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Hand-Me-Downs Lyrics by Soul Position

Things Go Better With RJ & Al

2006

[Hook]
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we handed down
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we handed down

[Verse 1: Blueprint]
My momma gave me Donny Hathaway
"Young, Gifted and Black"
I miss the positivity, I wanna bring it back
But Rap nowadays is by a bunch of ignorant cats
No "Young, Gifted and Black"
Just guns, bitches and crack
I react by turning off BET
And Sambos telling me what blackness is supposed to be
Used to give us world news, now it's all videos
Replaced Tavis Smiley with reality shows
If you let the TV define what black is
You think ice and violence is all we think that matters
I guess this is what happens when rappers look up to thugs
And kids look up to rappers
To some of y'all if I don't talk about the gat enough
Or sell crack enough, I ain't black enough
But I rather be a pro at being myself
Than be an idiot trying to be somebody else, what

[Hook]
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we handed down
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we handed down

[Verse 2]
I'm at the bus stop with my bike
Been there for a while
Moms taught me how to catch this route when I was a child
Another kid walks up, freakin' a Black & Mild
Fifteen, same age I learn shit's wild
An older lady walks up, greets us with a smile
Asks how we both doing and sits down
She knows what's it's like to grow up in the South
Civil Rights when the whites was hosing us down
I started thinking to myself that even though the times were tougher
They still took time out to speak to one another
But look at us, me and this young brother
Acting to proud to break down and speak to each other
So inside I felt ashamed
Not sure of how to but I wanna change
And as long as I'm alive, then the fact remains
That it's never too late for us to break the chains
Come on, y'all

[Hook]
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we handed down
Come on say it loud
Look what we handed down
Don't it make you proud?
Look what we handed down

[Scratching]
Things is bound to change
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Soul Position

Soul Position

About “Hand-Me-Downs” by Soul Position

Read the complete lyrics to "Hand-Me-Downs" by Soul Position from the album "Things Go Better With RJ & Al" in 2006. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Rap.

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"Hand-Me-Downs" is credited to Soul Position. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Hand-Me-Downs" appears on "Things Go Better With RJ & Al" in 2006.

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