SILLY Lyrics

Straight through, yeah

I don't control the cards of life

But still livin' like it's golden

See I've learned when to hold em

And I've learned when to fold em

Learn who to trust

Cause they'll take all you got

Pay attention to character

And watch out for the plot

Just a young black male

Old man wisdom

Tryna dodge prison

Those that didn't, yeah we miss em

Got cops killin' blacks

And whites killin' blacks

And blacks killin' blacks

Tell me how you deal with that

They judge a brother

Somethin' like the cover of a book

They suspect I'm a crook

Based on the way I look

Way too many homies

Daily heading to the big pen

Them cats comin' out worse

Than when they came in

Tears spill on the page

There's no peace

When you released to the streets

Just to peep

That you still in a cage

Sometimes I think

That it'll never get better

They suppress our pain

While we seek justice

From the folk who oppress us

I believed in you

Thought what you said was true

It didn't occur to me

It was a lie

Ha ha ha

Silly, silly

Wasn't I

I remember, I remember

Your stare, those eyes, I

Love it when you look at me, baby

Your lips, your smile, I

Love it when you kiss me, baby

Okay, I fell in love with a woman

Her name was Sallie Mae

She promised me financial aid

Graduate and get paid

Years later, I'm a slave

So much for democracy

For my brothers with degrees

What does the flag do for me

My people built this country

And we did it all for free

How the homie selling weight

And he making more than me

I was straight in them classes

And the books at UNT

Get in the real world

They want me to break

Do you agree

So tell me, Mr. Flashlight Cop

What do you see

A hardworking black male

Or a thug pedigree

What if I'm a little of both

Could it be possibly

Sallie Mae ain't feeling me

She stole my cake and lied to me

I believed in you

Thought what you said was true

It didn't occur to me

It was a lie

Ha, ha, ha

Silly, silly

Wasn't I

Oh, oh

I believed in you

Thought what you said was true

Okay, okay

It didn't occur to me

It was a lie

Ha, ha, ha

Silly, silly

Wasn't I

Oh, oh

I believed in you

Thought what you said was true

Okay

It didn't occur to me

It was a lie

Ha, ha, ha

Silly, silly

Wasn't I

Oh, oh