If You Only Knew Lyrics - Power In Numbers - Jurassic 5

Never think just for shits and giggles 

Do we spit syllable riddles for bits and kibbles 

So chicks can wiggles and shake 'cause this image is fake 

I'm tryin hard to relate in a place filled with so much hate 

Some brothers debate, some love or some hate 

Whatever the case, it's all about the choices you make 

That's the reason your balloon'll deflate, but to relate 

We tryin' to take rap back to it's primitive state, wait 

No overnight success or runnin' with vets 

Just pure, unadulterated work progress 

I'm willin' to bet the farm, you'd give your right arm 

For a piece of the pie ask yourself, "Why?" 

If you only knew the trials and tribulations we've been through 

But if you only knew, we're real people, homie, just like you 

We humble, but don't mistake us for some corny ass crew 

What we do is try to give you what you ain't used to 

Soul music, somethin' we can all relate to 

I ams what I am and that's all I can be 

Uh, no more, no less, what you're seein' is me 

Akil, the MC W-I-S-E, uh, wise, intelligent, God did bless me 

Yes, we rock up off the S-B freshly 

Especially dangerous rough and deadly 

The pimp positioner, tip the Richter Scale 

Alone we sink together we sail and prevail 

The rum raisin', comin' through guns blazin' 

Some of you duns runnin' ones with none savin' 

Complainin', me and my clan are unscathin' 

From the soul comes somethin' amazin' 

If you only knew the trials and tribulations we've been through 

But if you only knew, we're real people, homie, just like you 

We humble, but don't mistake us for some corny ass crew 

What we do is try to give you what you ain't used to 

Soul music, somethin' we can all relate to 

Yo, how many times I got to hear some fanatic in my ear 

Tellin' me I got to keep it real when they ain't payin' my bills 

Or feedin' my kids, judgin' me on how I live 

If my crib in the hood or if its up in the hills? 

Have you forgotten who you are, oh, you think you a star 

Why you frontin', you ain't nothin', you went from nothin' to somethin' 

But somethin' means nothin' if ya people still wantin' 

And ya got money and givin' them nothin', flossin' and frontin' 

Ya game of charades, the way you behave 

The image you save, yeah, brother, that's one big parade 

I'm sick of your ways, I'm sittin here spittin a phrase 

Next time they smile and they wave, will probably be with a gaze 

If you only knew the trials and tribulations we've been through 

But if you only knew, we're real people, homie, just like you 

We humble, but don't mistake us for some corny ass crew 

What we do is try to give you what you ain't used to 

Soul music, somethin' we can all relate to, soul, soul, soul, soul