De La Souls-P.O.S

[ti:De La Souls] [ar:P.O.S] [al:Audition] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]De La Souls - P.O.S [00:10.33]I am P.O.S [00:11.31]I be the new generation of slaves [00:13.40]Here to make papes off this land corporations rape [00:15.83] [00:16.50]From that life I'm tryin' to separate [00:18.17]But I guess I'm livin' dreams [00:19.32]Cause my rent's always a month late [00:20.89] [00:21.71]Product of an East German Black [00:23.23]Who kissed the neck, of a pretty woman named Grace [00:25.92] [00:26.53]But he left my life just a little too soon [00:28.89]Didn't see me catch the Doomtree fame [00:30.60]As we go a little something like this [00:32.54]Look mom, no protection, [00:33.85]Now I got a baby boy by the name of Jake [00:36.17]And I been trying to play the cowboy [00:37.85]To rustle in the dough [00:39.28]When I think I'm getting' better every passin' day [00:41.17] [00:41.75]I'm not an early bird, plus the feathers' all black [00:44.07]So by the time I catch an apple, usually it's rind [00:46.60]But it's a must to decipher one's girl [00:48.38]From the round, sweet apples [00:49.70]That are rotten on the inside [00:51.14] [00:51.66]I cherish my free time [00:53.62]But I maximize, so my soul needs to unwind [00:57.05]I wanna see the stars be the moon to my sun [00:59.45](But I'm always on the run, run, run) [01:01.65] [01:02.16]I'm fake to all these hard-case kids [01:03.49]I raise a black fist [01:04.61]But won't say *ni**a* in the things I write [01:06.69]And I don't say *faggot* cause I don't think it's right [01:09.37]I know my boy will struggle with that [01:10.74]For over half his life [01:12.14]I guess we got our own lives to live [01:13.94]But I'm stretched too thin, [01:15.04]Tryin' to build a kingdom to rule [01:16.82]And I think to the past sometimes [01:18.47]And dag man, it's bad, [01:20.04]See I kinda acted like a fool [01:22.19]But I've apologized to the lives [01:23.56]That I've touched wrong [01:24.50]Pride to the back, move ahead strong [01:27.21]But I can safely say: [01:28.69]I've never played a woman [01:29.79]Without karma catchin' up later on [01:31.54] [01:32.59]I try to walk the right side of the tracks [01:34.34]But I've hopped a couple trains, [01:35.33]Mom would cry if she knew the haps [01:36.94]But I can stand who I am and face the day straight [01:39.84]Knowin' not a thing can change when our beat singin' [01:41.88]No one will ever be, like me [01:45.38] [01:47.27]No one will ever be, like me [01:50.05] [01:51.91]I know I'm not a bad guy, [01:53.20]But when I try to do what's right [01:54.55]Everyone who comes to me don't understand [01:56.03]Or see my plight [01:57.08]Everything I've ever done, [01:57.86]And all the plans I've had inside [01:59.60]I was Mr. Gone Wrong in way, [02:00.94]So I gave up and said [02:02.16](Alright) [02:03.27]So now I do what I can, I'm [02:04.75](Alright) [02:05.13]Stand up like Mama raised me [02:06.43](Alright) [02:07.98]I was dealt from the bottom [02:09.00]And pulled a flush [02:09.73]I've been living with my chips all in [02:11.19]And I'm still in, see [02:12.41]No one will ever be, like me [02:15.44] [02:17.71]No one will ever be, like me [02:20.57] [02:32.20]I am P.O.S [02:33.36]I be the new generation of slaves [02:35.34]Here to make papes off this land corporations rape [02:38.37]From that life I'm tryin' to separate [02:39.79]But I guess I'm livin' dreams [02:41.54]Cause my rent's always a month late [02:42.96]And lookin' back it seems [02:44.03]I've always been a step behind [02:45.71]Little off-track and feelin' no one shared the frame of mind [02:47.96]Listenin' to records in my room to escape [02:50.27]Found some things I could relate with, [02:51.51]I wore out the tape [02:52.61]We said [02:53.29]When I lose, every time I win, cause [02:55.70]No one will ever be [02:57.03] [02:58.23]Messin' up stuff or doin' things wrong [03:00.61] [03:01.32]Quite like me [03:02.33] [03:03.38]No one will ever be, like me [03:06.17] [03:08.44]No one will ever be, like me [03:11.22] [03:13.46]No one will ever be, like me [03:16.34] [03:18.59]No one will ever be, like me