Being green is something I've never seen
'Cause I was born to be blue
I was born (Uh)
'Cause I was born to be blue
I was, I was, I was, born
I was born to be blue (Blue, right?)
I, I, I, I was, born
'Cause I was born to be blue
I was, blue, born
Yeah, the kid breathes, 1983
I can't believe the God in heaven chose me
If you woulda seen the smile on my face
You woulda known I got a beautiful family
No stress, free of amnesty
Both sides live in peace happily
Both sides free as can be
I can't believe my fam is this cool
God damn, the man I am about to be
Somehow, someway, okay
God gotta put a jewel in my way
Like you gotta start off poor, you can't be gay
'Cause you come from L.A., and aside from the norm
You gotta grow up with your family torn, he knew that
That would leave my heart torn to see my mom leave my pops
Heart torn, to see my pops fight the cops for me
To see my mom go to work every morning
I be at school thinking, "This shit is boring"
I was born to be blue (I was, born, blue)
Uh, 'cause I born to be Blu
'Cause I was born to be blue (Born, blue, right?)
Uh, B-L-U
I was born to be Blu (I was, born, blue)
'Cause I born to be Blu
'Cause I was born to be blue
Who rhyme colder? Uh
She said, "Why would you mourn if you was born in California?
There's a weed dispensary on every other corner
And you smoke convincingly more than any other foreigner"
What makes you think that you won't see the coroner?
You spend up a quarter of your quarters on this tree
Are you fully convinced that it's got what what you need?
Do you need the weed or do you smoke to cope?
Either way bro, you shouldn't put hope in dope
But what if you was born to mope?
How would you warn the folks around you that this disease can drown you?
I found you back in the day actin' this way
Mad at the privileged kids who had it their way
Who don't share with the poor, they don't care about the poor
Anymore than they care about the crumbs on the floor
It's a shame, ever since I was young at my age
I felt rage 'cause I felt trapped in a cage being poor
I was born to be blue (I was born)
Uh, 'cause I born to be Blu (Blue, right?)
'Cause I was born to be blue (I was born)
Uh, B-L-U
I was born to be blue (I was born)
'Cause I born to be Blu
'Cause I was born to be blue (I was born)
Uh, I grew up early, and I always knew that I'd be alone
Even if I had a soul to condone or a girlfriend to bone
I would still be alone when I'm grown
In my zone, tryna buy a home for my home
On the phone with the dial tone, alone
Nobody to call no more, just low
Just broke and blue, that Dilla song used to get me open too
If folks knew I met Dilla in LA with Shoes
And he said he had heat with my name on it too
And Ras G is my dude
He sat in every crash session lighting up the room
With the smooth Backwoods rolled fat from the hood
If I could go back, I would, but I can't
Dang, makes you wonder what's the color of pain (Blue)
If my name's Blu
My moms said my face was too when I came through
I was- to be blue (I was, I was born)
'Cause I was born to be blue
'Cause I was born to be blue (I was, I was born)
Uh, B-L-U
