Imagine That

I’ve been down on my mind
Running this race I’ve been doing my time
Standing up straight standing in line
Hope I get out in time
I’ve been down on my mind
Running this race I’ve been doing my time
Standing up straight standing in line
Hope I get out in
I grew up poor around rich blacks (what you say?)
I grew up poor around rich blacks
School tell you that I’m good at (huh)
Getting into them troubles and them scuffles
Yeah told you that I did that
Momma come to the parent teacher meetings
She said what the hell you been seeing
She said this is not boy that I raised
She ain’t know that the boy she change
Hey man I was going through it too (huh)
Showing up to all them family funerals (huh)
Dad was sick inside of damn hospital (huh)
I had to vent by lettin my fist go through
A jaw a wall that’s just how it was
Nobody ever told the boy that he needed love
Man nigga I really just need a hug
From now and then so it depends if I need enough
Yeah so water flowers when you know that they down
You never wanna wait till the leaves are to brown
Just enough love so they don’t wanna drown