Change The Script

We just changed the script I don't live by the ghetto, cold I live by the good book, 10 toes on the road It ain't about colors, it's about you move What you teach your kids when they watch your groove We break that chain, we don't pass that down We build on love, not running this town From the block to the crib, let the whole world No, we changed that script, we don't play that role I was raised, don't get it, how you live, no rules Old head saying hit first, be cruel Trust no one, keep still, stay cold Like the only way to win was to sell your soul Seen unks on the porch, talkin' that's just life While they kids learn young, how to swing that knife But I read one line that flipped that frame Lay your neighbor even if they don't the same Ain't talkin' bout soft, ain't talkin' bout weak I'm talkin' bout strength when you turn the other cheek I'm talkin' bout work, putting food on the plate flexing dirty money that just feeds that hate they said real ones ride till they hit that sale but my god said free he don't build no jail if ghetto mean broken then I'm done with that I won't heal that won't hold I want kids intact I ain't better than a homie still stuck in a script I just met a new author that rewrote my drip I don't live by the ghetto code I live by the good book, 10 toes on the road It ain't about colors, it's about you move What you teach your kids when they watch your groove? We break that chain, we don't pass that down We build on love, not running this town From the block to the crib, let the whole world know We changed that script, we don't play that role Lil man watchin' when you talk that talk When you clown there at cop, when you mock that job When you say real men never show no tears He gon' bleed in the dark for the next ten years When you say stack bread and he means no cap He gon' risk his life for a quick lil' stack But you say do right even when it's hard Pray for your hopes, keep faith in God He gon' learn that a man ain't Find by the hood, but the way that he loves and he stands in the good This ain't black or white, this is wrong or right This is passin' down peace instead of passin' down spite I done seen brown folks, white folks, same mess Same bustin' mindset, keepin' all them stress So we teach new rules from the king on high Tell the truth, work hard, lift others when they cry I don't worship the struggle, I don't glorify pain I just know my God can't grow rose from that rain I don't live by the ghetto code I live by the good book, 10 toes on the road It ain't about color, it's about your mood What you teach your kids when they watch your groove We break that chain, we don't pass that down We build on love, not runnin' this town From the block to the crib, let the whole world know we chain That script, we don't play that role I want grandkids, saying granddad pray Not granddad play, not granddad straight I want stories about grace, not trauma at night About how we chose peace When we could've chose fight I won't help this neighbor in the family tree I ran from the law till he couldn't stay free If the hood is my soil, let the fruit be clean Let the roots be the word and the love unseen We don't pass down hate We don't pass down fear We pass down truth We pass down cheer We don't pass down take We don't pass down scam We pass down work And trust I live by the ghetto code I live by the good book Ten toes on the road It ain't about color It's about your mood What you teach your kids When they watch your groove We break that chain We don't pass that down We build on love Not running this town From the block to the crib Let the whole world know We change that script We don't play that role If they ask what changed me, say the book and the king