Young black boys just wanna be rappers Young black boys just wanna be trappers Young black boys just wanna be shooters Young black boys just wanna be hoopers Young black boys just wanna be rappers Young black boys just wanna be trappers Young black boys just wanna be shooters Young black boys just wanna be hoopers You are not jayz, you are not j cole You aint even j kwon nigga, what the fuck you on nigga?! You wanna rap cause you think it looks easyyy The only brothers you saw winning on tv? I hear a youngin say they wanna rap i think danger You're betting with your life and the odds aint in your favor This game is a casino, they do not have your back Put your money in their slot machine you wont get it back The house always wins especially when you're black A couple niggas might make it, but the rest gon' fall flat Your master plans to make a million doing rap That's a pipedream at best boy you're smarter than that Go to school, find a trade, buy a building Meet a girl, get married, have some children You're wasting god's gifts, that's a downright sin You do not have to rap cause you have brown skin Young black boys just wanna be rappers Young black boys just wanna be trappers Young black boys just wanna be shooters Young black boys just wanna be hoopers Young black boys just wanna be rappers Young black boys just wanna be trappers Young black boys just wanna be shooters Young black boys just wanna be hoopers I'm a product of my environment all these niggas is mobsters Couple shooters, but ain't never at the Oscars Never had a poppa to tell me that I could prosper But I got ASAP Where I'm from ain't no doctors, lawyers or accountants to show us the ropes And give us hope, preacher sell it but I'm barely afloat That's why I'm idolizing niggas like Jigga, hope I get bigger to get the type of Fuckin' money to buy us a boat These are more than rhymes This is meditation, medication, elevation This is for my niggas hoop dreaming Who wanna play for the Knicks but to busy sellin' nicks cause money Bitches and whips is the only thing we glorify Only thing we see Jobs ain't callin' back so the only thing we'll be Is degenerates and I ain't talkin' Ellen This America, my skin color is enough to label me a felon God damn! Young black boys just wanna be rappers Young black boys just wanna be trappers Young black boys just wanna be shooters Young black boys just wanna be hoopers Hard to be a young black boy in America Young black boy I'm a young black boy in America Young black boy Young black boy Young black boys in America Young black boy Young black boys in America