Aryeh-OR - LET CHU KNOW Lyrics

Since we're here together right now
I might as well tell you the truth

I'm just here to let you know about the man behind the mystery
Open up my door and let you step inside my history
Open up my closet, let you dance with all my skeletons
I already been and I ain't going back to hell again
Suicide attempts at age eleven and psychiatric facilities
Pharmaceutical remedies for my iniquities
On pills and cages, locked up like a rat
Punk rock, skateboard, patches on my backpack
Black nail polish and an attitude to match that
Couldn't tell me shit without catching a better comeback
Too smart for my age, at least in terms of intellect
A brilliant mind at war with emotions that ain't developed yet
Now, let me take you back further, serve you some context
No simple story, my subplots is complex
A tale of two mothers, but one is my father
To be transparent, I got a trans-parent that I called Pappa
Or Poppi, that was her nickname
I used to try to hide it in a way, I was ashamed
I didn't want to sexplain to all the other kids at school
I already got teased enough, you know kids can be f*cking cruel
And it was bad enough we was broke
Bad enough, I was fat
Bad enough I was trying to act like I was intact
When I was falling apart, bearing the burden
Of trying to become a man while my dad became a woman.

Real talk
This is back in the late 80s early 90s
Know what I'm saying
Before there was a Caitlyn Jenner on the radar
This shit wasn't even a conversation

I'm just here to let you know bbout how I finally got my mind straight
Traded in the Prozac for a dime bag, and a mixtape
By the end of 10th grade, Poppi had finally up and left
I stepped out of her shadow and started to find myself
Had my first real girlfriend then
Her name was Rachel
Yeah, I admit it, I tend to date inter-Rachel
But if your dad was the closest black woman to you
You'd probably have an issue dating Sistas too
Caught in a Freudian loop
My real mother was white
Plus there were times where she the only stable thing in my life
When I was trying to fight everybody who came around
My mama, the only person on earth who could calm me down
Now, let's get back to Rachel
The timing couldn't have been better, yo she was like an angel
She never judged me, just hugged me and loved me
Made me feel special and safe
Then my whole world changed
Hanging out at her parents place in Laurel Canyon
That's where my mind started expanding
Taking mushrooms and LSD
I saw beyond the box society had put on me
I hopped up out that bitch and let my consciousness fly free
And suddenly, I could see the way the system was molding all of us children
To begin gears to move the money machine
School was a tool for normalization
What we call education was really indoctrination
Oh, by the way, I had straight A's then
I started ditching and getting into more trouble and
I started dealing and stealing, I wasn't subtle and
Suddenly, my fits was fresh, my kicks was new
And nobody could tell me what to do
F*ck you!
Caught slipping, I got kicked out of school
Did my time then they let me back in
Senior year came, got caught slipping again
But I still graduated next to all of my friends
Can't nothing stop my win

Yeah... This is me

I'm just here to let you know bout how the artist was born
My creativity the way I made it out of the storm
To both my parents credit,
They always told me I could be or do anything
Got my first guitar at seven years old, started to play and sing
Same year, I started acting
A couple years later
I caught a love affair with rapping
No matter what happened I always knew what I was destined to do
Six words: To my own self be true
So after high school, I took a little time out for me
Eventually, I did go and get a college degree
First black man in my family tree able to say that
I shattered the pattern, gave my ancestors they payback
Don't need a Maybach to show I made it
Put the puzzle pieces together, I paper mache'd it
Through sheer will and skill, cultivated the man that I am
Now I'm Unf*ckwitable, like God had planned
And I'm standing as living proof
That by standing firm in your truth
It don't matter what happened to you
Ain't nothing that you can't do
When you learn to transmute your traumas into the fuel for your dreams
And wear them stripes with honor and self-esteem
I'm just here to let you know that you're beautiful
And you've got the power inside to shape your reality
Impossible's a fallacy
So speak what you seek, until you see what you said
And manifest all the dreams in your head
Go and get it

You see the truth is
No matter, how poor
Or how privileged
Every person has experienced pain
No one gets through life without scars
But that's just a part
Of what makes us who we are
Everybody's got a story
And as we strength and vulnerability
And share our journeys
And what makes us unique
We allow others to see themselves in us
And hopefully, find the courage to speak
And share their stories
Share your story.