Rapsody - The Pain lyrics

You hurt she got you mushy
You mushy, you mashed potato
She got you like a wet napkin
And you in your feelings you hurt

The, the, the pain of giving
Grows deeper, grows deeper
Grows deeper, grows deeper grows deeper

So you come out your mama's
Womb shaped by her pain
But it's the pain that shapes
Us and then you go out into the
World, life happens, you see horrific things
People do horrific things to
You hurting people hurt people
Sometimes even our
Parents call us out on our names
You know so
When we don't talk about the things that we
Have witnessed, the life transitions
That have occurred
When we don't talk about it

The, the, the pain
I fail to understand you nigga
Grew up with you niggas
You all grew up with each other
Why you shoot at niggas? You can't fight?
Throw a right? Duck a swing?
What up with y'all?
Know you got some pain, but come on my nigga
What happened? He called you out your name?
A bitch, a fag or somethin'?
You ain't different from each other
Why you even frontin' homie?
You ain't really 'bout that life
You don't wanna go to jail
You don't wanna lose your life
Real niggas don't kill brothers over a
Pair of Jays or Nikes

The, the, the pain
Of watching us kill each other
And watchin' them kill each other
Know all of us don't love us
And some of us think it's corny
To call another a brother
Or call a sister a queen
Who messed up your self esteem, my nigga?
You ain't gotta live or die by the trigger
You ain't gotta hide your pain
In bottles of liquor the world'll never ever
Understand this dilemma oh, the pain nigga

The, the, the pain
Of black men disrespected by the world
No peace at home
Disrespected by the young girl
No emotion for fear of being weak
They human just like you and me
Chill for a second, chill for a second
Breathe
No asthma pumps, they grab, spill plasma
Girl don't you see
He need you by his side week
That don't make you weak shit baby
I understand your pain nigga

The, the, the pain
Of black women disrespected by the world
Too much attitude, anger
We ain't supposed to love our bodies
Fuck you, I know what you think about us
Overlooked by our own cause we ain't exotic
America been suckin' our titties too long
Mad they can't break us
America we too strong
I know the pain, frustration, all the lies
Deceit the love of watching a mother beat
A child in the street oh the pain of it

The, the, the pain
Of a man who never knew the man that made him
Weren't man enough to raise him
Teach him how to raise his fist
When others tripped, or how to shoot a ball
Look a man in the eye
His emotions and all that
Teach him how to survive a world that
Don't give a fuck about him oh the pain
No one to teach him the game of life
How to piss in toilets right
How to respect another man
While they runnin' gangs and
Them triggers bang, bang
All fuckin' night

The, the, the pain
Of a daddy's girl without a daddy
Look like daddy, daddy absent
Want a man to fill that void
She yellin' at him 'spank me daddy'
Daddy wasn't there to pay
She try to fill it with his thang
He ain't got a daddy neither
He don't know how to really please her
Break her heart, no daddy for her to run to
Or him to have some fear for her
Protect her walking down the aisle
When she meet Mr right
Ain't no daddy if he mess
Up and threaten his life pain

The, the, the pain
Of a mother who went half on a baby
And got a whole lot to deal with
He peaced out, she piecing
It together by herself, shit
Look this real pain
The only one at his games
The one she can make between work and shit
Tryna make excuses why his dead-beat absent
Pain knowing she can't take the pain away
Hard truth only scar she can't banish
For her baby's love

The, the, the pain
Of a man that wanna raise his child
Love his child baby mama crazy
She don't never let him see his child
System treat him fucked up, money, money
Always treat his mama like the victim
Pain in his ass
She make it hard to do the right thing
It pains him
He can't be around for his offspring
She lied to his child
Grew up calling fucked up
The pain knowing he won't ever
Fix what she messed up pain

Our so called Leader said they'd
Speak for the people the, the, the pain
From giving grows deeper, grows deeper