De La Souls Lyrics

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Cover art for De La Souls lyrics by P.O.S.

We should be able to just run this Should be fine I’m recording with no shoes on It’s wonderful

I am P.O.S. I be the new generation of slaves Here to make papes off this land corporations rape From that life I'm tryin' to separate But I guess I'm livin' dreams ‘cause my rent's always a month late Product of an East German black Who kissed the neck, of a pretty woman named Grace But he left my life just a little too soon Didn't see me catch the Doomtree fame

As we go a little somethin' like this Look mom, no protection, no I got a baby boy by the name of Jake And I been tryin' to play the cowboy to rustle in the dough And I think I'm getting' better every passin' day I'm not an early bird, plus the feathers' all black So by the time I catch an apple, usually it's rind But it's a must to decipher one's girl From the round, sweet apples that are rotten on the inside I cherish my free time But I maximize so my soul needs to unwind I wanna see the stars be the moon to my sun [But I'm always on the run, run, run] I fake to all these hard-case kids I raise a black fist But won't say nigga in the things I write And I don't say faggot ’Cause I don't think it's right I know my boy struggled with that for over half his life I guess we got our own lives to live But I'm stretched too thin, tryin' to build a kingdom to rule And I think to the past sometimes And dang man, it's bad, see I kinda acted like a fool But I've apologized to the lives that I've touched Wrong pride, to the back, move ahead strong But I can safely say I've never played a woman without karma catchin' up later on I try to walk the right side of the tracks But I've hopped a couple trains Mom would cry if she knew the haps But I can stand who I am And face the day straight Knowin' not a thing can change what I be singin'

No one will ever be, like me No one will ever be, like me

And I know I'm not a bad guy when I try to do what's right Everyone who comes to me don't understand or see my plight Everything I've ever done, all the plans I've had inside I was Mr. Gone Wrong in way, so I gave up and said

[Alright] So now I do what I can, I'm [Alright] Stand up like Mama raised me [Alright] I was dope from the bottom And pulled a flush I've been livin’ with my chips all in And I'm still in see

No one will ever be, like me No one will ever be, like me

I am P.O.S. I be the new generation of slaves Here to make papes off this land corporation's rape From that life I'm tryin' to separate But I guess I'm livin' dreams ‘cause my rent's always a month late

And lookin' back it seems I've always been a step behind Little off track and feelin' no one shared a frame but mine Listenin' to records in my room to escape Found some things I could relate with, I wore out the tape We said

When I lose, every time I win, ‘cause No one will ever be, Messin' up stuff or doin' things wrong Quite like me

No one will ever be, like me No one will ever be, like me No one will ever be, like me No one will ever be, like me