Mortal Man

I remember you was conflicted,
Misusing your influence,
Sometimes I did the same,
Abusing my power, full of resentment,
Resentment that turned into a deep depression,
Found myself screaming in the hotel room,
I didn't wanna self destruct,
The evils of Lucy was all around me,
So I went running for answers,
Until I came home,
But that didn't stop survivor's guilt,
Going back and forth trying to convince myself the stripes I earned,
Or maybe how A-1 my foundation was,
But while my loved ones was fighting the continuous war back in the city,
I was entering a new one,
A war that was based on apartheid and discrimination,
Made me wanna go back to the city and tell the homies what I learned,
The word was respect,
Just because you wore a different gang colour than mine's,
Doesn't mean I can't respect you as a man,
Forgetting all the pain and hurt we caused each other in these streets,
If I respect you' we unify and stop the enemy from killing us,
But I don't know' I'm no mortal man' maybe I'm just another mortal man.