If I wasn't, then why would I say I am? In the paper, the news, every day I am 'Cause I am whatever you say I am Radio won't even play my jam I don't know, it's just the way I am And I am whatever you say I am Man, whatever Dre just let it run Ayo, turn

Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) They say my folks'll do whatever for the fortune and the fame And it'll take a fortune to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin' You say the only family that you got is in a gang And the only

I'm on the run again But it's like what they say when it happens this way You gotta do it again and again. Don't wanna lose it,but I gotta do it again. Whatever I do,where-ever I go,the same afterglow Is keepin' me low, don't wanna lose it, But don't

(It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter) And you, it doesn't matter what you do It doesn't matter And hey, it doesn't matter what you say 'Cause you are invisible to the world Whatever happened to dreams of old Where do you start When there's nowhere to go

You know kids, I wish every mom and dad would make a speech to their teenagers and say kids, be free, be whatever you are, do whatever you want to do, just so long as you don't hurt anybody. And remember kids, I am your friend. I would just like to say