[Akon] Mama hold her head and cry ´Cause her son had been shot down in the streets and died "Oh why? Oh why?", is what she cry, she cry
[Akon] The biggest problems in the city Is them daddies ain´t there And if it ain´t about the money Then nobody don´t care And then spoke to an OG He tried to mentor me, he said: "Boy, these streets will suck the love right out your heart So don´t believe that bullshit"
[Akon] You know goddamn well this system ain´t for us (Oh, no no no) And you know goddamn well the president don´t love us (Oh, no no no) Sinking down to the ground on the ghettos and we can´t get no lower
So I´m askin´ God how do we dig ourselves out if when we can´t afford the shovel
[Akon] If there´s a problem in the hood, everybody come together just to solve that problem But that´s the problem in the hood, nobody comes together unless you involve violence ´Cause we was taught to be the tough guys and was told to just remain silent But then you got them niggas telling on the next guy Instead of tellin´ ´em what it takes to solve it Is there a problem that I don´t know about? (Oh, no no no) Is there a problem that I haven´t heard about? (Oh, no no no) ´Cause I speak of kids robbing each other, pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers
We won´t get much further unless we start helping each other But them non believers will sink
[Akon] You know goddamn well this system ain´t for us (Oh, no no no) And you know goddamn well the president don´t love us (Oh, no no no) We´re sinking down to the ground on the ghettos and we can´t get no lower So I´m askin´ God how do we dig ourselves out if when we can´t afford the shovel
[OG Boo Dirty] We were 16 brothers with no father around I was 16, 14 robbers now Two went to school and got a degree
One went to jail, the other one´s stuck in the streets Damn, so nobody really made it out Errbody sellin´ bricks just to build a house Momma working two jobs while babysitting hard And I ain´t even seen my dad when we was in a drought Life crazy, can´t dig success with a shovel And now the hoes around digging me with no shovel ??? No Rihanna in the rain, somebody grab my umbrella, yeah
[ Akon] Mama hold her head and cry ´Cause her son had been shot down by police and died "Oh why? Oh why?", is what she cry, she cry
Mama hold her head and cry ´Cause her son had been shot down by police and died