B.o.B - The Nation (feat. Victoria Monét, Jake Lambo) lyrics

Baby, don’t you know
Everything you do away from home
Could leave me here alone
So baby don’t you go, no no, no
No-o-o oo no, no
No-o-o oo

I saw a kid 12 years old
With a pack of cigarettes and a Glock
Cause in this ‘partments it was easy to cop
Looking for a nigga slipping
Yeah they easy to spot
In the streets the enemies are
Just as evil as cops
The only word he ever heard from his pops was
If this the devil’s world then who
Hangs out at the top he had cocaine dreams
And Scarface nightmares i thought to myself
Does anyone in this life care
Growing too fast like his days are lightyears
His mama says go to church
You need a light prayer
You think the streets need you? Well
I need you right here
You need to slow it down
Cause the streets don’t fight fair for real!

Baby, don’t you know
Everything you do away from home
Could leave me here alone
So baby don’t you go, no no, no
No-o-o oo no, no
No-o-o oo

It’s easy to get in trouble in
The place where I’m from
Niggas lacking the education but
Be packing a gun
I just kick it with the homies
And be having some fun mama keep calling
I understand you protecting your son
You found that I be smoking and
I know it makes you mad
And I know you see his trace
Scared I'ma be just like my dad
Scared I’m doing something bad
Scared I might end up dead
Well look I chose another path so
Get those worries out your head
I'ma keep on doing it how I’m doing it
Stay working hard, making this music and
Show you I got to get it, I do
They asking my motivation and I
Reply that it’s you mama

Baby, don’t you know
Everything you do away from home
Could leave me here alone
So baby don’t you go, no no, no
No-o-o oo no, no
No-o-o oo

A deadly trend that never ends
City full of negligence, pregnant pedestrians
I used to think
'am I a prisoner or a resident?'
They book us for possession but
They keep shipping weapons in
Either the Glock shoots you or a cop do you
They set the system up to lock
You up a lot sooner
Everything you try to do they
Try to out do you
My mama said hallelujah cause I got a future
I got a future after something newer
They try to sell you bullshit
Because it sounds cooler
And if you stand out from the
Crowd they label you a loser
Don’t throw your life away
Don’t let your eyes fool you
That’s how they use you

Baby, don’t you know
Everything you do away from home
Could leave me here alone
So baby don’t you go, no no, no
No-o-o oo no, no
No-o-o oo