three [03:08.10]Cause it＇s a million of them kids stressin just like me [03:10.78]BABY [03:10.90]They don＇t know how it feels [03:16.10] [03:16.66]（To see us go to war） [03:18.10]（And see the people free for no more） [03:19.91]They don＇t know what it is [03:26.43]（To be a black man in America） [03:27.92]（And feel like they＇re comin to get＇cha） [03:31.41]They don＇t know how it feels [03:36.21] [03:36.77]（To work for minimum wage） [03:39.02]（As your life starts to fade） [03:41.01]They don＇t know what it is [03:46.00] [03:46.88]（To be down to your last buck） [03:48.44]（And no one really gives a mother-HA）