Royce da 5'9", Robert Glasper, Marsha Ambrosius - Outside lyrics

I was also gon' ask about
Your fear as an individual
You know, it's plenty of people
Feel a sense of security around you
And kinda lean on you
You ever feel like a certain
Amount of pressure from that?
Do you ever get afraid? Of course I do
I mean everybody gets afraid sometimes
What possibly could make you afraid?
What are you afraid of?
(afraid of, afraid of)

I'm afraid, I'm afraid
Sometimes I'm even afraid to admit
I'm afraid
I'm afraid of the weight of my problems
Haters workin' overtime, 8 or 9 jobs worth
All these wanted ski masks niggas
Old basketball shorts under jean ass niggas
Need to know, i'm a product of a dead
Poet rhyming at his low equals Maya Angelou
My emphatic flow can rise the status quo
Lying on the padded floor
Addict at it's best
Eradicated from the fabricated
Afraid of the thought of
Releasing music that's indicative
Of where I'm at in life
Will they like? Will they hate?
The better question is if they hate it
Is you down to pay the price?
I'll look you right in your eyes and say
"You motherfuckin' right"
Don't bother me with adversity
I conquered more ground than King Kong could
All I think about these days is mom good
'Cause she diabetic
My daddy just had a cancer scare
And do he still work at the
Post office? The answer's yeah
I'm introverted
Knowing that it's not about Oz
Bigger problems outside

There's a war going on outside
That no man is safe from
You see you can smile
But that won't change the color of your skin
But I'm the sinner (I'm the sinner)
Yet you kick me, punch me, say don't trust me
Shoot me down like I'm up to something
Fuck with me and say I've deceived you
But how's that legal?
Am I that evil? Why do you hate me?

I'm afraid of you going to
College and not acknowledgin'
I'm your father 'cause you not proud enough
But I fought hard to make sure you never
See certain things that I'm a product of
It's easy to confuse being a father
With being a provider but all we got is
Us and I'm afraid to lose you
You the coolest kid I ever saw
She did a good job with you
Sometimes I hesitate to take
Credit for raisin' you
Too 'cause all I did was discipline
I never taught you to ride a bike
But we still a lot alike
And you makin' music now? I wonder what
Made you wanna give this a spin
You know what I'm about to say next
Right? I'm afraid of you drinkin'
Though I never taught you to swim
I'm afraid of you sinkin'
I know I taught you to fight
You ain't in condition to win this
You wired different
You just ain't the nigga you friends is
It's scientific not my opinion so you
Know you genetically predisposed
To more than just eating soul food
So I'm afraid of you to try to risk it
You in a gene pool with a lot of sick fish
And I'm the sickest of them all
Alcoholics die when they stop from
The symptoms of withdrawal
Look out the window, tell me what you see
Police shootin' brothers the color
Of you and me
And they actin' like they hate us so you may
Just wanna love yourself enough
To compensate it
If I can say this, say this one thing
This one thing non-related
You were never, ever, ever
Better than me in basketball
Pffft, hahaha! yeah right, sure