Roses
Predz Lyrics

My Mama told: "me never give no ho no rose
Mama taught me to be cautious in giving appreciation to unworthy people

Boy, I raised you to know.
I was raised to be aware of my worth

See, you destined for some greatness,
I am destined for something great

And the right ones will know.
The right people will recognize my greatness

Until then, you don't know owe nobody nothin',
Until then, I do not owe anyone anything

You are my son,
I am her son

I'm a florist, always proud to be one
My mother's profession is a florist, she is proud of it

Had you outta love,
She had me out of love

And we love that we have is two more similar different
Even though we are different, our love is still strong

Never accept a rose until you've searched it for pricks"
Always be careful in accepting appreciation from others as it may have harmful intentions

See mama knew she had a son like Christopher Columbus
Mama knew she had a son who is like Columbus, always exploring and searching for greatness

Never satisfied on one island I needed to discover,
I am always searching for more and never being content with where I stand

And what was found on this land was greatness,
What I discovered was greatness

And I ain't talking 'bout the ground mothafucka
I'm not referring to anything superficial

I mean my feet on this pavement.
I'm referring to the journey that I'm on

I see rose petals, and rose petals,
I see signs of greatness everywhere

Spread out for ages,
These signs have been there for ages

My path has always been predetermined,
My destiny has always been set

Just like your salaries.
Just like how much money people are meant to earn

And I rather be the king of nothin',
I would rather be the ruler of nothing than be under someone else's control

Than somebody's jester.
I would rather not be someone's clown

What would Chuck Norris do?
What would the iconic martial artist do in these situations

He wouldnt answer to me, nope.
He wouldn't be accountable to me

He wouldn't answer to you.
He wouldn't be accountable to anyone else

So who the fuck can tell you that you ain't greatest, I dare 'em to say it.
Who can say that you are not great, let them dare to say it

What will be written on my cobblestone is what I am saying.
What I am saying is what will be remembered about me

It goes "Here lies one guy who never gave a shit, inside my coffin is a rose and I will carry it
The epitaph on my tombstone will read "Here lies a person that never cared, he carried a rose inside his coffin"

To the other-side, each petal represents greatness,
Each arm of the rose represents a great thing that I accomplished

And I will take it to my new home as my own housewarming gift."
I'll take the rose to my new home as a sign of my self-accomplishment

Yeah, greatness, and I swear when I enter the gates I'll have a bouquet with me.
Yes, greatness. I'll have a bunch of roses with me when I enter the gates of heaven

So in my absence here's a rose,
In my absence, here's a symbol of greatness

Through rapping I arose,
I am rising through rapping

I swear the ones in the front rows
Those who are the closest, get to witness my greatness

Is the ones who all know me.
Those who are the closest are the ones who actually know me

In my garden there's a mixture of parasites and beauty,
My garden has both negative and positive things in it

By out lasting you blood suckers,
By living longer than the parasites

Your residue fuels me.
The negative things in my life fuel me

I'm throwing roses...
I'm offering my self-accomplishments to the public

To all my haters in the crowd,
To all the people who hated on me in the audience

I hope you catch it's thorn first.
I hope you get hurt by the thorns on the rose

To the ones I love,
To the people I love

I removed some thorns for ya.
I made things easier for them

Im something like Tuxedo mask,
I am acting like Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon

All black one Rose,
Wearing all black with just one rose

Sailor Moon thought she had a nigga,
Sailor Moon thought she had a man

Till I chose Pluto.
Until I chose another

I need a woman that can chill,
I want a woman who can relax

Not attention seekers,
Not someone who craves attention

And Saturn only want that ring,
Saturn is only interested in the symbolic ring

So sent her ass to see precious.
So I sent her to see the mother of symbolism, Precious

At 10 I cheated death,
I almost died at 10

Middle finger to reaper,
I showed defiance to death

And Trust me I ain't done yet,
I still haven't reached my full potential

In fact it's only beginning.
In fact, my journey is only beginning

A rose in every color symbolizing our differences,
Each colored rose symbolizes our unique differences

But below the stem is roots see we earthly connected.
Although we have differences, we are all connected on an earthly level

Connected to debts, connected to living a lie, inside the mind of a rhmyist,
We are all connected to debts and lies, even inside the mind of a rapper

What you will find is an intertwining of lines that I oblige you all to digest.
What you will find are the interconnected lines that I want you to understand

I regress cause I suspect, hating
I'm turning around because I sense hatred

Nah fuck it I'll progress, and force 'em to listen
No, forget it, I'll move on and make them listen

I had I exs and best friends put up that X like Xmen and dipped out,
I had ex-girlfriends and close friends leave, rejecting me like the X-Men

Ain't seen again
I haven't seen them again

But if I see 'em again, I got a rose for 'em...
But if I see them again, I have a token of appreciation for them

Black rose motherfucker' the damage is permanent.
This is a black rose, and the damage it represents is permanent

I got a white one for my teachers who never quit on me,
I have a white rose for my teachers who were always there for me

A pink one for my gram I lost to cancer, see,
A pink rose for my grandmother who died of cancer

A yellow one for my mama,
A yellow rose for my mother

I swear to god when you're around its like the sun don't stop shining
When my mother is around, it feels like there's an eternal sunshine

I gat a red one for the one and only thats me,
I have a red rose for the one and only me

And I will share it with a girl, but only if she a queen,
I'll share it with a woman, only if she's a queen

Only if she understand that her man is unprecedented,
Only if she understands that I'm unique

And if she cant understand it please don't enter my garden.
And if she doesn't understand, she doesn't belong in my life

Oh .i feel like I'm dying.
I feel as though my life is going to end

Why?
Why do I feel this way?

Cause im so Alive,
Because I feel so alive

I swear to jah, I cant get no higher
I can't feel any more accomplished

Arose above the fire,
I have risen above a difficult time

To drop this rose in that fire,
To drop the rose in the fire of obstacles

We are not their potpourri,
We are not just for their smell, we have our own individuality

Nah we will never dry up, So that essence you smellin'
We will never run out of achievements, so the smell you are getting is our essence

Is ashes...
To create our essence, we must burn

Beautifuly incinerated,
We are beautifully burning

Decorate the masses,
Our accomplishments are something to be celebrated

You've been anointed by rose petals,
You have been blessed by our achievements

This ain't religion' this is vision
This is not about religion, this is about a goal

If share the same mark,
If we share the same goal

Then we sharing the mission.
Then we can work together on the mission

Roses, roses, roses...
Roses, roses, roses...