Chance Lyrics - Blood Orange

Genesis, chapter eleven, verse ten 

Explains the genealogy of Shem 

Shem was a black man, in Africa 

If you repeat this fact, they can't laugh at ya 

Seem to not take it too well 

When I tell you that it's not the reason I fell 

Then you know just how he felt 

When you look at how you gave enough chance to sell 

All I ever wanted was a chance for myself 

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Why the fuck do you even speak? 

It's not a choice of speech, and it sure ain't free 

When you preaches to keep your edge 

Stay in your corner, fuck you up, we lost our chill 

All you ever wanted was a chance for yourself 

To represent a thing that we have started to build 

All I ever wanted was a chance for myself 

Been chewed up but it makes you proud 

You're the dark skinned nigga in a sold out crowd 

Looking at the girl with the thick, blonde braids 

And you're tryin' to make out what her t-shirt says 

No one ever really gets what 'thug life' means 

They wanna be surrounded but they hate to breathe 

The air is thick as I claim my escape 

All I ever wanted as a chance for myself