Casey Brown - The Crest Lyrics

Why can't I say it? He said to me
I don't have the words but I know it burns
I can tell, this moment is gonna
Define something in me
It's just like any other curse word
Ooh, that ain't true, but I don't know how to
Make you understand
You ain't grow up like me

Wasn't in these streets
Never rolled Mobb Deep
Not a shook one, see
But it's shaking me
How they shading me
Only crew's this tee
Saw them shoot Ricky
Still listen to Kenny

As the crest
As the crest washed over me
As the crest
As the crest washed over me

I wonder how did this color
Define the things I do, what I listen to
Can you you hear these notes
And tell me their hue
What makes my brothers pull a gun on each other
And in the suburbs wanna count and adjust our melanin number
What's dark and light without the other
What's dark and light without the other

Wasn't in these streets
Never rolled Mobb Deep
Not a shook one, see
But it's shaking me
How they shading me
Only crew's this tee
Saw them shoot Ricky
Still listen to Kenny

As the crest
As the crest washed over me
As the crest
As the crest washed over me

You act so black, the whitest black kid I know
You're just the right amount of black, you're an oreo
You can't see my heart through my
Skin
I'm just as black as you
Hold up, you never knew what it means
So take of that face you
Hide in

Wasn't in these streets
Never rolled Mobb Deep
Not a shook one, see
But it's shaking me
How they shading me
Only crew's this tee
Saw them shoot Ricky
Still listen to Kenny
Wasn't in these streets
Never rolled Mobb Deep
Not a shook one, see
But it's shaking me
How they shading me
Only crew's this tee
Saw them shoot Ricky
Still listen to Kenny

As the crest
As the crest washed over me
As the crest
As the crest washed over me
As the crest, as the crest
As the crest washed over me
As the crest
As the crest washed over me