Soul Like Khan

If that's not loving me (loving me)

All I gotta say (got to say)

We're at the end of the program today, but

Before I go, lemme leave you with a few thoughts from my younger self

I'm a hell of a geek with intelligent speech

Small time but my skills will embellish my reach

Fuck the upscale life and the elegant eats

Just a grilled cheese and French fries and tell me it's cheap (sometimes)

Got the flavor of Apollo creed with a plate of collard greens

Trying to separate the good and bad from my father's genes

Though the better part of me should bury the past

I can't forget the sweat of the woman that carried his ass (sometimes)

She saved and scraped while he was still jobless

She gave us faith while he was still godless

She made mistakes but still remained modest

While he straight escaped while we were unconscious (sometimes)

So now I fear nothing except maybe becoming

The man that made me and then left like it was nothing

A boy shouldn't ever have to be so grown

But when daddy ain't a daddy, got to be your own (sometimes)

I ain't the kind of man to hold my tongue

But sometimes I'm the only one

Even if you've been where I'm from

You'll never know a soul like Khan (sometimes)

I might sleep on that gravy train

But best believe I'ma stay the same

And y'all can eat off the weight I gain

You'll never know a soul like Khan (sometimes)

I throw a penny in the well without wishing

In hopes that it floats with another's ambition

I was always told that small change is still change

Caked up or broke down, y'all pain is still pain (sometimes)

I fall in love as easily as breathing

They feel it for a minute, too, but leave me in a season

I've been dropped in the autumn

Frozen out in winter

Outgrown in the spring

And in summer burnt to cinders (sometimes)

I poke my nose where it doesn't belong

In your life, in your speakers, or the front of a thong

We all got some skeletons under our lawn

And my bones poke out so my shovel's a song (sometimes)

I crack a joke at a sucker's expense

But he's just another dude trying to cover the rent

And who am I to judge I'm a goddamned mess

But if y'all still listening, I'm goddamned blessed (sometimes)

I ain't the kind of man to hold my tongue

But sometimes I'm the only one

Even if you've been where I'm from

You'll never know a soul like Khan (sometimes)

I might sleep on that gravy train

But best believe I'm gonna stay the same

And y'all can eat off the weight I gain

You'll never know a soul like Khan (sometimes)

But you know what

Nowadays, things are looking up

I mean, I talk to my dad every now and then

Shit, I've been getting a lot of love from cats I idolized growing up

Honestly, I can't complain much

Or can I? (Sometimes)

Nah, I'm just playing y'all

Take it easy, be good to each other and yourselves

Peace (sometimes)

(Sometimes)