Jelani - N.B.A.G. Lyrics

There are those amongst us
Who have the audacity to question
That I can Materialize anything

This life ain't nothing but a game
And everybody trying to game
And trying to find somewhere to put the blame
Why you think we chained?
Yeah we all go through things
Ain't no need to be ashamed
I'm praying one day its going to change
So, this one is for the fighters with more fire than a lighter
They try to keep us down but we pump our fist higher
So, imma tell you once again
Listen, Yuh
This life ain't nothing but a game

Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't
Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't

This life ain't nothing but a game I hope I play it right
I'm praying to god, I don't get merked tonight
Walking home from school
I just wanna be cool, pay my dues and maybe bend a few rules
I got a pocket full of dreams, a violin with four strings
And a mouth that loves metaphors
Just trying to make it better for my kin
And all my closest friends in this world of sin
Praying we make it to heaven in the end
Oh you ain't know?
We teach to kill anything that don't fit in
Like gays, blacks, and Mexicans
It's a cold world that they trapped us in
They treat the truth likes its old fashioned and Imma bring it back again
And wear it like this brown skin you found me in
And like an elevator
Its going down again
I guess I'm talking to the bound again
Tell them they got a new friend
And freedoms got a sound again

Cause everybody trying to game
And trying to find somewhere to put the blame
Why you think we chained?
Yeah we all go through things
Ain't no need to be ashamed
I'm praying one day its going to change
So, this one is for the fighters with more fire than a lighter
They try to keep us down but we pump our fist higher
So, imma tell you once again
Listen, Yuh
This life ain't nothing but a game

Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't
Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't

This life ain't nothing but a game so played the cards you dealt
You trying to be hood rich? Well I'm looking for wealth
Its hard to find when I'm when I'm around this waste just like a belt
So I knock on gods door and I'm looking for help
Look, I ain't got nothing in my fridge or my wallet
You hollering the struggle is real but what you know about it?
We used to live in a studio apartment
Where me, my brother and father shared a sheet on the carpet, uh
Now I got drive, thats probably what sparked it
I learned how to pray and see through the darkness
But hey, I guess thats what it costs to be the boss
So like Jesus I ain't the one you wanna cross
But it still really ain't all good
Cause theres no whole foods in the hood
Moving dope be the only time we got a package of that good
I swear they trying to kill us all like Rosewood, uh

This life ain't nothing but a game (Boy)
I hope you get paid and not played (Boy)
This life ain't nothing but a game
I hope you get paid and not played
This life ain't nothing but a game (Boy)
I hope you get paid and not played (Boy)
This life ain't nothing but a game (Boy)
I hope you get paid and not played x

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It ain't nothing but a
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Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't
Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't
Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't
Nothing but
Nothing but a game
It ain't