Truth Is lyrics

Artist  : Pete Rock 
Song : Truth Is



 Send "Truth Is" Ringtone to your Cell 

 [Black Ice]

Hey yo

When you look at me and my brothers what's your
first impression

Does the sight of us leave you guessin or do you
understand the stressin

The aggression, the look of no hope on me and my
niggaz faces

Like the lord overlooked us when he handed down
his graces

You see embraces, fall short on the numb tips of
street entrepeneur fingers

Still stuck in the walls of the project halls
where the coke smell still lingers

External blingers is all we can be cause on the
inside we been given nothin to shine on

And a record deal's harder to get than coke, so
my niggaz get they grind on

Cause the TV tells us, aim high nigga, make all
goals lateral

But see that takes paper that we don't have so,
niggaz put they souls up as collateral

Now, some niggaz reclaim 'em, some blame 'em,
make an excuse to sell 'em

But when a nigga goes from not doin to doin, what
can you tell him?

Not to be a nigga?  Shit I gots to be a nigga,
that's how I pay the bills

And I'ma do that whether I got to sling this coke
or exploit these rhyme skills

See America makes you an opportunist, and at the
same time they institutionalize you

So the fact that niggaz get, big record deals

big money and go to jail shouldn't surprise
you

That's what lies do, you see most of these
guys

do have raw talent just an infinitile
education

So the business feed you all the weed and
ecstasy

and a little bit of paper to provide some
pacification

from all the bullshit frustration they serve
you

Meanwhile they corrupt your perception of what
the real is

See they takin all our businessmen, and givin 'em
the mindsets of drug dealers

Took all our messengers, made 'em rappers

just flappin they jaws afraid to admit their
treason

Took all our soldiers for the cause, made 'em
killers for no reason

And bein fucked up, well that's in this
season

So, if you're negative you're positive, and if
you're positive you're called a hater

But I maintain control of my soul cause I know it
gets greater later

And I told y'all the last show shit, a nigga no
hater, I just know what the truth is

Been intertwined in this puddin for 'bout a year
now so I know where the proof is

See, it lines these midtown Manhattan
skyscrapers

where former hustlers like myself sign papers

and pull off fucked capers like, 16 infamous
stars of the time

They got us choppin and, baggin and

servin that shit to niggaz 16 bars at a time
now

The crime is undetectable by the feds

cause in heads of our kids is where the track
is

And music is potent it's straight to the soul

so it's much more addictive than crack is

Now, the high is just an illusion all lies and
confusion

But to feel that rush just once, my young
bucks'll go through it

So in essence, they still floodin the streets
with the thugs, drugs and the killing

They just usin these record labels to do it

Takin our hearts off demos, puttin us in
limos

tryin to fuck up divine direction

But, young black men have been trained to chase
money

and pussy, so we fall victim to our own
erection

And begin to convince ourselves we're on our way
somewhere where we're not goin

But ignorance is bliss and niggaz love this so,
niggaz take pride in not knowin

We not growin, nigga I give a fuck how slick you
flowin

if you ain't showin nuttin to these kids or addin
nuttin positive to the earth

Black Ice been destined to touch the world ever
since I was born

To be real, fuck a record deal, God gives me what
I'm worth

"Soul Survivor" nigga {*echoes*}