Can I Be Me - Jay Dee

Can I be me?

Can I do what I do?

Can I, freak my style?

'Cause it ain’t nothing like you

Can I walk my own path?

Dude you, step out my shoes!

You done been where I been, you did paid all my dues?

Plus you, rap with El' yet both of you equal

You got, something to say, you in the D with your people, yeah!

You are not me, and I’m not you

Just, give me space nigga, just move!

I, rep the D, the way I do

I can’t be you, I won’t be you

I got soul in me, that’s older than you

I got my man’s with me, we colder than you

Can I, be all that a nigga can be?

Can I, show you places that you never would see?

Can I, ball out, and never look at receipts?

Can I, sit back in a luxury seat?

Can you respect who I am?

'Cause I love to be me

But I hate those dudes who’s trying to be me

Be with me, or be against me

But don’t be fake, keep it real with me, get me?

See what I see?

Then walk with me, walk with me

Feel what I feel?

Then talk to me, talk to me

Live where I live, and go with me, go with me

Yeah, I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

See what I see?

Then walk with me, walk with me

Feel what I feel?

Then talk to me, talk to me

Live where I live, and go with me, go with me

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

Can I, share with you everything in my soul?

From what I, hear in my ears when clearing my nose

From what my, eyes have seen, what I’ve felt with my hands

What, my heart has felt, when I fail to understand Why, we be going through it,

just barely getting by

Wake up from nightmares, up early getting high

Just trying to forget I had a dream

I was chased by a killer, I shot him, he fell

Turned him over, his face was familiar

But let me knock on wood

Yo, you’re supposed to keep your, enemies close

That go for every block or hood

I, would like to walk inside a church and not feel guilty

Paying my tithes with dirty money, every bill’s filthy

I hate to feel like I’m alone on this earth

Like my mother, with no support through my moments of birth

And I know that I shouldn’t be relying on sess'

But every time I get high, I get wild with stress

But Lord, I want to walk in the steps of your son

But it’s hard when they pull your card, and your weapon’s a gun

There’s no exception, and dumb niggas, they can get it too

Leave they condition critical, maybe I’m just a fool

But can you speak through me, and teach the ones under me?

Already thinking this is all they ever gonna see

Cops hitting the block, and niggas on the corner flee

What a poor ghetto child’ll do for a G

See what I see?

Then walk with me, walk with me

Feel what I feel?

Then talk to me, talk to me

Live where I live, and go with me, go with me

Yeah, I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

See what I see?

Then walk with me, walk with me

Feel what I feel?

Then talk to me, talk to me

Live where I live, and go with me, go with me

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from

I’mma show you where I’m from, where I’m from