B.O.B - Generation Lost lyrics

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<i>[Intro:]</i><br />

(Turbulence. Can you feel? Turbulence) Okay. (Can you feel?)<br />

I need to spit something real for a second y'all. (Turbulence)<br />

Just bare with me. Listen. (Can you feel? Turbulence.)<br />

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<i>[Verse One:]</i><br />

Skull and crossbones and death bandannas<br />

A liquor store on every corner in Atlanta<br />

Cops ridin' around tossin' niggas in the slammer<br />

Tell me what's wrong<br />

I could really use some answers<br />

Now-a-days everybody wants to be a rapper<br />

About two years ago everybody was a trapper<br />

Obviously, money is what everybody's after<br />

Cause slavery ain't change<br />

It's a modern day disaster<br />

Now these are my words from me to you<br />

Everything you do from your shades to your shoes<br />

From your chains to your Coupe<br />

Came from the tube<br />

Trust me I would know<br />

I was raised on it too<br />

Okay, now just let me get your attention<br />

I'ma turn the tables so you don't get defensive<br />

I'ma put my bullshit aside for a second<br />

Cause I can't be fake<br />

Cause God won't let me<br />

I used to wear a grill<br />

Because it was the trend<br />

Not because I liked it<br />

I just wanted to fit in<br />

Then I got "Eastside" tatted on my skin<br />

And I tried to get dreads but my hair was too big<br />

But I was lost<br />

I ain't know who I was<br />

What else was there to do besides look like a thug<br />

So in my senior year at Columbia High<br />

I dropped out of high school and I got signed<br />

B.o.B. was the name<br />

I ain't like Bobby Ray cause I was ashamed<br />

But you can call me Bobby Ray from this day forth <br />

And I could give a damn about the fame and fortune<br />

Honestly I don't even listen to rap<br />

Cause when I turn the radio on, out comes crap<br />

And if you make good music that's okay<br />

But on the radio, that they don't play<br />

It's easy to see we created a beast<br />

Cause everybody wants to hear what they don't need<br />

And now all the rappers got to struggle to give you<br />

That bullshit music so they can continue<br />

To live<br />

The position that I'm in <br />

Is quite an interesting predicament I admit<br />

But you can count on me cause I'm refusing to give in<br />

Cause I'ma give you music cause we need it to exist<br />

Bitch<br />

So I'ma play my guitar<br />

Rap about aliens and sing about stars<br />

Till you understand that's what we are<br />

So we ain't got to struggle no more so we don't starve<br />

I swear to God I love you with every bar<br />

We all got problems that need to be solved<br />

So while I got the mic I'ma speak my thoughts<br />

And I'ma keep it real till the day I fall

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