Work In Progress (Explicit)-Nappy Roots

[ti:Work In Progress (Explicit)] [ar:Nappy Roots] [al:Work In Progress] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Work In Progress (Explicit) - Nappy Roots [00:02.81]Wise words bein' spoke huh y'all know what it is [00:12.37] [00:14.85]Nap nappy roots can I start this one off okay [00:19.11] [00:20.20]Each day I listen what the streets say [00:22.16]Like a DJ my negroes scratch ghetto recording's [00:24.88]For my peoples got the eyes of an eagle [00:26.72]Can't see us ever bein' at peace for a reason 'cause we ain't [00:29.33]Never bein' equal they got us believin' we heathens uncivil soldiers [00:32.55]Of evil reach up and assume the position [00:34.67]You know the procedure [00:35.67]Can't even leisure smoke hollow reefer without police [00:38.23]And search and seizure by the same police who murdered creaser [00:40.62]It's brutal [00:41.32]Seein' them treat us like lower creatures than human beings more [00:44.10]So like aliens tourin' the land of Europeans [00:46.43]Seemin' to have the tendency to think we ignorant [00:48.73]'Cause of our pigment can't take away [00:50.58]A niggas dignity though still I pimp the industry hoe and even when [00:54.50]I'm rich I'm a pretend to be poor [00:56.25]My life's a work in progress soon to be [00:58.12]End of the road but I don't stress cause I have been her before [01:00.79]You know [01:01.51]My life's a work in progress [01:02.73] [01:04.27]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [01:06.63]My life's a work in progress [01:08.13] [01:09.51]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [01:11.93]My life's a work in progress [01:13.27] [01:14.53]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [01:16.99]My life's a work in progress [01:18.21] [01:19.76]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [01:22.09]In life every step you take every right every left you make [01:25.53]You can look at it like chess in a way 'cause life is best when [01:28.95]You take your time don't make a move unless you done made up [01:32.09]Your mind play by the rules don't ever play the fool [01:34.68]Sometimes you play and lose but you still pay your dues [01:37.29]Come on [01:37.86]Everybody knows the cost to be the boss [01:39.75]Yeah the price is kind of steep but sacrifice is never cheap [01:42.35]I learned that life can be sweet [01:43.74]And bitter at the same time it's the ying verse the yang [01:46.32]Sorta like rain without shine [01:47.44]Sometimes against the grain you grind [01:48.92]Gotta grit your teeth and bear it [01:50.23]Matthew 5 verse 5 the earth the meek shall inherit [01:52.95]Cherish the day before you perish away 'cause who can say [01:55.78]How many days your power last [01:57.46]It's like a crack in your hourglass [01:59.05] [01:59.62]In a flash the hours pass [02:01.50]Then you're gone gone gone [02:03.54]My life's a work in progress [02:04.67] [02:05.41]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [02:08.19]My life's a work in progress [02:09.50] [02:11.16]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [02:13.13]My life's a work in progress [02:14.80] [02:15.54]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [02:18.12]My life's a work in progress [02:19.80] [02:20.99]Like there long life livin' get will bring you close you dyin' [02:23.44]The more laughs one had will bring you close to cryin' [02:25.82]Cold unforgiving planet yea it is racists and communicatin' [02:29.72]Those who wrong did [02:30.78]I daydream back to the 80's when we was all kids [02:33.50]A stab wound kidnappin' but experience though at the time [02:36.68]Not a glock would blow in da wind it's a good day in the hood [02:39.87]To witness a stabbin' now stories told to us [02:42.50]Without tragedy seem like [02:44.10]It involve bloodshed automatically [02:46.19]If you ever get a chance [02:47.41]Just stop and use your mind observe the world for yourself and ju [02:50.45]Your time [02:51.44]Yeah oh yeah that's right [02:53.97] [02:54.50]Smoke somethin' with your country people [02:56.58] [02:57.21]Drank somethin' with your country people [02:59.12] [02:59.75]My life's a work in progress [03:01.50]Thinkin' back in junior high when sex was the sh*t [03:04.23]Fein' p**sy now a day can get you killed quick [03:06.83]'Bout shootin' ball in now they 'bout getting licks [03:09.20]I'm playin' nappy roots just to hear the realest sh*t [03:11.88]Expect it to the best of my know how and my rapping wit [03:14.60]See next to nothing sugar coated in these cold streets [03:16.63] [03:17.13]Whatever you do be smart tote your heat [03:19.44]Did I mention if you don't work you don't eat [03:21.97]If you ever get a chance stop and use your mind [03:24.64]Observe the world for yourself and check the time [03:27.19]Yea smoke somethin' with your country people [03:30.01]My life's a work in progress [03:31.68] [03:32.46]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [03:35.13]My life's a work in progress [03:36.76] [03:37.78]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [03:40.21]My life's a work in progress [03:41.89] [03:42.88]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor [03:45.43]My life's a work in progress [03:46.98] [03:48.57]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before [03:50.43] [03:53.76]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before