The Onus (What You Are)

[Tajai] Now you can blame it on the blunts and beer Or my utter lack of fear when I'm draggin in her ear Like, ain't no commitments girl, we just kickin it right? Laughin at the prophylactic I just slipped it inside (ahh) Cause I ain't trippin I like runnin raw daddy Not knowin nine months from that moment I'll be called daddy All mad and indignant when I heard the news Cursin, trippin but it was COOL when I was diggin it But now it's bitch (BEEITCH!) this and it's ho that And it's a lot of other words that I can't hold back Man I don't want no kids, girl you KNOW that But shit, you barely know my name let alone where my dome at We got it on way before that Didn't know, or hadn't even seen her sober Only thought in my mind was getting over Now the seed a sewed her bout to drop (woo!) And all I do is clutch my bottle and wallow in sorrow With each swallow, livin for yesterday (man FUCK tomorrow!) All my accusations and allegations, they ring hollow Cause I ain't got nobody in the world to blame but me (I know, I know) Chorus: (Pep Love) What you are is what you do You better watch yourself cause they're watching you Your own mistakes could be your biggest obstacles But if you believe, you can achieve the impossible (Pep Love) and [Tajai] [Now if you full of regrets that's on you (on you)] (And if you don't know what to do that's on you (on you)) [You can't get no respect? That's on you (on you)] (And if you're without a clue that's on you (on you)) (Pep Love) He always wanted to have shit Cause this nigga never had shit It, even influenced him to get into bad shit Like, shoplifting and, party crashin All for the cash and fashion, he smashin But, he was smarter than the average shit starter Had it all planned out, how he was going to Harvard Hard as it seems, he was working toward his dreams But still into things, never for the surrendering So (so), when the wind blows, his ten toes, wiggle And then he's out of his bedroom window Livin in the moment doing whatever he wanted When his homework is done, he's in another zone With his crimies, breakin into cars and houses Thinkin his getaway's clean, but how's about this? One of his boys got caught and snitched Sayin that he was the mastermind of all this shit The same day, his letter of acceptance came The boys came to get him as his mother stood breathless He couldn't explain, hung his head in shame Later found his college career was down the drain Even though he beat the case, it was all over The local newspaper, a complete disgrace It read "Teen Prodigy Suspect In Robbery Young, black and intelligent, somewhat of an oddity" (oddity) When he went to visit the school, the dean of admissions was like "Sorry, you're not Harvard material" Plus, you have an arrest record at best (at best) Reflecting a decadent past, application rejected." Chorus (Pep Love) and [Tajai] [Now if you get caught slippin that's on you (on you)] (And if your pockets is flat, that's on you (on you)) [And if you're mad and trippin that's on you (on you)] (If you dazed and confused, that's on you (on you)) (Pep Love) and [Tajai] (Yo, what you are is what you do) [You'd best to, watch yourself cause they're watching you] (They're thinkin of washin you) [That's why we humble and caution you] (To keep a failsafe in your arsenal) [Sometimes it's too late to start anew] (So recognize) [and realize it's real lives you may jeopardize] (Run over your own) [if you blind to what's going on] (You can get caught up in a bind) [and get your mind blown] [Find a zone to refine your soul cause time is SO elusive] (People are so intrusive) [judge not] (But yet, you shall be judged) [every time your broke your word] (Every time you held a grudge) [too proud to budge] (A nigga too loud to hush) (Tryin ta be a stud-muffin when you really a powder-puff) [Shit you swept to the side kept pilin up] (I guess you didn't think the consequences was vile enough) [You should've thought long range] long range (Look into your own thang) [own thang] ([And don't complain, what you manifest returns from whence it came]) ([Live and learn when you try to go against the grain, man]) Chorus [Now if you can't keep a job that's on you (on you)] (And if you don't know what to do that's on you (on you)) [And if you can't keep a broad that't on you (on you] (And if you're without a clue, that's on you (on you)) Chorus (Pep Love) and [Tajai] [Now if you get caught slippin that's on you (on you)] (And if your pockets is flat, that's on you (on you)) [And if you're mad and trippin that's on you (on you)] (If you dazed and confused, that's on you (on you)) [Tajai talking] Know what I'm sayin? Niggas always want to point the finger And they point the finger at the man in the mirror, psych out, yeah