A-1 (Rap)

Featuring: Chantelle Tibbs

[Intro - A-1]
On the day that I was born
My soul told my body
I'mma stay with you for a while
But if you don't take care of yourself
Then I'mma have to bounce
Was light-skinned
So 400 years ago, I'd have been born a house slave
Ironic cause I'm rarely ever at my house

[Verse 1 - A-1]
Nowadays (nowadays)
I got to school and started learning about my name
First thing I learned's that my first name's a white name
The next thing I learned is that my last name
Is something most white people can't pronounce
It's Adam Traore
Sounded weird so right away I had some doubts
But even back then
The only thing my family ever put before my dreams was a bedtime story
And that's what counts (that's what counts)

Now I'm trying to save up cash in mass amounts
In the type of bank where only white people have accounts
Buy a house with a little cheddar
Invest the rest into the earth
So everybody could live better (live better, live better)

[Hook]
Man, life is short, hope I make it through
With just a dime or two
That's all I'm trying to do
Stay around some real people if I find a few
Spin a rhyme or two
That's all I'm trying to do
Be myself, steady, stand true
Save a life or two
That's all I'm trying to do
She said I got the good vibes looking at 'em
Just listen to this tape
It's called the Book of Adam (Book of Adam, Book of Adam)

[Chantelle Tibbs]
OOOHHH, OOOHHH, maybe some time OOOHHH, make it even, OOOHHH, make it right

[Verse 2 A-1]
Well I could never be a preacher bro
I ain't even believe in God about a week ago
I probably lose my faith again in about a week or so
And be an atheist until he speaks into my deeper soul
She always gets me like that
I put on the news nothing affects me like that
Seeing children abused nothing upsets me like that
How the world is so cruel
It always sends me right back to the God question
But even though I got questions
My folks is jobless
I'm hoping that Jah bless 'em
We poor man living off a dollar and a dream
Watching rich man living for a dollar off a scheme
White collar living clean
Meanwhile my yellow skin rubbing up against this blue collar to make green

So I can buy some land with a little cheddar
Invest the rest into the earth
So everybody could live better (live better, live better)

[Hook - A-1]
Man, life is short, hope I make it through
With just a dime or two
That's all I'm trying to do
Stay around some real people if I find a few
Spin a rhyme or two
That's all I'm trying to do
Be myself, steady, stand true
Save a life or two
That's all I'm trying to do
She said I got the good vibes looking at 'em
Just listen to this tape
It's called the Book of Adam (Book of Adam, Book of Adam)

[Hook - Chantelle Tibbs]
OOOHHH, OOOHHH, maybe some time OOOHHH, make it even, OOOHHH, make it right

[Outro - A-1]
So my advice to you:
Enjoy your life right now cause they won't make a sequel
Everybody dies somehow and that's what makes us equal
To find wealth and good health and good art's a good start
But keeping love in your heart's
The thing that makes us people (people people people)

A Bay Area rapper who rose to internet fame following his 2010 release of After School Special, a nostalgic mixtape with artful lyrics from popular television shows from the late 80s and the 90s when Adam was a kid.

Since then, he has remained an underground rapper, while not signing with any major labels and being his own promoter. Though many have joined him on his journey to stardom, he still has a long way to go before he will be acknowledged by the hip-hop elite.

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