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Different Choices

from Beneath The Surface by Barely Righteous

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Marcus Anthony:
Tory was a great scholar, with a good education,
not thinking' bout the money or routes she taken'
but she was doin' good in school never actin' a fool
tory's only 16 and she had big dreams
she was cream of the crop for an academic scholarship
you see that T could be wherever she wanted
after her senior year, which it jus' so happened to be,
she killed essays as I do rappin' to beats

Atom X:
He in the 5th grade doesnt know the world is big and complicated
who can blame him mom and dad aint around see
they debated whether they could raise a kid or
leave him waiting askin if they ever loved what they created
but jason was a man of his word told the family he'd been liven with
since he was kicked to the curb that he wanted to pay them back for everything that they'd done so forever he'd lovem what a wonderful son

Chorus:
People handed different choices, and I choose to use my voice,
and im gunna be the one to carry on and keep my poise
You gotta be close to all ya family and ya boys
It's not just some noise, keep plottin' with all your morals
x2

Marcus Anthony:
Tory had a plan, with good grades, little friends
and very few to really understand
What she was goin through, where she was goin' too after high school
leaving' her brother in a alcoholic house when she bounces
visions of her father commin' n goin' and selling' ounces
She thinking' damn I need a counselor
And I feel so bad, cuz thats not even half
of Tory's story, damn it's tragic

Atom X:
jasons now 13 he's the smartest in his class
but to others they look down on him and laugh
cuz the fact that he is black changes everything
but wendy didn't understand why anything was different he a gentleman
so couple days go by him and her become official wishing
everyone would leave them alone and end the racial
negativity that follows them wherever they go
hopin' they can overcome different skin tones

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from Beneath The Surface, released February 13, 2015

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