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