[Verse 1]

I was born on February 24th, 1970

The day I was delivered, they said I would build a legacy

Picture me with influence that last generations

I was made out of love to keep you happy and educated

The first three letters of the alphabet my name

I made you laugh, I made you dance, I made you sing

I been around the world and back, you recorded my almanac

So dearly way before the fact me and pops was estranged

My father was a public figure, bigger than life

Lived as a winner, on stages alike

Rivers of people surely united, just to see our bond

Time carried on, that was a common thread

My perfect father had many flaws

Still they moved they legs and shook they heads in unison

He had more children, I was the oldest

We always played with each other 'fore they ruined 'em

He told me his personal secrets, childhood catching on beatings

Sexually touched and abused, never seen life in a school

The price of being iconic was demonic and screwed

I stood on stage and had to watch my father on the news

Stress on the head of my spirit, I was lost and confused

I knew both sides of the story, but still, I couldn't choose

See, it was more than humiliation and bein' sued

They crucified my affiliation for points to prove

And now my purpose for livin' makes no difference to you

My total existence was for makin' a smiling move

They said that I'll live forever

But the moment he died, more accusations arrived

I had to die too

[Verse 2]

I remember takin' my first breath August 28th, 1963

The whole nation had saved the day, I made it on TV

My come out was a standing ova', the crowd in disbelief

How could a group of words be so great?

Designed to make you think

Races and faces embracin' my conscience in letter form

How gracious was I speakin' on changes once outside the norm?

The person responsible, my creator

He never conformed or used hatred to form mass retaliation

Watch him perform with conviction

Two hundred and fifty thousand souls left they homes to listen

I gather his thoughts in abundance made to complete the mission

His life became heroic, then tables turned

My creator stripped from being a poet because he yearned

Other women, infidelity stricken, I can't say he was perfect

It made me nervous, they tear him down and forget me

I prayed that I survived in the midst of the controversy

How many lives'll fall on deaf ears if I'm not worthy?

I won't justify his personal problems, that's not my job

I was only born to make sure your children can play outside

And I imagine the other demons he hid before he died

If they came to surface, this dream probably won't be alive

Because of you

[Verse 3]

I was born in paranoia, it's poison for us

We can't create with joyous ambition, we're out of luck

The critics formed a new coalition and huddled up

The non-creators are now elated and out of touch

Why can't you gladly appreciate the influence we give?

Stop starin' at me disgusted, my substance made sure you'd lived

You want the head of the messenger and the history from him

Which eventually takes away from the good you accustom

Think of a life without the likes of imagination that's prosperin'

The bodies that you consider genius, you like to box 'em in

The great debaters and thinkers, they gave you a voice

Why can't you prosecute the crimes and not the thoughts I employ?

Because your better judgement will always look down on me

But if I recollect how we connect, you'll account on me

I got a theory that most of y'all won't allow to see

It goes like this, talent doesn't choose morality

See, if Daniel Hale was a killer, would you not want a heart?

If Carl Benz was a racist, would you stop driving cars?

I can't help we jump in these bodies and you called them a God

Just know the Earth is just a rock without the voices of art

Sincerely yours

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