[00:00.00]Work In Progress （）-Nappy Roots
[00:02.814]Wise words bein'spoke huh y'all know what it is
[00:14.851]Nap nappy roots can I start this one off okay
[00:20.209]Each day I listen what the streets say
[00:22.162]Like a DJ my negroes scratch ghetto recording's
[00:24.881]For my peoples got the eyes of an eagle
[00:26.729]Can't see us ever bein'at peace for a reason 'cause we ain't
[00:29.337]Never bein'equal they got us believin'we heathens uncivil soldiers
[00:32.551]Of evil reach up and assume the position
[00:34.678]You know the procedure
[00:35.670]Can't even leisure smoke hollow reefer without police
[00:38.233]And search and seizure by the same police who murdered creaser
[00:40.622]It's brutal
[00:41.325]Seein'them treat us like lower creatures than human beings more
[00:44.103]So like aliens tourin'the land of Europeans
[00:46.439]Seemin'to have the tendency to think we ignorant
[00:48.735]'Cause of our pigment can't take away
[00:50.583]A niggas dignity though still I pimp the industry hoe and even when
[00:54.504]I'm rich I'm a pretend to be poor
[00:56.256]My life's a work in progress soon to be
[00:58.120]End of the road but I don't stress cause I have been her before
[01:00.793]You know
[01:01.514]My life's a work in progress
[01:04.279]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor
[01:06.636]My life's a work in progress
[01:09.513]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before
[01:11.937]My life's a work in progress
[01:14.537]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor
[01:16.993]My life's a work in progress
[01:19.769]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before
[01:22.97]In life every step you take every right every left you make
[01:25.532]You can look at it like chess in a way 'cause life is best when
[01:28.953]You take your time don't make a move unless you done made up
[01:32.96]Your mind play by the rules don't ever play the fool
[01:34.687]Sometimes you play and lose but you still pay your dues
[01:37.292]Come on
[01:37.869]Everybody knows the cost to be the boss
[01:39.759]Yeah the price is kind of steep but sacrifice is never cheap
[01:42.351]I learned that life can be sweet
[01:43.743]And bitter at the same time it's the ying verse the yang
[01:46.327]Sorta like rain without shine
[01:47.447]Sometimes against the grain you grind
[01:48.928]Gotta grit your teeth and bear it
[01:50.232]Matthew 5verse 5the earth the meek shall inherit
[01:52.957]Cherish the day before you perish away 'cause who can say
[01:55.781]How many days your power last
[01:57.461]It's like a crack in your hourglass
[01:59.625]In a flash the hours pass
[02:01.505]Then you're gone gone gone
[02:03.545]My life's a work in progress
[02:05.417]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor
[02:08.192]My life's a work in progress
[02:11.160]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before
[02:13.136]My life's a work in progress
[02:15.544]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor
[02:18.128]My life's a work in progress
[02:20.995]Like there long life livin'get will bring you close you dyin'
[02:23.442]The more laughs one had will bring you close to cryin'
[02:25.827]Cold unforgiving planet yea it is racists and communicatin'
[02:29.724]Those who wrong did
[02:30.780]I daydream back to the 80's when we was all kids
[02:33.502]A stab wound kidnappin'but experience though at the time
[02:36.683]Not a glock would blow in da wind it's a good day in the hood
[02:39.875]To witness a stabbin'now stories told to us
[02:42.503]Without tragedy seem like
[02:44.107]It involve bloodshed automatically
[02:46.195]If you ever get a chance
[02:47.411]Just stop and use your mind observe the world for yourself and ju
[02:50.459]Your time
[02:51.442]Yeah oh yeah that's right
[02:54.503]Smoke somethin'with your country people
[02:57.218]Drank somethin'with your country people
[02:59.753]My life's a work in progress
[03:01.505]Thinkin'back in junior high when sex was the sh*t
[03:04.233]Fein'p**sy now a day can get you killed quick
[03:06.833]'Bout shootin'ball in now they 'bout getting licks
[03:09.201]I'm playin'nappy roots just to hear the realest sh*t
[03:11.881]Expect it to the best of my know how and my rapping wit
[03:14.601]See next to nothing sugar coated in these cold streets
[03:17.136]Whatever you do be smart tote your heat
[03:19.449]Did I mention if you don't work you don't eat
[03:21.971]If you ever get a chance stop and use your mind
[03:24.643]Observe the world for yourself and check the time
[03:27.195]Yea smoke somethin'with your country people
[03:30.17]My life's a work in progress
[03:32.465]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor
[03:35.137]My life's a work in progress
[03:37.785]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before
[03:40.217]My life's a work in progress
[03:42.881]And even though I'm rich I'm gonna pretend to be poor
[03:45.433]My life's a work in progress
[03:48.577]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before
[03:53.761]But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before