2pac F- Nikki Giovanni The Rose That Grew From Concrete Lyrics

The Rose That Grew From Concrete Lyrics

[Tupac Shakur]

 You try to plant somethin in the conrete, y'knowhatImean?

 If it GROW, and the and the rose petal got all kind of

 scratches and marks, you not gon' say, "Damn, look at 

 all the scratches and marks on the rose that grew from concrete"

 You gon' be like, "Damn!  A rose grew from the concrete?!"

 Same thing with me, y'knahmean?  I grew out of all of this

 Instead of sayin, "Damn, he did this, he did this,"

 just be like, "DAMN!  He grew out of that? He came out of that?"

 That's what they should say, y'knowhatImean?

 All the trouble to survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty

 y'knowhahatImean unbelievable lifestyle they gave me

 I'm just tryin to make somethin..

 

 [Nikki Giovanni]

 When no one even cared

 The rose it grew from concrete

 Keepin all these dreams

 Provin nature's laws wrong

 It learned how to walk without havin feet

 It came from concrete

 

 [spoken part]

 Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

 Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to walk without havin feet

 Funny it seems but, by keepin its dreams

 it, learned to breathe FRESH air

 Long live the rose that grew from concrete

 when no one else even cared

 No one else even cared..

 The rose that grew from concrete

 

 [spoken part]

 Did you hear..

 Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?

 Provin nature's laws wrong

 It learned to walk without having feet

 Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams

 it learned to breathe FRESH air

 Long live the rose that grew from concrete

 when no one else, even cared

 

 [Nikki Giovanni]

 Keepin all these dreams

 Provin nature's laws wrong

 It learned how to walk without havin feet (to breathe the fresh air)

 It came from concrete (to breathe the fresh air)

 (to breathe the fresh air, to breathe the fresh air)

 

 [Tupac Shakur]

 You see you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete

 had damaged petals.  On the contrary, we would all celebrate its

 tenacity.  We would all love it's will to reach the sun.

 Well, we are the rose - this is the concrete - and these are 

 my damaged petals.  Don't ask me why, thank God nigga, ask me how!

 Hahahaha..