27 Braids

Clean break, tougher to make

Ain't a thing to the king, they ain't ruffle the mane

Hold your head, cover your face, so disease doesn't spread

She said I got a son on the way

Made my bed so that's where I'ma lay

My worried bones, my heavy head I carry home every day

My mama sayin' that I'll never be alone

Even though she gotta know that I know she dismayed

With the choices I made

The only way forward is unafraid and focused when I'm holdin' these reins

Yell "Thanks" over my shoulder to my auntie Elaine

27 braids fallin' over my face

My head on straight, my mama closin' the gate

And both of them sleep better when they know that I ate

I'm goin' through changes that I couldn't fathom

But growin' pains lead to understanding

I'm no passenger on a plane, precious cargo in a cabin

My whole take on baggage just ain't the same

Don't fall for the fake magic

They came with the David Blaine patterns, so we jab and weave

I'm tryna farm up some lavish green with the fam

Lavash bread, sharin' everything with the team

Spreading seeds, spilling drinks for the dead

Godspeed, into the league but I'm still ahead

I found a swing sittin' in the sands

Pushin'

My ancestors turned

To open a door that separates us from our... creator

But you need no doors to find God, if you believe

Believe? If you believe you are-