A Message For Your Mind - Rappin' 4 Tay

Ain't nobody gettin no younger  man  we're just gettin older and 
We need to get bolder than bold as we've ever been 
Our reference as Africans  where our folks sittin 
they cryin out laughin 
The game is all you know so you in it to win it  right? 
Trippin  a gang o' bullets  decided to find a fight 
Life is scattered in directions  brotherly connections 
Misguided youth driftin in the wrong direction 
I hope for the best and say a prayer and keep steppin 
Too many kids they own an automatic weapon 
A lot of them wanna go home instead of hangin out 
It's kinda hard when you're parents' straight smoked out 
For you fisters, stay prepared for the up and coming 
Get all you can while you can and result to something 
You be surprised with this talent that we hold 
But we forget and go sick outta control 
A lotta homies to die, they left a true lesson 
Or fill your soul that I love, this another blessing 
You want funk, it used to be bing-bing 
To the dome, but nah now it's really on 
Go out back, what? To just to be reputable? 
Hope you don't lose your life, fools are goin federal 
I'm goin forward, showin em up like a pimp 
And gettin the truck, you can sell each other profit 
Don't let police try to grab you by your shirt collar 
You witta black man, who understands black power 
Pipin hot, are you the bad brother? 
I love to roll rhymes, see my homeboys stickin together 
Stay focused cos there's too many blind 
Blind to the purpose of life and that's a message for your mind 

Chorus: 

Tried the dope about a thousand times 
So here's a message for your mind 
*Repeat x 4* 

I once knew a man who couldn't read 
He said "It ain't