All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay   All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay      We came in the game, plain ya see   Average man when the rest was ashamed to be   Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me      So rough it was, downright wrong I tell ya   Nobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin'   Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see   Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat      Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real   Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelin's   Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world   Can't change it, so I guess I'm gon' pray for the world      Sometimes I ask myself, was I made for the world?   I scream this to you, and I say it to the world   Nappy then, Nappy now, Nappy for a bit   Knee-deep, head over heels in this country shit      All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay   All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay      Even though I picture better days   I'm thankful for the chance I got to say amen   The Lord done blessed me with his grace   I wish this day would never end      We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump   Polish shot off on these presidents, and hard times they go and come   Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all   Who woulda thought skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call      Lord, help me out, tell me where I went wrong   I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long   I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, daddy be strong   We gon' make it through these hard times   Even though they go and they come      Ya absolutely right, for somethin' happen to me on last Tuesday night   It's plain as day, man they with this world trade   Naw brave any order but confoldure   Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter   That's when, see, everything can go any which way   They got me fooled, see the henny with the J   Front porch, chillin' broke, country folk, man I'm Nappy with my ways yo      All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay   All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay      It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin'   All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands   Got the folk with depresses of being po' man   Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man      Nappy got some from the roots for we gon' stand   Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man   Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man   Zonin', two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes      I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again   Damn I hope you play this song again   The soul cleansin', the melody just read my end   Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my lady   Been searchin' bendin' and saw my folks locked in the tenants   And it don't make any sense why children and sentencin'   Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why I'm writin' these sentences   Just lower my income, what though we ain't finish it      All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay   All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'   And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay