Black Thought, Common, Salaam Remi - Really Real Out Here lyrics

Mama, pray for me please, I'm going outside
I'll be on the corner where my father died
I just hope my honor isn't compromised
It's the only thing I own
Mama, stay for me please until I'm grown
I can't face the troubles of this world alone
A world up where they only
Wanna make you known
Such a heavy cross to bear
It's really real out there

Yo, yo I could still hear my mother's voice
Telling me what to do if
I don't have another choice
To never give thе devil a
Reason he should rеjoice
You better than the ignorant heathen
So kill the noise i've been down on my luck
'til I was rail-thin
I slid way out of touch into a tailspin
But I could tell you this much
Your reflexes come through in the clutch
As long as you don't ever fail them
Ayo, my moms used to make beds and vacuum
And pick up dirty towels in hotel bathrooms
I used to hear my stomach
Rumbling in the classroom
I used to wish I could run
Up and pull a fast move
Remember listening to Marley sing
The belly full
When you shivering where you stand
They can tell you're cold
Sometimes you might have to crease
But just never fold and if you sing for your
Supper, never sell your soul
It's really real out there

Mama, pray for me please, I'm going outside
I'll be on the corner where my father died
I just hope my honor isn't compromised
It's the only thing I own
Mama, stay for me please until I'm grown
I can't face the troubles of this world alone
A world up where they only
Wanna make you known
Such a heavy cross to bear
It's really real out there

Mama, you wasn't privy to the shit we did
The drama of a gritty inner-city kid
The karma of the half-moons and pyramids
Gang life at the crib is inherited
'Cause when the shots'll lick off
You knew I could get picked off
For you to lose your only son
Would truly be a big loss
You kept me into sports and
My thoughts on higher learning
On Reverend Wright sermons
A Black Christ returning desires burning
I was yearning for them thick girls
You dropped gems and quick
Pearls, said "Rash, there's a big world
For you to dance in, sing in, dream in it
Any room you enter, just be a king in it"
Back then it seemed vintage
I kept a team image it's rules to this game
Me and my team scrimmage
Now I see Bennet and the
Hood in a different way
My life's a gift I won't give away

Mama, pray for me please, I'm going outside
I'll be on the corner where my father died
I just hope my honor isn't compromised
It's the only thing I own
Mama, stay for me please until I'm grown
I can't face the troubles of this world alone
A world up where they only
Wanna make you known
Such a heavy cross to bear
It's really real out there