Lupe Fiasco - ITAL (Roses) lyrics

"Black panther, black panther
What do you see?
I see a dreaming child watching over me!"
Back, nigga, yeah, hey
Can we get a little break
From the cocaine and the kilos?
Aiight nigga, we know aiight nigga, we know
Can we get a break
From the strippers on the p-ole?
Aiight nigga, we know okay nigga, we know

Hey shawty, ain’t no future in no gang bang
And ain’t no manhood in no bang bang
Ain’t no honor cleaning interstates
Inside a chain gang
Know some rap niggas put that
Shit inside your mainframe
Pills make you stupid and liquor
Do the same thing
'Raris too expensive and they way
Too hard to maintain
Get yourself a Camry, "nigga said a Camry?"
Watch that hoe depreciate and
Then you’ll understand me
It’s called being fiscally responsible
Don’t let these lying images up
In Hip-Hop here conquer you
The TV’s not your father, fool
That video’s not your mama
Try your best to be a man and
Your worst to be a monster

May we have some roses for the ladies
A little appreciation for the gentlemen
And here’s some kisses for the babies
Some peace
Humanity for the whole wide-wide-wide world
More patience to the youth then
Sympathy for the poor empathy for the old
More justice for the downpressed
Treat no liar, ital, iyah

I know you’re sayin’
"Lupe rappin’ ‘bout the same shit"
Well, that’s ‘cause ain’t shit changed, bitch
And please, don’t excuse my language
Cause, I would hate for you to misrepresent
The true expression of my anguish
And by this far I ain’t shocked, upset
Or appalled i’m ashamed, bitch
I can’t listen if you ain’t sayin’ shit
And recognize all this emptiness is dangerous
Ain’t buildin’ up they confidence
We teachin’ ‘em that they ain’t shit
If they ain’t got the latest that
They saw on someone famous
Mercy of the Lord on this double-edged sword
Instead of askin’ where the hoes is
Maybe maybe may we have some roses

May we have some roses for the ladies
A little appreciation for the gentlemen
And here’s some kisses for the babies
Some peace
Humanity for the whole wide-wide-wide world
More patience to the youth then
Sympathy for the poor empathy for the old
More justice for the downpressed
Treat no liar, ital, iyah
May we have some roses for the ladies
A little appreciation for the gentlemen
And here’s some kisses for the babies
Some peace
Humanity for the whole wide-wide-wide world

Called the president a terrorist
Corporate sponsors like
How the fuck you gon’ embarrass us?
Ain’t my fault, I was just repeatin’ this
Professor Emeritus from America
But my tone was like an
Afghani kid without a home
Blew that bitch up with a drone
An Iraqi with no daddy
Palestinian throwing stones
The fuck you think they call him?
I’mma leave that all alone cause this
The focus on this new shit is that hopeless
Place that I was born
Into systematic brokeness
Took that downpression and developed
It to dopeness
It’s that great American rap rap ferocious

May we have some roses for the ladies
A little appreciation for the gentlemen
And here’s some kisses for the babies
Some peace
Humanity for the whole wide-wide-wide world
More patience to the youth then
Sympathy for the poor empathy for the old
More justice for the downpressed
Treat no liar, ital, iyah