Blood Orange - Chance Lyrics

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
[Interlude]
All I ever wanted was a chance for myself

Why the f*ck do you even speak?
It's not a choice of speech, and it sure ain't free
[?] to keep your edge
Stay in your corner, f*ck 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
[?] refresh your soul and my spirit [?]
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 really ever gives a f*ck like me
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