[Verse 1: Ajax the Lesser]
I stand in mirrors to practice near every day
I try in those mirrors to act black in every way
I study lines cause I lack knowledge of what to say
It’s my nigga (my nigga)
My nigga (my nigga)
Can’t seem to make my mouth right
No inflection can ever make it come out nice
I’m Cognizant that all my sonics just sound white
It’s my nigga (my nigga)
My nigga (my nigga)
[Chorus: Ajax the Lesser]
The word don’t sit right in my mouth
It rattles and rumbles (rattles and rumbles) and I fumble when it comes out
Crack under pressure (pressure) and I crumble when I’m in crowds
Waiting till the day when all these other niggas niggas figure out
And that’s why
When I say nigga (nigga) it kinda sounds weird
When I say nigga (nigga) it kinda sounds weird
And that’s why my nigga (nigga) don’t ever sound hood
And that’s why my nigga (nigga) don’t ever sound good
[Verse 2: Ajax the Lesser]
I didn’t learn it right
I hardly heard it I had my learnin’ from learned whites
Who said real niggas (niggas) learn they cursin’ and take turns to fight
While consciously choosing urns over not having they earnings tight
Yeah
Thats what they told me, put it on my back and mind
Driven crazy in search of the right path to find
Hazy how god made a black with such a trash design
My nigga’s a child of the bastard kind (bastard)
Fatherless with no home and no roots too
Acceptance by brothers is something I’m not used to
The needs of my sisters I’m sometimes not attune to
When I show up in circles they turn ask nigga who’s you
[Chorus: Ajax the Lesser]
The word don’t sit right in my mouth
It rattles and rumbles (rattles and rumbles) and I fumble when it comes out
Crack under pressure (pressure) and I crumble when I’m in crowds
Waiting till the day when all these other niggas niggas figure out
And that’s why
When I say nigga (nigga) it kinda sounds weird
When I say nigga (nigga) it kinda sounds weird
And that’s why my nigga (nigga) don’t ever sound hood
And that’s why my nigga (nigga) don’t ever sound good
[Verse 3: Ajax the Lesser]
Who has possession of a word
Our elders would tell us it ain’t a toy you don’t take turns
And I know some of our people chant burn baby burn
And a phoenix would come from ashes but when would it ever learn?
And I ain’t no pastor-preacher
And I ain't’ no teacher neither
Ether my lyrics is ice cold or they hot like fevers
This is a glean what you want
This is a take-or-leaver
I done said what i said
And I ain’t no people please
I am a truth seeker
And I am a knowledge spitter
But just cause i spit my life
Don’t mean I’m a knowledge giver
You see I’m a college nigga
May have read some books
But more than anything I am indeed still a proper sinner
Yeah
[Chorus: Ajax the Lesser]
The word don’t sit right in my mouth
It rattles and rumbles (rattles and rumbles) and I fumble when it comes out
Crack under pressure (pressure) and I crumble when I’m in crowds
Waiting till the day when all these other niggas niggas figure out
And that’s why
When I say nigga (nigga) it kinda sounds weird
When I say nigga (nigga) it kinda sounds weird
And that’s why my nigga (nigga) won’t ever sound hood
And that’s why my nigga won’t ever sound good