First Generation Lyrics

Momma said I'm making her proud

Momma said I'm wearing my crown as I should

Poppa said don't ever stop now because I'm raising the fam to new heights for good

Yeah momma told me when I was about this tall that I have to be something and I can't settle for nothing

I better be real and I better be me just as long I'm a doctor or a lawyer

And I said yes ma'am with my little attitude, told myself I'll be whatever I want to

And we're going to be flaunting, we're going to be stunting

We're going to get money, and it won't be subtle

I know this world is going to hate, we're going to be trouble

That's for treading through the waters knowing they were muddy

All for little sonny

Now here's the blue blue waters, green palm trees, people treating you like royalty

Momma said I'm making her proud

Momma said I'm wearing my crown as I should

Poppa said don't ever stop now because I'm raising the fam to new heights for good

Yeah Poppa told me when I was a little too young

That I better man up because this world is going to be gunning

And look upon a Black man void of all loving

And tell him he deserves no kisses no hugging

And lock him down in shackles throw the key away to the dungeon

But don't you worry about it just you listen to your mother

And find a natural woman who isn't too good to love a brother

Treat her right, make her laugh, because she likes a brother funny

I heard of other fathers told they boys a little something

Different they're the problem trying to keep the cycle running

"Keep a brick in your oven, keep a stick with your undies, keep a chick in your cuddle

You were born to be a convict just like the whities told you, don't you listen to Jehovah

The time for love is dated and it's overrated you're a solider

Baby you're not supposed to ever show emotion

Just throw a cold shoulder if they told you they don't want you"

Momma said I'm making her proud

Momma said I'm wearing my crown as I should

Poppa said don't ever stop now because I'm raising the fam to new heights for good

Momma said I'm making her proud

Momma said I'm wearing my crown as I should

Poppa said don't ever stop now because I'm raising the fam to new heights for good

Yeah yeah call it first generation, be working and saving

And yearning for the days where you make enough

To be earning for the babies less privileged

We worship The Greatest The Savior

He said it'd be good but didn't say this much, vacation in places we can't pronounce

If I make it we made it, you heard me once

If I make it we made it, you heard me good

If I make it we made it

Tell my momma if I make it we made it

Tell my brother if I make it we made it

Tell pops if I make it we made it

Tell cousin if I make it we made it

Tell uncle if I make it we made it

Tell auntie if I make it we made it

Tell grands if I make it we made it

Tell the fam if I make it we made it

All of them if I make it we made it

Because I don't do this for myself, I do this for the babies

That's my weight I hold, I'm first generation

Momma said I'm making her proud

Momma said I'm wearing my crown as I should

Poppa said don't ever stop now because I'm raising the fam to new heights for good