Nappy got some from the roots for we gon' stand
Not a lot of things but usually just appendin' my lady
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
I wish this day would never end
Publisher: NOTTING DALE SONGS INC
Average man when the rest was ashamed to be
Better make it home when nothin' seems to matter
All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
Knee-deep, head over heels in this country shit
Can't change it, so I guess I'm gon' pray for the world
Poppa taught me an order, survive for no man
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
Zonin', two blunts a mo'nin, by sunrise sometimes
I scream this to you, and I say it to the world
I'm tryna find a righteous path, although it's, never been long
All my colored folk stressin', come let's join hands
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
I'm thankful for the chance I got to say amen
Naw brave any order but confoldure
Lord, help me out, tell me where I went wrong
We came in the game, plain ya see
Prophit grew from a juvenile to a grown man
All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
Ya gotta take responsibility for ya own man
Nappy then, Nappy now, Nappy for a bit
Walkin' off collectin' pay, it's the way of the world
Nappy head and all, ain't no changin' me
Who woulda thought skinny'd be the one that's, makin' this call
Some take up off, without the chance, to make it at all
Different stretch of road, new somethin' to see
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
Nobody never gave us nothin' but tough time and made us somethin'
Sometimes I ask myself, was I made for the world?
Everybody makin' a killin' man, showin' no feelin's
Just lower my income, what though we ain't finish it
Been searchin' bendin' and saw my folks locked in the tenants
All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
I gotta do it for my sons, they tellin' me, daddy be strong
We represent the slums, where we from, we feel they bump
The soul cleansin', the melody just read my end
I love to hear my woman moanin', it's on again
All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
Got the folk with depresses of being po' man
It's plain as day, man they with this world trade
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
Even though I picture better days
So rough it was, downright wrong I tell ya
The Lord done blessed me with his grace
Broadcastin' from the slums, that's why I'm writin' these sentences
And it don't make any sense why children and sentencin'
They got me fooled, see the henny with the J
All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
All my life been po' but it really don't matter no mo'
Songwriters: Kenneth Anthony, William Hughes, Joe Anthony Kent, Vito Tisdale, Mark A Williams
Even though they go and they come
Front porch, chillin' broke, country folk, man I'm Nappy with my ways yo
Damn I hope you play this song again
That's when, see, everything can go any which way
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Roots gon' be okay, okay
We gon' make it through these hard times
All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
All my life been po', but it really don't matter no mo'
Ya absolutely right, for somethin' happen to me on last Tuesday night
It's a blessin' we woke up this mornin'
Polish shot off on these presidents, and hard times they go and come
Every state on the map, a different somethin' to eat
And they wonder why we act this way, Nappy Boys gon' be okay
Daps and handshakes, it meant nuttin' for real