Outside

[Intro: Royce's son & Royce Da 5'9"]

I was also gon' ask about your fear as an individual

You know, it's plenty of people

Feel a sense of security around you and kinda lean on you

You ever feel like a certain amount of pressure from that?

Do you ever get afraid?

Of course I do, I mean everybody gets afraid sometimes

What possibly could make you afraid?

What are you afraid of? (afraid of, afraid of)

[Verse 1: Royce Da 5'9"]

I'm afraid, I'm afraid

Sometimes I'm even afraid to admit

I'm afraid, I'm afraid of the weight of my problems

Haters workin' overtime, 8 or 9 jobs worth

All these wanted ski masks niggas

Old basketball shorts under jean ass niggas

Need to know, I'm a product of a dead poet rhyming at his low

Equals Maya Angelou, my emphatic flow can rise the status quo

Lying on the padded floor, addict at it's best

Eradicated from the fabricated

Afraid of the thought of releasing music that's indicative

Of where I'm at in life, will they like? Will they hate?

The better question is if they hate it, is you down to pay the price?

I'll look you right in your eyes and say, "You motherfuckin' right"

Don't bother me with adversity

I conquered more ground than King Kong could

All I think about these days is mom good

'Cause she diabetic, my daddy just had a cancer scare

And do he still work at the post office? The answer's yeah

I'm introverted, knowing that it's not about Oz

Bigger problems outside

[Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius]

There's a war going on outside

That no man is safe from

You see you can smile

But that won't change the color of your skin

But I'm the sinner (I'm the sinner)

Yet you kick me, punch me, say don't trust me

Shoot me down like I'm up to something

Fuck with me and say I've deceived you

But how's that legal?

Am I that evil? Why do you hate me?

[Verse 2: Royce Da 5'9"]

I'm afraid of you going to college and not acknowledgin'

I'm your father 'cause you not proud enough

But I fought hard to make sure you never see certain things that I'm a product of

It's easy to confuse being a father

With being a provider but all we got is us

And I'm afraid to lose you

You the coolest kid I ever saw, she did a good job with you

Sometimes I hesitate to take credit for raisin' you too 'cause all I did was discipline

I never taught you to ride a bike but we still a lot alike

And you makin' music now? I wonder what made you wanna give this a spin

You know what I'm about to say next, right?

I'm afraid of you drinkin'

Though I never taught you to swim, I'm afraid of you sinkin'

I know I taught you to fight, you ain't in condition to win this

You wired different

You just ain't the nigga you friends is, it's scientific

Not my opinion so you know you genetically predisposed

To more than just eating soul food, so I'm afraid of you to try to risk it

You in a gene pool with a lot of sick fish

And I'm the sickest of them all, alcoholics die when they stop from the symptoms of withdrawal

Look out the window, tell me what you see

Police shootin' brothers the color of you and me

And they actin' like they hate us so you may just wanna love yourself enough to compensate it

If I can say this, say this one thing, this one thing non-related

[Outro: Royce Da 5'9" & Royce's son]

You were never, ever, ever, better than me in basketball

Pffft, hahaha! Yeah right, sure