Lil Mama, Yirayah - College lyrics

Now that I think about it
I was always takin away from my father
Or he was always takin away from me
It's probably why we so close now ya know?

We been starvin so long in
These crazy ghetto streets
And they say we're so wrong for
The way we try to eat
How long will we struggle
I gotta grind jus to eat now
I gotta eat just to live now
So I gotta live my life this way

I stretched and yawned
4 years from a newborn on a charter bus
Filled with stranged humans
Besides my mother nobody seems anxious
Though we on our way to
Visit a college campus
We roll up freshen up at a food concession
Can't talk to strangers
I wanna ask 'em questions saw a woman cryin'
Boy face to fist i don't wanna go to college
If it causes this
Back on the bus still analyzin vibes
Turned to my moms excel asked
Her why you cryin?
She said because I'm happy
But I could tell she lyin'
And since lyin was a curse
I sense storytelling
Her eyes focused on a object
Long enough they tingle
That's when she reached into her bag
Because her phone was ringin'
She said "I accept" i'm still puzzle piecing
I knew my pops was on the other line
Lonely singin'

We been starvin so long in
These crazy ghetto streets
And they say we're so wrong for
The way we try to eat
How long will we struggle
I gotta grind jus to eat now
I gotta eat just to live now
So I gotta live my life this way

Soon after we roll up to these gates
Barbed wired up
Men standing in the entrance armed up
With a close eye on us we enter the buildin
Got checked by the women who staring
My mother pull out a card with a picture
Of her face on it
Two papers with our names on it
They identify her they lookin at me
Me my confusion of the journey
Thorugh these walls we go
Before the next one opens
The past one must close
As they check for proper clothes
My mama so prepared
For this mini battle has chose
Finally we reach our final destination
My poppa placed in a seat facing me
No women in his class
Just men who never laugh
And when they see they family they sing
They sing

We been starvin so long in
These crazy ghetto streets
And they say we're so wrong for
The way we try to eat
How long will we struggle
I gotta grind jus to eat now
I gotta eat just to live now
So I gotta live my life this way

So I begin my investigation
My elbow on the round table my palm at chin
I'm lookin at him
Asked questions like, "how you been?"
"When you graduating?"
Time was up got pulled away
Kickin' and screamin' (I don't wanna leave)
Tears came to his eyes
But never fell in front me
Got old enough to realize they
Must've fell up under me
Being locked away in prison from your family
Tryin' to find ways for us to eat i sing

We been starvin so long in
These crazy ghetto streets
And they say we're so wrong for
The way we try to eat
How long will we struggle
I gotta grind jus to eat now
I gotta eat just to live now
So I gotta live my life this way