Joey BadASS - Perception Vs. Reality lyrics

rate me

Ft. Flying Lotus

(Hook)

Perception or reality, now what's realer?!

And can I really trust that man in the mirror?

The death span of the human mind gets nearer

Can't withstand time when ya're raised out here

Raised out here, when ya're raised out here

When ya're raised out here

Raised out here, when ya're raised out here

Only place guaranteed is the grave out here

(Verse)

Raised out here, ya're neva really here, but out here

Welcome to the jungle, yo, ya're livin' in fear

Lions, tigers and bears, hunters gather yo spears

How the hell we gon' to survive fo' the next 100 years?!

And it's hard to stay alive when 1 side don't share

Be the food or eat the shit, eitha way say yo prayer

And if we are what we eat then we're already deceased

That's why my squad rolls deep in the bellies of beasts

Posted at the deli, heli's ova the streets

The block cold heat, now I'm soakin' my feet

No, my hands ain't dirty, but as ya can see

I'm anotha misconception of reality

So when the 'po drop by he ain't got to ask me

About the body that sumebody caught last week

I ain't finna go downtown in no backseat

Cos' perception is reality when black like me

Perception or reality, it's more than meets the eye, I know

(Hook)

(Verse 2)

Perception or reality, now what's realer?

And do ya really base judgement 'bout what I'm rearin'?

Young rich nigga, chinchilla, otha chains that glitter

Objects in this mirror seem closer than they appear

Errythin' ain't gold but these days I just might pay up

Just to say it ain't so! Got to get it, I got to get that dough

Got to get my momma in a new Range Rove

And what ya sayin' tho'? And yes I meant brawl

I'm in up on the game, yes, we're neva who they want

(Hook)

(Outro)

So, what's yo perception when ya see a big bald headed inmate

Standin' on stage wearin' prison boots. Are ya thinkin'

'I wonder what that guy did?' or 'Look at those tattoos!'

'He must be one of those white supremacists or a gang member'

Black like me! Are ya curious to what the reality may be?

The reality fo' me is