Music Premiere: Derek Minor – Look At Me Now

A Rapzilla.com premiere, Derek Minor released a new single named “Look at Me Now” on Thursday night from Reflection, his sixth studio album which drops Oct. 14.

On “Look at Me Now”, the opening track of Reflection, Minor talks haters, social injustice and faith.

Want everybody to love you, y’all wanna be Raymond /
Everybody hate truth, so you gone prolly hate this /
But my foundation on a rock, so I’m okay with being Chris

Pre-order Reflection on iTunes, Amazon & Google Play.

Reflection Music Group announced the tracklist of Reflection earlier on Thursday. The LP will feature BJ the Chicago Kid and Chrisette Michele, among others.

Look At Me Now lyrics:

Verse 1:

I am not supposed be here /
I was not invited, I am not supposed to eat here /
Table with my enemies, snacking on a beat here /
I can see through every last one of y’all, so be clear /
I talk about God and how we kings and he live in us /
But I keep it real, that’s why the goons still feeling us /
Be cool dog disrespect is not the way to deal with us /
Cause I can put you in your place kinda like a realtor /
Got some awards on me now, got some dough on me now /
Like half time, I had some friends switch goals on me now /
This session, teach you a lesson if you doze on me now /
On how to depend on the Lord, cause he rose in me now /
I see this generation, everybody wanna be famous /
Want everybody to love you, y’all wanna be Raymond /
Everybody hate truth, so you gone prolly hate this /
But my foundation on a rock, so I’m ok with being Chris /
This world evil, it manipulate people /
Like wearing a suit of armor around magneto /
RMG assembled this year like the avengers /
You would swear I’m Stan Lee, how I help you see the vision /
We ain’t got a whole lot, just a few stones trying slay a giant /
In a industry that say you gotta be Goliath /
Said we’d be nothing, but they lying /
See my faith is in what God say, i suggest you try it, it’s Minor /

Hook:

They said that I will never make it, look at me now /
I would say that they’re mistaken, look at me now /
I was born broke and naked, look at me now /
I pray you see the Lord’s gracious, look at me now /

(2x)

Verse 2:

Look here, the difference between me and you /
Homie that is clear as day /
You trying to make a mil, I’m trying to give one a way /
You think you indestructible, I know they we made of clay /
So I live life desperately, like I’m about to die today /
Cause that may be my reality /
In a time when black men are seeing more and more casualties /
Whether bad cop or gang, I still see it a tragedy /
And they upload the clips on the net, for world to see /
Just to get they click ups, they upload a beat down /
Fear of being a victim make me wanna walk with heat now /
But that’s not the Lords will, he said advocate for peace now /
Plus I’m already dead, go head and hashtag me now /
This oppression is systemic, we don’t see it tho /
Slavery is still alive, prison is the vehicle /
But we don’t wanna talk about it /
We just wanna share our Twitter thoughts about it /
Grieve for that young man body that got chalk around it /
Look me in my eyes, tell me what you see /
When I look at you, I see somebody just like me /
Made in the image of God, from the dust like me /
Blew breath in your body for his lungs like me /
See I’m trying to paint a picture with my words /
That’ll help you see possessions and they words are not your worth /
You hearing me now , yeah you hearing now /
Finally reflecting greatness boy look at you now /

Hook:

They said that I will never make it, look at me now /
I would say that they’re mistaken, look at me now /
I was born broke and naked, look at me now /
I pray you see the Lord’s gracious, look at me now

David Daniels
David Daniels
David Daniels is a columnist at Rapzilla.com and the managing editor of LegacyDisciple.org. He has been published at Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, CCM Magazine, Bleacher Report, The Washington Times and HipHopDX.
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