Hook:
You can cuff me grab me, snuff me stab me, rush me grab, harass me, but still I stand as a black man/ in my position, living and wishing that I could see children in vision, and have a fam as a black man/ deading them drugs, was never a felon or thug, they fed up because, what they can't stand is a black man, off of the block, that was never caught by the cops with 41 shots, that's why I stand as a black man/

Verse 1:
And I'm a stand as a black man, less time relying on God, more time defying the odds/ no disrespect, but I gotta put in overtime just so I could get respect/ life is like a big chip on my shoulder, and I don't know if I could keep this grip any longer, but do I want to/ death do I want to confront you, given the uneasiest route you always show me that easy way out/ but one of the days you'll get ya wish, and even though it aint promised I'm a stick with this/ see where it takes me, so I could see what it makes me, maybe one day my wife could be concieving a baby maybe/ but then again I don't know cuz my dreams for the future is moving on kinda slow/ what type of role model will I be for my seed, so many questions with no answers/

Hook:
You can cuff me grab me, snuff me stab me, rush me grab, harass me, but still I stand as a black man/ in my position, living and wishing that I could see children in vision, and have a fam as a black man/ deading them drugs, was never a felon or thug, they fed up because, what they can't stand is a black man, off of the block, that was never caught by the cops with 41 shots, that's why I stand as a black man/

Verse 2:
I done borrowed money til your last dime was gone, I done shed tears til my last cry was gone/ looking in the mirror, unhappy with what I'm seeing cuz what I see is something less of a human being/ I felt so humiliated, living in my grandfathers basement, rent due I couldn't pay shit/ I walk the blocks at night, with no particular destination, I just need to clear my mind and/ maybe with time, I think of a reason to keep going, my fathers voice in the back of my head (keep going)/ but aint nothing to look forward to when I look around, see a niggas positive they wanna put you down/ its a crooked town, and I'm a product of it, I love it but I hate it, the haters gotta love it/ how my skin is hated by the public, what I have I made it out of nothing/ but I cold never quit, even If I'm neer rich, plus I was never rich so how could I ever bitch/ I could never beg another man for mercy, while he look at me and curse me/ cuz his situation probably worse than me, that's how it be, the cops still think its halloween, cuz they aint really cops/ blue shield for what, niggas aint protecting me shit I'd rather blue steel you up/ that's how tey got me feeling, like I'm the fucking villian, like I fit the description like I did the fucking killing/ but word to my teardrops on the page, aint nothing you can say could ever defeat this black man/

Hook:
You can cuff me grab me, snuff me stab me, rush me grab, harass me, but still I stand as a black man/ in my position, living and wishing that I could see children in vision, and have a fam as a black man/ deading them drugs, was never a felon or thug, they fed up because, what they can't stand is a black man, off of the block, that was never caught by the cops with 41 shots, that's why I stand as a black man/