Lemme give y’all a brief history lesson Per my conversation with a legend Cornbread Yeah Check it Listen… Verse 1 Had established a namesake after being chased Out detention center kitchens then Thrown on his face Asking staff there would they kindly replace Stale bread for cornbread like his granny used to make They laughed in his face him then taking fate In his hands writing cornbread all over the place Got white folk respect, gang members ain’t mind it One of the biggest movements, cornbread was behind it Started coming alive then even more inspiring Teens occupying more places to write in Philly to Atlantic City…then it traveled the big apple the worlds media capital [Hook] click clack click clack click clack click clack spray That the way it be, when lifes the canvas letcha mind the free click clack click clack click clack click clack spray come spray with me, with nothin betta to do or a place to be [Verse 2] started out juvenile crowds swarmed like vultures world renowned now even has its own culture spot it on billboards or buses when they pass late in da subway witta can and a mask click clack as it carry thru-out the tunnels echoing like a voice loud hollered out of a funnel the most fun you'll have despite danger or fear sirens comin betta run it getcha ass in da clear no harm no foul, no wrong doing at all But you are…emitting gas from aerosals terrible what we do for recognition some say Knowing you know better but write it anyway [Chorus] click clack click clack click clack click clack spray That’s the way it be, when lifes the canvas letcha mind be free click clack click clack click clack click clack spray come spray wit me, with nothin betta to do or a place to be [Verse 3] Freshly painted over corperate walls full of that gunk reminiscing on puttin up some of that junk fearless rebel dare devil never nobodys punk til you got beat and had to sleep on somebody’s bunk but its cool you never did no serious time Swiftly switching religions from paintin to rhymes/ but the feelings not there, and the buildings lookin bare gladly amputate leg to see your name up there But you cant, reaping whatever consequences Relieving you of all your long gone confidences its not fare, you wasn’t hurting nobody Til the law drawled disassembling the party