Pictures - Adam Calhoun

These are things I see when flipping through my phone

Am I the same man as the pictures in my home

Get crucified by some, others put me on the throne

Am I just some voice that you hearing on a song?

That white boy ain’t the best at rap 'cause he ain’t black

They say that we take from them and never gave back

They keep talking shit, cultural appropriation

I’m white so I’m racist by association

Shit weighs heavy, I guess words can be deadly

I grew up watching Belly, listening to Makaveli

We ain’t cut the same, I’m vintage, there ain’t shit to tell me

How you talking gangster shit?

You never had

You a victim, I’m a villain, did my bit, I was in prison

Just a kid up, I grew up, you a bitch, you move off of your feelings

Feelings, off this music I make millions

I’m the best at what I do, I’m pretty sure I hit the ceiling

I wanna thank the white rappers for making us a gimmick

Like you ain’t dope if you don’t rap a thousand words a minute

Shit’s different, I guess lyrics get neglected

Gotta dance for the black man, rap fast to get respected

These are things I see when flipping through my phone

Am I the same man as the pictures in my home

Get crucified by some, others put me on the throne

Am I just some voice that you hearing on a song?

These are things I see when flipping through my phone

Am I the same man as the pictures in my home

Get crucified by some, others put me on the throne

Am I just some voice that you hearing on a song?

You weren’t there with me when I was sleeping on the floor

I was dirt-poor, caught my first case in '04

Fast forward, I’m a legend while I’m living

My fans fuck with me 'cause I can’t stand a fucking liberal

You think we free?

That’s a lie, we ain’t freed the slaves yet

Every black man with money got a chain on his neck

Every time I get paid, they take money from my check

They don’t give it to vets, just kids wih student debt

I’m the one that had the balls to say it first

You saw that it worked and started drawing up a verse

How you gonna steal from me and make it sound worse?

How you gonna hear me rapping and say I sound like

These are things I think about when flipping through my phone

Just off a call with Tom, he said leave that shit alone

I focus on the things from people I don’t even know

I walk alone so much I think I lost part of my soul

These are things I see when flipping through my phone

Am I the same man as the pictures in my home

Get crucified by some, others put me on the throne

Am I just some voice that you hearing on a song?

These are things I see when flipping through my phone

Am I the same man as the pictures in my home

Get crucified by some, others put me on the throne

Am I just some voice that you hearing on a song?