Exist from The Growth by Treeoflyfe

[Verse]
Feel like the system really want us on lock down
I feel like Bob Marley, Marcus Garvey and Pac now
How come the realest Negus
Always seem to get shot down
It's just your normal everyday Part of the plot now yea
Took our King of Pop & murdered our Prince
If they didn't, find it funny like a comedy script
This the tree of Lyfe rooted this as real as it get
Use to work a 9 to 5 til they doubled my shift
Feel like the Devil tryna keep me off the stage
I uplift like the ganja that u sprinkle In that paper i'm lit
I'm only asking for my freedom
I just wanna exist
I member Sean Carter
Once asked the world could he live
& One day when I meet em
I'ma see if he did
Shit from the outside
It look better when in
I'm only asking for my freedom
I just wanna exist
Shit I just wanna exist

[Hook]
Yea im just tryna exist
Jay asked could he live
& we just tryna exist
Shit
Hey i just wanna exist
Jay asked could he live
& i just wanna exist

[Verse]
I know, existence is such a downgrade
So many black bodies done fell
I hear the ground shake
barely put my trust in my folks
niggas sound fake
Frustration all in my sound wave
How you gone upgrade me
When you're a downgrade?
Catch my wave, ride out
& feel the energy
I used to try to hide the pain
I mix wit Hennessy uh
But realistically that ain't really do shit for me
I wanna own my masters
& learn to master the masters
My mind was thoroughly captured
set ablaze wit a caption
You're just a slave to these bastards
Entertain you can matter
For a matter of minutes
But when its over you're finished
Live an be free
Live an be free
How is that even possible
When glued to a screen
Way her ass grippin them jeans
Distracted by green
Addicted to drugs
Welcome thee American Dreaaaam
But they ain't shit what it seem
I can't be askin' can I live
You overthrow the regime
rage against the machine
Create a intimate scene
Give em somethin' unique
Somethin' to reach
Na na na
You can't take the hood up out a ratchet hoe
& you can't take the hate up outta hater so
Can I live, can I live
Fuck, negative uh

[Hook]
Said i'm just try'na exist
Jay asked can he live and i'm just tryna exist
Shit
Said i'm just try'na exist
Jay asked can he live and i'm just tryna exist
Said i'm just try'na exist
We just try'na exist

Ain't that a bitch

Tree of Lyfe, aka T.R.E.E. An acronym for (Truth Reveals Everything Eventually) is an American soul-hop artist and designer from Inkster a small suburb outside of Detroit Michigan. Tree debuted his first project The Growth, released August 2016. The Growth serves as an introduction to his early years and explores his growth and observations as a black youth in America.