[00:00.00]Forever - Sa-Roc
[00:11.92]When I wake up no makeup
[00:13.08]Half naked I feel like I'm the sh*t
[00:15.05]Pardon my language but hang ups do not define the kid
[00:18.10]No I'm not flawless I'm scarred up and I'm fine with it
[00:20.76]My body art a laundry list of all of life's unkindnesses
[00:23.66]But I still sip tea and chant om
[00:25.83]And live free cuz hardships and heartbreaks
[00:27.95]Turn to rap epiphanies
[00:29.38]And mom told me stay woke cuz all gold ain't glistening
[00:32.17]Choose your words wisely cuz the all knowing's listening
[00:35.39]But no worries I'm Gucci
[00:37.10]My thighs a lil juicy my dialogue lil awkward my idols still move me
[00:41.45]My life is a movie like Raheem and Mookie
[00:44.39]I'm just trying to do the right thing hope that it improves me
[00:46.92]My bamboos are costume sue me
[00:48.30]You'll be soon accustomed to me
[00:49.72]This the moral I got royal hemoglobin coursing thru me
[00:52.77]And my strength is now inhuman I get that straight from my umi
[00:55.58]Signed and sealed from out the grill of yours and truly
[00:58.44]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[01:02.35]Be exactly who you are forever
[01:04.99]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[01:07.87]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[01:10.31]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[01:13.77]Be exactly who you are forever
[01:16.69]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[01:19.45]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[01:22.17]I ain't get here overnight
[01:23.78]I was in that mirror like 45 times a week
[01:25.72]With my mala beads reciting affirmations like holy rites
[01:28.14]And I still don't know everything
[01:29.54]But I guess confessions from
[01:30.79]8 x 11s in studio sessions seem like it's only right
[01:34.07]And trust me this my therapy f**k yo couch
[01:35.90]Finna murk all these murphy types funny styling me shut your mouth
[01:38.75]Touch me I'm slaughtering crews squads goons teams
[01:41.15]The queen is coming to rule your region
[01:42.67]Coming for all of your assets plus your house
[01:44.59]I ain't always have it in me
[01:46.06]No tolerance for pretending
[01:47.48]I was 14 yrs old forcing pills down my throat
[01:49.67]So my baby fat diminished
[01:51.15]Still got the scars from cutting my wrists
[01:52.58]When I thought that life was finished
[01:53.79]Now they remind me what my lows look like now
[01:55.75]I know the sky's the limit
[01:56.99]Ok never claimed to be perfect
[01:58.90]That's an impossible dream
[02:00.47]I'm just saying that I'm worth it
[02:01.91]That's the responsible thing
[02:03.35]Spent half my life trying find my light from outside sources
[02:05.38]While the only voice that mattered came from me
[02:08.67]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[02:12.52]Be exactly who you are forever
[02:15.36]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[02:18.04]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[02:20.67]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[02:24.00]Be exactly who you are forever
[02:26.96]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[02:29.75]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[02:32.24]When Roc go in she too aggressive that's too masculine
[02:34.81]And her content lil too obsessive just relax a bit
[02:37.75]She say she god that's narcissistic just the facts of it
[02:40.78]Nah I don't really eff with female rappers that sh*t sacrilege
[02:43.55]Glad I learned early not to internalize every ink up
[02:46.41]Daddy told me with every opinion there comes a sphincter
[02:49.14]And they would rather see dem thots than popularize a thinker
[02:51.37]While them lion lying archetypes is chasing cat
[02:53.95]I'm trying Sphinx her
[02:55.15]Rap pharaoh skin Caramel apparel mainly vintage
[02:57.85]Marrow composed of warriors so every verse became a vengeance
[03:01.15]Went thru too much hell to not be fire
[03:02.94]But they still feigning ignorance
[03:04.20]So now I came to collect my just due with remaining interest
[03:06.87]Baby I'm a star without the flash fame or fenty
[03:09.60]Came out the dark lit up the entire game upon my entry
[03:12.59]Kept it messed around and gained another century in this
[03:15.62]Now I'm aimed to pop off 'til my mental chamber's empty
[03:18.53]I'm unbothered your standards is irrelevant
[03:21.15]I might eff around and rock a baldie all just for the hell of it
[03:24.52]They been trying to martyr me for ages cuz of my melanin
[03:27.10]So now I'm soaking uv rays with shea slathered on my abdomen
[03:30.26]My dude I'm magic my gang is goddess my mood is savage
[03:33.80]That's Genghis khan these bars moving mountains
[03:35.94]My range astonishing
[03:37.01]Dangerous sonnets like raining comets
[03:39.26]They blazing trails thru planets all hail this kind of amazing
[03:42.81]That's right we'll call itself love
[03:44.80]Discovered I was d**e and indulged like upscale ***
[03:47.64]And u could call me arrogant if that's gon help love
[03:50.67]But if you trying to knock me down your demolitions failed bruv
[03:55.60]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[03:59.33]Be exactly who you are forever
[04:02.15]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[04:04.81]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[04:07.55]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[04:10.96]Be exactly who u are forever
[04:13.84]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[04:16.55]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[04:19.23]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[04:22.69]Be exactly who you are forever
[04:25.57]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[04:28.29]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are
[04:30.95]You betta shine on em baby you a star you betta
[04:34.26]Be exactly who you are forever
[04:37.15]Cuz they gon try and change your heart don't let up
[04:39.91]Cuz you so damn fine just the way you are