Artist: Royce Da 5'9" f/ Marsha Ambrosius, Robert Glasper *
Album:  Book of Ryan
Song:   Outside
Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com 

* Robert Glasper only features on intruments - no vocals

[Intro: Royce's son] + (Royce Da 5'9")
I was also gon' ask about your fear as an individual (mm-hmm)
You know, it's-it's plenty of people
feel a sense of security around you and kinda lean on you (right)
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? {*echoes*}

[Royce Da 5'9"]
I'm afraid, I'm afraid
Sometimes I'm even afraid to admit, I'm afraid
I'm afraid, I'm afraid, of the weight of my problems
Haters workin overtime, 8 or 9 jobs worth
All these wanted ski masks niggaz
Old basketball shorts under jean ass niggaz
Need to know, I'm a product of a dead poet rhyming at his low
Equals Mya Angelou, my emphatic flow can rise the status quo
Lyin on the padded floor, addict at it's best
Eradicated from the fabricated
Afraid of the thought of releasin music that's indicative of where I'm at in life
Will they like it? Will they hate it?
The better question is if they hate it, is you down to pay the price?
I'll look you right in your eyes, say "You motherfuckin 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, knowin that it's not about I
It's bigger problems outside

[Marsha Ambrosius]
There's a war goin 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 (I'm the sinner)
Yet you kick me, punch me, say don't trust me
Shoot me down like I'm up to somethin, fuck with me
And say I've deceived you
But how's that legal?
Am I that evil?
Why do you hate me?

[Royce Da 5'9"]
I'm afraid of you goin to college
and not acknowledgin I'm your father cause you not proud enough
But I fought hard to make sure
you never see certain things that I'm a product of
It's easy to confuse bein a father
with bein 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 raisin you too
Cause all I did was discipline
I never taught you to ride a bike but we still a lot alike
And you makin 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 your friends is, it's scientific
Not my opinion so you know you genetically predisposed
to more than just eatin 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 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 could say this
Say this one thing, this one thing non-related
You are never, ever, EVER, better than me in basketball
(Pffft, hahaha! Yeah right, sure)