IBK - The Outsider Lyrics

This one might get me in trouble
But I've never been afraid of trouble
Let me talk to you
As an immigrant I see things like an outsider
Didn't know racism till I moved to North America
First white girl's dad didn't like that I was black
Didn't want his grandson and daughter to be black
Then I realized that it wasn't about
The clothes that you wore
Or the shoes that you rocked
It wasn't because you lacked degrees or didn't work
From the jump they saw black skin as having less worth
But now we're pouring water on the seeds that they planted
We're killing each other as a way to earn respect
Not ashamed
We sing about it
In all our songs
Record deals for rapping about shooters and killers
That's the new way they aim at youth and kill us
Healthy rap is talking about your life experience
Not flexing and glorifying youth and gang violence
Black music execs you've got to change the narrative
If you can hear this, mmm
I might be talking to you
I might be talking to you
Mmm outsider
You need to know this
I'm not used to following the crowd
I'm not used to following the crowd (That's not me)
I'm the outsider, mmm
I'm the outsider, mmm
I'm the outsider, mmm (Outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (Outsider)
I'm the outsider
Spent my whole life looking in from the outside
Couldn't decide if I was on the good or the bad side
Let me take you back to the time of the cassette
Kirk Franklin on the A-side
Freeway on the flipside
Between both sides I had a story cooking inside
Brand new perspectives you can call that insight
Like Biggie
I knew I'd have a story to tell
About the Lord who save our souls from hell
But first I had to get to know Him so well
Started off losing the faith and going atheist
Then I hit the club and started to go apeshit
Out the faith my life was feeling so great
Success was racking up and I could feel the weight
It had to be something out there rooting for me
Cause some of them wins was too strange to be me
So I opened the door and it was Jesus knocking
If you can hear this, mmm
I might be talking to you
I might be talking to you
Mmm outsider
You need to know this
I'm not used to following the crowd (That's not me)
I'm not used to following the crowd (That'll never be me)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider (The outsider, uhn)
(The outsider, oo)
(The outsider, ah)
(The outsider, ah)
(The outsider, ah, ah)
(The outsider, ah, ah, ah)
(The outsider, ah, ah)

This one might get me in trouble
But I've never been afraid of trouble
Let me talk to you
As an immigrant I see things like an outsider
Didn't know racism till I moved to North America
First white girl's dad didn't like that I was black
Didn't want his grandson and daughter to be black
Then I realized that it wasn't about
The clothes that you wore
Or the shoes that you rocked
It wasn't because you lacked degrees or didn't work
From the jump they saw black skin as having less worth
But now we're pouring water on the seeds that they planted
We're killing each other as a way to earn respect
Not ashamed
We sing about it
In all our songs
Record deals for rapping about shooters and killers
That's the new way they aim at youth and kill us
Healthy rap is talking about your life experience
Not flexing and glorifying youth and gang violence
Black music execs you've got to change the narrative
If you can hear this, mmm
I might be talking to you
I might be talking to you
Mmm outsider
You need to know this
I'm not used to following the crowd
I'm not used to following the crowd (That's not me)
I'm the outsider, mmm
I'm the outsider, mmm
I'm the outsider, mmm (Outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (Outsider)
I'm the outsider
Spent my whole life looking in from the outside
Couldn't decide if I was on the good or the bad side
Let me take you back to the time of the cassette
Kirk Franklin on the A-side
Freeway on the flipside
Between both sides I had a story cooking inside
Brand new perspectives you can call that insight
Like Biggie
I knew I'd have a story to tell
About the Lord who save our souls from hell
But first I had to get to know Him so well
Started off losing the faith and going atheist
Then I hit the club and started to go apeshit
Out the faith my life was feeling so great
Success was racking up and I could feel the weight
It had to be something out there rooting for me
Cause some of them wins was too strange to be me
So I opened the door and it was Jesus knocking
If you can hear this, mmm
I might be talking to you
I might be talking to you
Mmm outsider
You need to know this
I'm not used to following the crowd (That's not me)
I'm not used to following the crowd (That'll never be me)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider, mmm (The outsider)
I'm the outsider (The outsider, uhn)
(The outsider, oo)
(The outsider, ah)
(The outsider, ah)
(The outsider, ah, ah)
(The outsider, ah, ah, ah)
(The outsider, ah, ah)