Think You Know Me

[00:01.86] [Chorus]
[00:06.35] You might think that you know me
[00:14.43] You know where I'm coming from
[00:17.14] You might think everything's all good
[00:19.80] But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[00:22.68] [Murs]
[00:23.54] All blue chuck taylors, blue Dodger hat
[00:24.49] 85 Regal, my daughter in the back
[00:27.13] I'm just a gangsta to most of y'all
[00:29.88] On the real we're just hanging on the way to the mall
[00:32.51] Weekdays I'm an RN down at Kaiser
[00:35.27] Weekends at church I'm a youth adviser
[00:37.95] Just because I'm doing good I can't forget my roots
[00:40.67] I can never feel right in a tie and suit
[00:43.32] Five oh ones (?) in a plain white tee
[00:46.05] I stay gettin' stopped by the LAPD
[00:48.73] That's just life growin' up in south central
[00:51.52] I been done move, but it's not that simple
[00:54.24] I gotta come back, my grandmomma there
[00:56.90] Sometimes it's drama, but I really don't care
[01:00.50] It's my neighborhood and I love it
[01:02.31] Showin' all the little homies you can rise above it
[01:05.02] [Chorus x2]
[01:05.93] You might think that you know me
[01:08.69] You know where I'm coming from
[01:11.38] You might think everything's all good
[01:14.08] But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[01:17.25] [Murs]
[01:27.10] All red chuck taylors, red Dodger hat
[01:28.93] Posted up at market with a bottle of yak
[01:31.64] I'm just a gangsta, that's what they say
[01:34.36] But on the real homeboy I just had a bad day
[01:37.09] Ten interviews, no call backs
[01:39.78] PO askin' me where my job at
[01:42.40] I'm an ex-con that's almost useless
[01:45.29] I'm a felon, don't mean that I'm stupid
[01:48.86] Got caught up, tried as an adult
[01:50.64] Lost five years of my life as a result (real talk)
[01:53.39] In the feds I prayed and I read
[01:56.99] Anything to keep the system up out my head
[01:58.73] I read Zen, Young, Bukowski
[02:01.40] You really don't know a damn thing about me
[02:04.16] I probably gotta higher IQ than you
[02:06.89] These jobs ain't hiring, what should I do...
[02:09.57] [Chorus x2]
[02:10.49] You might think that you know me
[02:13.15] You know where I'm coming from
[02:15.90] You might think everything's all good
[02:18.61] But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[02:21.39] [Murs]
[02:22.21] All black dickies, black Cortez,
[02:32.12] White wife beater, a fresh shaved head
[02:36.60] I'm just a gangsta, that's what you thinkin'
[02:39.34] You see me in the crew, posted up by Lincoln
[02:42.05] You see my tattoos, you figure why bother?
[02:44.80] Really I'm an artist and I got my own parlor
[02:47.52] Hard workin' father, wife and two daughters
[02:50.22] Strugglin', trying to keep our heads above water
[02:52.95] I'm a tax payer, I'm bilingual
[02:55.62] I'm chicano, I'm not an illegal (I was born here)
[02:58.36] Tryin' to live your American dream
[03:01.00] But you keep judging me about how I wear my jeans.
[03:03.79] They're 42s, they starched and they creased
[03:06.45] I got a education, I got proper speech
[03:09.18] I'm from the streets, I'm not less of a man
[03:11.89] Just trying to get by and do the best that I can
[03:14.55] [Chorus x2]
[03:21.84] You might think that you know me
[03:22.74] You know where I'm coming from
[03:23.64] You might think everything's all good
[03:24.54] But at the end of the day you're all wrong
[03:26.38]