Текст песни Changes (feat. Yikesyally) - Dre Costa

See I was born to two immigrants
So at birth I had my lost innocence
A target out the womb with this melanated inheritance
Or maybe not exactly, at birth I was white as hell
My momma thought that I was lifeless
My pops thought I would do well
In this world that was free of crisis
Like the country they bid farewell
And with all of their sacrifices, came many stories to tell
In which constructed my character
I was never embarrassed of
Flaunting my real identity, which was met with the errors
Of the flawed American society
Neglecting the truth and the beauty
Of the DNA that sits inside of me
Which done provided me
This inner divide in me
The european, Black and Indigenous blood has guided me
To seek this higher conscious
Aware of the love around
The purpose that's placed upon us
The pride in me being brown
My nose and lips that are honest
The curly hair on my crown
Which was sworn to fulfill the promise
To rise whenever we down
And we been
Down, low
For so damn long
Impossible to fit the struggle within the length of this song
It's like putting 400 years to a film that's 2 hours long
And to talk about all the shit that I dealt with
Could make me strong
Yet for every step they taking
It feels like I needed 10 more
Every dollar I make
Is just making me need to spend more
Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, in stores
I never had shit so riches ain't something I gotta score
So fuck it never complain bout the pain
Or refrain from speakin' on where we from
Or 'bout how far we done came
If Cole World is the O.G., I'm the son to the game
Steady playin' for all the keeps
But our hustle one in the same
It's Dre Costa
Swear to God ya 'gon remember the name
I'll never run from any fight or look for someone to blame
The day my words is weaponized
I'ma up it and take my aim
This our kingdom motherfucker, forever I let it reign

Don't give 'em too much you
Baby as much as shit change
Life gon' pass you by and every day'll feel the same
Sometimes you wanna hide
At times you take the pain
Sometimes I can't tell if my brain could maintain
Man I just don't know
How the rest of it go
That's why I get high, so I don't feel so low
But I know
Shit will get better
I never felt better

When I tell you it was normal to get picked on
Laughed at, ripped on
It's sad I was equipped wrong
While accepting my fate
Some of the white kids at the school
Would peep my skin and treat me harsh
If not for that, then it'd be claiming that my sneakers was fake
Or how skinny and frail my body was, lackin' in weight
Little did they know that I was starving
EBT on my plate
Yet not a meal I never missed
My mom and pops was workin' late
Clockin' fifty hours a week
To ensure that my shit straight
Put a roof over my head
That clothing on my back
Got a big family that love me
My general health still intact
Since knee highs
This life has been, passin' me by
For every laugh comes fallen tears
I couldn't cry but now I see why
I'm stronger, and gettin' better with this music on my brain
If K. Dot is the O.G., I'm the son to the game
So now ya know just who I am, ya gon' remember the name
I pray to God he make these times change
So make these times change

Don't give 'em too much you
Baby as much as shit change
Life gon' pass you by and every day'll feel the same
Sometimes you wanna hide
At times you take the pain
Sometimes I can't tell if my brain could maintain
Man I just don't know
How the rest of it go
That's why I get high, so I don't feel so low
But I know
Shit will get better
I never felt better