Meek Mill - Mandela Freestyle lyrics

He got an opportunity to
Legitimize his hustle now
You know what I mean? He come from the street
I mean, so he gotta make wise decisions
Know what I mean? He ain't "Meek Mill
The street nigga" no more
(Yo, Nick Papz, make it slap)
Know what I mean? He
Done legitimized his hustle
So those decisions that he make in the
Day time, they gotta be wise decisions
Know what I mean?
Can't allow this motion to kick things back
I mean, or he gon' crash

It been eleven years
I held it in and I ain't shеd a tear
I had a story I ain't never sharе
Thought it was normal 'cause
They left us here
This for the voices they will never hear


Walkin' out the courtroom
Cameras everywhere, yeah
And they say, "Better join 'em
You can't beat 'em"
Don't believe 'em 'cause I went against
The odds to make it even
It's deceivin', they say
"You gettin' probation
You think you leavin'?"
But they get technical, they
Give you violations, for even breathin'
Niggas pleadin', they got no
Money for lawyers, to even feed 'em
Nobody left to raise our
Sons and our daughters, so they repeat us
Reapin', innocent for twenty-eight years
'cause mamas' grievin'
Only goals' to make it back
Home while she's still breathin'
Can you believe it, in the land of the free
I'm fightin' for freedom?
They ain't even have no evidence on 'em
They tryna keep 'em
Black babies' still caught in the system
They try and Meek 'em
My new condo overlook Central Park
And it's still reekin'
Said we guilty 'til we innocent
('Til we innocent)
And they gon' try and kill
Us with these sentences (Sentences)
It wasn't for the fame
They wouldn't mention it
(They wouldn't mention it)
That's why I take my
Platform and distribute it
For the ones that gotta live in it
It get interestin' (Get interestin')
When all the cops ain't got no discipline
We live in it (We live in it)
The ones 'cause there be times
The judge ain't listenin'
(Ain't listenin')
And you can't label me a
Rapper 'cause I'm different, kid
And the only difference is
I'm really makin' differences
(Differences) i done took my pen and
Pad and made some businesses
This ain't no cap
I used to trap and now my business lit
Now I can't tell you
"Mind yo' business" 'cause my business is
Really on yo' mind, right
Where your fitted is, i'm fit for this
I gotta inspire them
Motivate the people where I come from
My requirement say it loud
"I won't be a product of my environment"
Say it again, "I won't be
A product of my environment"
We playin' to win (Playin' to win)
Took them bars they locked me in
And made it a rap
I took them cells that they gave us
And I made it a plaque
Before the sales on my album
I was scrapin' a wack
I turned them jails into mansions with
A lake in the back
Now, there ain't no takin' me back
I just left in a chopper
And brought some billionaires together so
They never could stop us
Had a dream, they say I'm
King like Martin Luther, the doctor
We freein' niggas
It's like two for a dollar
A hundred-million on reform, nigga
(Reform, nigga)
They never seen it, what you doin', nigga?
(What you doin', nigga?)
Puttin' work and puttin' on, nigga
(Puttin' on, nigga)
You know whoever doubt on, nigga (, nigga)
I knew I was the one, the first, yeah
I was born, nigga, hangin' out the door
Nigga rolls Royce drop-top
Every time the cops stop
My career was at a lost stop
But I will not stop
The system broken, we can fix it
Take it to the chop shop
Pick it apart and build it back
Make it equal for the Browns and Blacks
Word up (Word up)

The Nelson Mandela Changemaker award
Recognizes individuals who
Are carrying on Mr mandela's legacy
Across one of the following key pillars:
Social equity through activism
Community and nation building
Protection and education of
Children and youth so today
Today we honor Robert "Meek Mill" Williams
For carrying on President Mandela's legacy