Code Switch (Interlude) Lyrics

I know some shit is only supposed to be spoken privately

I just ain't worried about what they think I should try to be

I respect their standards for them

It just don't apply to me

So it be surprising these folk

When I'm decoded

Just a little peek through the filter

They be taken aback

They forgot they had this expectation

I made them relax

They think there's barrier between what we're saying

It's wack

Palatable only when they use foul language

And that

Be fucking with me

I be angry at that

But what y'all be blaming is rap

And that's because you're privy

To the culture

You don't get it

But can't ignore it

The nerve of us to say how we feel and be standing on it

I'm watching professionals be unprofessional

Unveiling a side of them we could never show

I been suited from head to toe

And had my presence questioned and been expected to let it go

And that's unacceptable

We gotta be made of iron

The defense is supposed to be impregnable

All of them can extra though

Far as credit goes

Forget it

Your recognition is reserved

For when you fit the definition they prefer

That's why we tend to

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