And This Is For... Lyrics - Murs

Damn time's done changed these thugs do what they like 

Some of them be your friends to try and find a new wife 

And still hit the block and slang rocks at night 

But you could be dead wrong with your pockets right 

Contrary to what the legendary B.I.G. had to say 

You don't have to sell drugs or make the NBA 

It's easy to get a grant and get an MBA 

To achieve one goal there's more than one way 

Young people on the whole we have lost our way 

I don't care what it cost I'm not impressed my nigga 

That throwback jersey is a dress my nigga 

I remember diamonds used to be girl's best friend 

Enslaving Black children with them third world gems 

I don't care about your rims, kids ride Big Wheels 

Up until they learn balance and it's obvious you haven't 

With way more ego than you have true talent 

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Any white boy who thinks he knows my struggle 

Cause he listens to Pac and his adrenaline doubles 

Now I ain't got problems with you being yourself 

But when you front and use the N word, it just don't help 

I might not trip, and your friends'll laugh at you 

But I know some real niggaz that'll straight up slap you 

Now you could be down, but let's act grown up 

Cause we ain't the same color when police show up 

My culture's not a trend, being Black is not in 

But for you it's just a phase you're gonna have to transcend 

While even if I tried, I could never blend in 

To society's mainstream, American dream 

Yeah, it's all one love, but remember one thing 

This music is my life, not a cultural fling 

It's an expression of the soul when we dance and sing 

And you are blessed to have a chance to even glance the scene 

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Man I do the same music, they stop coming to shows 

It's like they scared of the white boys in the front row 

First I was like "so?" I'mma get my dough 

But the numbers kept falling as my fan base would grow 

And now I'm concerned so I gotta speak up 

First the money was the only thing shutting me up 

But now I don't care, don't support me, get mad 

Why wouldn't you abort me, my own people have 

I feel I should have the scans white rappers have 

It's sad but that's the way it is 

What's the reason that my album doesn't sell like his? 

And don't front like you don't why the hell that is 

It's because he's white, you can relate to his face 

Through the years you've been taught that Black is unsafe 

Plus it's only natural for your own to be embraced 

Conscious or subconscious you can't say that ain't the case 

Only reason it took so long to take place 

Was up until now your only choice was 3rd Bass 

Or others like Ice, wasn't really that tight 

Now you got some white dudes who can truly rock the mic 

You relate to their stories cause you share that past 

Question is, why would you listen to MURS' Black ass? 

I asked myself for a while but now I finally get it 

Good music transcends all physical limits 

It's more than something that you hear, it's something that you feel 

When the author and experience and passion is real 

Used to feel I should be silent, I was scared to do this song 

But I want everyone aware of what is going on 

Yes it is jazz and yes it is the blues 

And yes it is the exact same way they did rock 

But I refuse to watch the same thing happen to hip-hop 

I refuse to watch that bullshit...