Outside Lyrics - Royce Da 5'9

I was also gonna 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 working overtime, 8 or 9 jobs worth 

All these wanted ski masks niggas 

Old basketball shorts under jean ass niggas needa know 

I'm a product of a dead poet riding at it's low 

Equals Mia Angelo, my emphatic flow can rise the status quo 

Lying on the panic floor 

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Addict at it's best 

Eradicated from the fabricated 

Afraid at 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 mother fuckin' 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 

Photos 

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 

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 

acknowledging I'm your father 'cause you not proud enough 

But I fought hard to make sure you 

never see certain things 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 raising you too 

'Cause all I did was discipline 

I never taught you to ride a bike but we still a lot alike 

And you making 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 

Phaha. yeah right, sure