From the recording Unc Music
Lyrics
Been Strange LYRICS
CHORUS
My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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FIRST VERSE
You can bring peace to the party
or a piece to the party,
but do understand
that’s a piece of the puzzle.
It don’t go as planned,
but it do go as played.
Playin’ with that dice
might land you in trouble.
Karma’s a bitch, bro,
with a big nose,
and her titties look
like Lou Ferrigno’s.
Fuck two cents,
gotta keep it fo’ quarters.
If change is the goal,
tell ‘em how the game goes.
Who you puffin’ with can get
you second hand smoked.
The crowd is a cloud.
Don’t get too high.
They try to clip yo’ wings
when you too fly.
I know some of that just
flew by.
‘ frogs in a pot
slowly comin’ to a boil;
too desensitized
to see what’s detrimental.
‘ livin’ in denial like
it’s ya momma house.
How you movin’ up
if you ain’t moving out?
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CHORUS
My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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SECOND VERSE
Some of yall seem proud
of goin’ to jail?
‘ used to want freedom,
now we want cells/sells?
Thinkin’ we dope,
trappin’ ourselves
like it’s 1612
and we can’t tell?
They pulled man away from family,
woman away from man,
kids into believin’
their parents don’t understand.
‘ pushed us all apart, and
then told us that we fail.
Got self hate in how we
rebuild and rebel.
Normalize dysfunction.
That’s the game plan?
‘ trained us to compete,
then left the ball in our hands.
That’s how they get rid of us,
and claim they’re humane.
Forget real estate.
They’re gentrifyin’ yo’ brain.
‘turned that church
into a yoga spot.
I feel like I don’t even
know the block.
Something ‘bout my
people don’t feel the same.
We need more than
dollar bills can change.
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CHORUS
My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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THIRD VERSE
If every time somethin’ goes wrong,
it’s somebody else’s fault,
you’ll never figure out
how to make things right
‘cause you don’t take
responsibility for yo’ part,
which nine times out of ten
is bigger than you’d like.
‘talkin’ ‘bout
clonin’ Tyrone.
In the meantime,
we’ve become their clones.
Somewhere between stagnant
and chasin’ a dream,
who we once were
can’t find its way home.
Too many of us
think they better than us.
Y’all lootin’ Mickey D’s?!
We better than that.
Got us lookin’ down
on our own parents,
like television raised us
to know better than Black.
Yet the music we supportin’s
no better than crack.
‘say you hatin’ when trynna pull ‘em
away from the trap.
Young girls wearin’ wigs
like old women?
Sometimes this world
feels like there’s no winnin’.
CHORUS
My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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My familiar/familia ’s been strange
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