Po' Folks Lyrics - Watermelon, Chicken And Gritz - Nappy Roots

All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay 

All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay 

We came in the game, plain ya see 

Average man when the rest was ashamed to be 

Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me 

So rough it was, downright wrong I tell ya 

Nobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin' 

Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see 

Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat 

Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real 

Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelin's 

Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world 

Can't change it, so I guess I'm gon' pray for the world 

Sometimes I ask myself, was I made for the world? 

I scream this to you, and I say it to the world 

Nappy then, Nappy now, Nappy for a bit 

Knee-deep, head over heels in this country shit 

All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay 

All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay 

Even though I picture better days 

I'm thankful for the chance I got to say amen 

The Lord done blessed me with his grace 

I wish his days would never end 

We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump 

Polish shot off on these presidents, and hard times they go and come 

Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all 

Who woulda thought skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call 

Lord, help me out, tell me where I went wrong 

I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long 

I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, daddy be strong 

We gon' make it through these hard times 

Even though they go and they come 

Ya absolutely right, but somethin' happen to me on last Tuesday night 

It's plain as day, man they with this world trade 

Naw brave any order but confoldure 

Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter 

That's when, see, everything can go any which way 

They got me fooled, see the henny with the J 

Front porch, chillin' broke, country folk, man I'm Nappy with my ways yo 

All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay 

All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay 

It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin' 

All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands 

Got the folk with depresses of being po' man 

Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man 

Nappy blossom from the root hence forth we gon' stand 

Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man 

Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man 

Zonin', two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes 

I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again 

Damn I hope you play this song again 

The soul cleansin', the melody just read my end 

Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my lady 

Been searchin' bendin' and saw my folks locked in the tenements 

And it don't make any sense why children and sentencin' 

Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why I'm writin' these sentences 

Just lower my income, what go head finish it 

All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay 

All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo' 

And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay