Things That I Said ft. Brittany Camille Lyrics

I'm only thirteen

Afraid to let you down

Lots of emotions exploding beneath my precious smile

I feel the pressure on me

And it may not be to clear

I see how hard you're working

Just to make blessings appear

So now I'm feeling like I gotta do something to make it

What would I be worth if I just came back and didn't repay it

Sometimes I wished I wasn't here it's painful to say

My motivation came from fear

And it's hard to explain it

And I don't blame you

I blame the system that uses our pain for profit

Incentivizing our anger

Living like we're in danger

For the remainder of our hours

Don't expect a change

When the wicked are still in power

Same ones who traded for slaves

Funded Howard

What the hell do we even own

Is anything even ours?

Still seen as dirty

Regardless of soap and shower

So I'm unapologetic pan African

Say it louder

I'm sorry for the things that I did

I'm sorry for the things that I said

Well baby this is just how we live

But we just living out the day

I'm sorry for the things that I did

I'm sorry for the things that I said

Well baby this is just how we live

But we just living out out the day

I'm only sixteen

Feel like I really need you

Mama talks about you

Feels like I never have seen you

Well maybe once or twice but I was to young to remember

I know the pastor say that God's always got agenda

And I was confident but you know that I had to pretend to

You're a black man

Nobody here to defend you

Keep it tucked in if somebody try and offend you

Don't say you depressed

They'll treat you like you started a menstrual

I'm sorry for the things that I did

I'm sorry for the things that I said

Well baby this is just how we live

But we just living out the day

I'm sorry for the things that I did

I'm sorry for the things that I said

Well baby this is just how we live

But we just living out out the day

I'm only nineteen

What's my place is this world?

I see the racists are alive and they starting a war

I went to school racists kids who expected me poor

And looked surprised when they saw me get honor awards

You see me as a character

Strictly for entertainment

Incarnations, record deals

These are the new enslavement

Take the shooter to Burger King

And then we go parade him

I don't hate the cops

But this is why do evade 'em

Race is just a construct

And I don't wear the chosen face

Discriminate four hundred years ago

This ain't a new debate

Tell me why would I choose love

When y'all be choosing hate

Playing with dreams

I might lose to fate

Once I get a mill

Imma leave the states

Even when I'm winning

I feel like I'm in a losing race

Each of my verses represents

Some type of truth I've faced

My conclusions is ya boy could really use some space

I'm so sorry

I'm so sorry

I'm so sorry

Da doo doo da doo

I'm sorry for the things that I did

Da doo doo da doo

I'm sorry for things that I said

Baby this just how

We just living out the

We just living out the day

We just living out the day

We just living out the day

We just living out the day

We just living out the day