I was born on February 24th, 1970
The day I was delivered they said I would build a legacy
Picture me with influence that last generations
I was made out of love to keep you happy and educated
I was born on February 24th, 1970
The day I was delivered they said I would build a legacy
Picture me with influence that last generations
I was made out of love to keep you happy and educated
The first three letters of the alphabet my name
I made you laugh, I made you dance, I made you sing
I been around the world and back, you recorded my almanac
So dearly way before the fact me and pops was estranged
My father was a public figure, bigger than life
Lived as a winner, on stages alike
Rivers of people surely united, just to see our bond
Time carried on, that was a common thread
My perfect father had many flaws
Still they moved they legs and shook they heads in unison
He had more children, I was the oldest
We always played with each other 'fore they ruined 'em
He told me his personal secrets, childhood catching on beatings
Sexually touched and abused, never seen life in a school
The price of being iconic was demonic and screwed
I stood on stage and had to watch my father on the news
Stress on the head of my spirit, I was lost and confused
I knew both sides of the story, but still, I couldn't choose
See, it was more than humiliation and bein' sued
They crucified my affiliation for points to prove
And now my purpose for livin' makes no difference to you
My total existence was for makin' a smiling move
They said that I'll live forever
But the moment he died, more accusations arrived
I had to die too
[Verse 2]
I remember takin' my first breath August 28th, 1963
The whole nation had saved the day, I made it on TV
My come out was a standing ova', the crowd in disbelief
How could a group of words be so great?
Designed to make you think
Races and faces embracin' my conscience in letter form
How gracious was I speakin' on changes once outside the norm?
The person responsible, my creator
He never conformed or used hatred to form mass retaliation
Watch him perform with conviction
Two hundred and fifty thousand souls left they homes to listen
I gather his thoughts in abundance made to complete the mission
His life became heroic, then tables turned
My creator stripped from being a poet because he yearned
Other women, infidelity stricken, I can't say he was perfect
It made me nervous, they tear him down and forget me
I prayed that I survived in the midst of the controversy
How many lives'll fall on deaf ears if I'm not worthy?
I won't justify his personal problems, that's not my job
I was only born to make sure your children can play outside
And I imagine the other demons he hid before he died
If they came to surface this dream probably won't be alive
Because of you
[Verse 3]
I was born in paranoia, it's poison for us
We can't create with joyous ambition, we're out of luck
The critics formed a new coalition and huddled up
The non-creators are now elated and out of touch
Why can't you gladly appreciate the influence we give?
Stop starin' at me disgusted, my substance made sure you'd lived
You want the head of the messenger and the history from him
Which eventually takes away from the good you accustom
Think of a life without the likes of imagination that's prosperin'
The bodies that you consider genius, you like to box 'em in
The great debaters and thinkers, they gave you a voice
Why can't you prosecute the crimes and not the thoughts I employ?
Because your better judgement will always look down on me
But if I recollect how we connect, you'll account on me
I got a theory that most of y'all won't allow to see
It goes like this, talent doesn't choose morality
See, if Daniel Hale was a killer, would you not want a heart?
If Carl Benz was a racist, would you stop driving cars?
I can't help we jump in these bodies and you called them a god
Just know the Earth is just a rock without the voices of art
Sincerely yours
Narodil som sa 24. februára 1970
V deň, keď som bol doručený, povedali, že budem stavať odkaz
Predstavte si ma s vplyvom posledných generácií
Bol som vyrobený z lásky, aby som ťa udržal šťastný a vzdelaný
Prvé tri písmená abecedy, moje meno
Rozosmial som sa, prinútil som ťa tancovať, prinútil som ťa spievať
Bol som na celom svete a späť, nahral si môj almanac
Tak draho pred tým, ako sme boli odcudzení ja a Pops
Môj otec bol verejnou osobnosťou, väčší ako život
Žil ako víťaz, na pódiách
Rieky ľudí určite zjednotení, len aby ste videli naše puto
Čas pokračoval, to bolo bežné vlákno
Môj dokonalý otec mal veľa nedostatkov
Stále sa pohybovali nôh a triasli sa, že vedú unisono
Mal viac detí, bol som najstarší
Vždy sme si hrali medzi sebou, aby sa zničili
Povedal mi svoje osobné tajomstvá, detské chytenie bitiek
Sexuálne sa dotknuté a zneužívané, nikdy som nevidel život v škole
Cena ikony bola démonická a zaskrutkovaná
Stál som na pódiu a musel som sledovať svojho otca v správach
Stres na hlavu môjho ducha, bol som stratený a zmätený
Poznal som obe strany príbehu, ale napriek tomu som si nemohol zvoliť
Vidíte, bolo to viac ako ponižovanie a žalované
Ukrižovali moju príslušnosť k bodom, aby som to dokázal
A teraz môj účel pre živobytie pre vás nezmení
Moja úplná existencia bola pre makin 's úsmevom
Povedali, že budem žiť večne
Ale v okamihu, keď zomrel, prišlo viac obvinení
Musel som tiež zomrieť
[Verš 2]
Pamätám si, že som si dal prvý dych 28. augusta 1963
Celý národ zachránil deň, urobil som to v televízii
Moja vyšla bola stála vajíčka, dav neveriacky
Ako by mohla byť skupina slov taká veľká?
Navrhnuté tak, aby ste premýšľali
Preteky a tváre Eamracin 'My Conscience in Letter Forma
Aký láskavý bol, že som hovoril o zmenách raz za normou?
Zodpovedná osoba, môj tvorca
Nikdy sa nepripustil ani nepoužíval nenávisť na vytvorenie hromadného odvetného opatrenia
Sledujte ho s presvedčením
Dvesto päťdesiat tisíc duší opustilo domy na počúvanie
Zhromažďujem jeho myšlienky v hojnosti, aby som dokončil misiu
Jeho život sa stal hrdinským, potom sa stoly otočili
Môj tvorca sa zbavil z toho, že som básnik, pretože túžil
Ostatné ženy, nevera zasiahnutá, nemôžem povedať, že bol dokonalý
Nerušilo ma to, strhli ho a zabudli na mňa
Modlil som sa, aby som prežil uprostred kontroverzie
Koľko životov padne na hluché uši, ak nie som hodný?
Jeho osobné problémy neodôvodňujem, to nie je moja práca
Narodil som sa len, aby som sa ubezpečil, že vaše deti môžu hrať vonku
A predstavujem si ostatných démonov, ktorých schoval skôr, ako zomrel
Ak prišli na povrch, tento sen pravdepodobne nebude nažive
Kvôli tebe
[Verš 3]
Narodil som sa v paranoji, je to pre nás jed
Nemôžeme vytvoriť s radostnými ambíciami, máme šťastie
Kritici vytvorili novú koalíciu a schúlili sa
Nonotiaci sú teraz nadšení a mimo dosahu
Prečo nemôžete radi oceniť vplyv, ktorý dávame?
Prestaň Starin 'na mňa znechutený, moja látka sa ubezpečila, že žiješ
Chceš od neho hlavu posla a históriu
Čo nakoniec odvádza dobro, ktoré si zvykne
Pomyslite na život bez toho, aby sa predstavili predstavivosť, ktorá prosperuje
Telá, ktoré považujete za geniálneho
Veľkí debatci a myslitelia, dali vám hlas
Prečo nemôžete stíhať zločiny a nie myšlienky, ktoré zamestnávam?
Pretože váš lepší úsudok sa na mňa vždy pozrie
Ale ak si spomeniem na to, ako sa pripojíme, budete na mne zodpovedať
Mám teóriu, ktorú väčšina z vás nedovolí vidieť
Je to takto, talent si nevyberá morálku
Vidíte, ak bol Daniel Hale vrahom, nechceli by ste srdce?
Keby bol Carl Benz rasista, prestali by ste jazdiť na autách?
Nemôžem si pomôcť, že sme skočili do týchto tiel a vy ste ich nazývali Bohom
Len vedel, že Zem je iba skala bez hlasu umenia
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