c1:Somebody (feat. Manny Chaalam) Video (MV)

Know it's my time and I can't afford to be late
I gotta shine I gotta go down as a great
I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody
I need recognition for the realness I embody
Do you need credit for
All the souls you've touched and you put on
Do you need credit for
All the wrongs I write all by my lone
Do you need credit
Took my pain and put it in this song
Earned my stripes now that I've grown
Show me love before I'm gone

Did you jump into the fray? Showed your true colors or metal
Did you ever show your hand when the playing field was leveled
Was you up against the odds cuz you had a score to settle
Did you try to keep the peace cuz you grew up as a rebel
I had fear
Fear these mountains never clear
Fear that pebble in my shoe
Fear that just might keep me here
Fear that I might lose it all
Fear they want my culture gone
They'll take my life if I ever try to put em on
I can't be your credit line
I can't be what you designed
I can be what's real
I can't be that one who you defined
I can't beat the hands the hands of time
All you got is your marathon
Before you cross that finish line

Know it's my time and I can't afford to be late
I gotta shine I gotta go down as a great
I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody
I need recognition for the realness I embody
Do you need credit for
All the souls you've touched and you put on
Do you need credit for
All the wrongs I write all by my lone
Do you need credit
Took my pain and put it in this song
Earned my stripes now that I've grown
Show me love before I'm gone

I get credit for my pain
I get credit for the way
I've been abandoned time and time again I thought that times would change
Hope I'm treated like a human being be that as may
Thought my presence where I'm from could've marked that as my grave
I need answers
I need answers
Said I might have cancer
Said it'd hit my hands first
Said I'd no voice contemplated what I am worth
The shit that I been through I live your life then I'd be pampered
My uncle catching seizures damn near every single week
Night and day was at the hospital now all I hear are screams
Lived my life like that sentence paid a lot I'm never free
Fought my alcoholism the only thing that gave me peace

Know it's my time and I can't afford to be late
I gotta shine I gotta go down as a great
I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody
I need recognition for the realness I embody
Do you need credit for
All the souls you've touched and you put on
Do you need credit for
All the wrongs I write all by my lone
Do you need credit
Took my pain and put it in this song
Earned my stripes now that I've grown
Show me love before I'm gone

I am excellent
No no I am excellence
Funny ain't it ironic
Had no voice but now it's evident
I'm seen as iconic
Contributions made evidence
Try to get your pardon still I'm setting that precedence
I often hit that mirror
I wanna be more of you
Courage strength the wisdom you always hand me the juice
You're always keeping me grounded almost hopped out of roofs
You the reason I'm saved bishops ain't get our cue
Our story they never saw
I often stood up in awe
The good bad and the ugly we carry and all our flaws
The violence scars our silence we made it who would've thought
I hope you know that I love you give credit for who you are

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