I Was Born to Be Blu(e)

[Intro] Being green is something I've never seen 'Cause I was born to be blue I was born (Uh) 'Cause I was born to be blue I was, I was, I was, born I was born to be blue (Blue, right?) I, I, I, I was, born 'Cause I was born to be blue I was, blue, born [Verse 1] Yeah, the kid breathes, 1983 I can't believe the God in heaven chose me If you woulda seen the smile on my face You woulda known I got a beautiful family No stress, free of amnesty Both sides live in peace happily Both sides free as can be I can't believe my fam is this cool God damn, the man I am about to be Somehow, someway, okay God gotta put a jewel in my way Like you gotta start off poor, you can't be gay 'Cause you come from L.A., and aside from the norm You gotta grow up with your family torn, he knew that That would leave my heart torn to see my mom leave my pops Heart torn, to see my pops fight the cops for me To see my mom go to work every morning I be at school thinking, "This shit is boring" [Hook] I was born to be blue (I was, born, blue) Uh, 'cause I born to be Blu 'Cause I was born to be blue (Born, blue, right?) Uh, B-L-U I was born to be Blu (I was, born, blue) 'Cause I born to be Blu 'Cause I was born to be blue Who rhyme colder? Uh [Verse 2] She said, "Why would you mourn if you was born in California? There's a weed dispensary on every other corner And you smoke convincingly more than any other foreigner" What makes you think that you won't see the coroner? You spend up a quarter of your quarters on this tree Are you fully convinced that it's got what what you need? Do you need the weed or do you smoke to cope? Either way bro, you shouldn't put hope in dope But what if you was born to mope? How would you warn the folks around you that this disease can drown you? I found you back in the day actin' this way Mad at the privileged kids who had it their way Who don't share with the poor, they don't care about the poor Anymore than they care about the crumbs on the floor It's a shame, ever since I was young at my age I felt rage 'cause I felt trapped in a cage being poor [Hook] I was born to be blue (I was born) Uh, 'cause I born to be Blu (Blue, right?) 'Cause I was born to be blue (I was born) Uh, B-L-U I was born to be blue (I was born) 'Cause I born to be Blu 'Cause I was born to be blue (I was born) [Verse 3] Uh, I grew up early, and I always knew that I'd be alone Even if I had a soul to condone or a girlfriend to bone I would still be alone when I'm grown In my zone, tryna buy a home for my home On the phone with the dial tone, alone Nobody to call no more, just low Just broke and blue, that Dilla song used to get me open too If folks knew I met Dilla in LA with Shoes And he said he had heat with my name on it too And Ras G is my dude He sat in every crash session lighting up the room With the smooth Backwoods rolled fat from the hood If I could go back, I would, but I can't Dang, makes you wonder what's the color of pain (Blue) If my name's Blu My moms said my face was too when I came through [Outro] I was- to be blue (I was, I was born) 'Cause I was born to be blue 'Cause I was born to be blue (I was, I was born) Uh, B-L-U