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Words I Never Said (ft. Skylar Grey)

from For What It's Worth​.​.​. by Truth B. Told

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(one)
I’m immature & full of shit at times that ain’t a secret
Meaning I’m no dif-er-ent than anybody breathing
If you took the time to judge yourself you’d have no reason
To take your insecurities and point them all at me, kid
But I guess I often give a fuck
Tryin to help the people that complain that I don’t help enough
That’s why I left Louisville, as far as performing cause
I got tired of empty promises & no one showing up
Mics I like to rock them but ladies need to lighten up
Just cause I write a sexy rhyme don’t mean that we about to fuck
Funny how promoters want poets to keep you focused but
When it’s time to pay the poets they don’t focus on the bucks
And this is more than talk
Homie this the truth
If you got trouble handling it you can leave the room
Niggas ain’t gon be shit
Bitches ain’t gon be shit
Why you keep on tryin to turn ‘em into kings & queens then?
Take care of yourself first
Before you dog people
I’m a part of the problem; my problem is I speak up
And I believe what I speak for…. Church

(chorus)

(two)
And yea I hear how people talk, about this generation
But no one wants to answer when I’m asking y’all who raised them
Children lacking discipline, won’t take them to church
But you going to the club with the person that you birthed…
Now that shit don’t make sense to me
Spare the rod & spoil the child
It’s called accountability
No one wants the answers to the questions they don’t wanna see
Complain about the school they’re in but when you read a book to ‘em
You say they do no wrong so what you paying bonds for
If they stay in a jail then somewhere we have failed
So stop making up excuses, let’s make something useful
If we don’t try to fix this we will not be existing
1 in every 3 kids, childhood obesity
Teach ‘em that their call of duty don’t come on a PS3
Make your children exercise, tell ‘em to go outside to play
And if you really give a fuck then take the damn remote away

(chorus)

(three)

Now I could talk about the nonsense until I am unconscious
Spit a poem until I’m dead & gone but I realize that
Some things within me need to change
I know that this is critical
To even have chance to have you listen when I spit to you
Poets can be prophets but we still are individuals
I never said we’re perfect but there’s purpose when we spit the truth
Yea, these are my faults this is my walk this how I get my help
So know that when I talk to you... I’m talking to myself…

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from For What It's Worth​.​.​., released August 25, 2011

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"If you are looking for a high energy, inspirational, and entertaining performance to release you from boredom, let the "Truth" set you free!"
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Truth has wowed audiences from Ford Theater in Hollywood to Alvin Ailey Theater & Barclays Center in Brooklyn. He's been featured on BET's Black History Moment series, Dove/Twitter's #SpeakBeautiful campaign, MTV, VH1, and PBS. ... more

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