[Ameer Vann] My male role models drug dealers and thugs My father learned how to solve problems with guns And when I grew up I learned what racism was And what teaching it does
And like my teachers would say "Little black boys have a place in the world" Like hanging from trees Or dead in the street like I seen on TV All them boys they killed, they looked just like me Not like Brandon or Chandler, but Malik and Kareem I was born with a target, and it stuck to my skin And I learned in social studies I was one of them men Who were locked in the chains, but not locked in the pen But I´m bigger than that, I´m the beginning and end
[Dom McLennon] I´m the sun and the moon
I´m the light and the dark I am life in the tomb I´m the pharaoh and slave Gentrifying my spirit It´s like a knife in the womb Refuse to act like a parrot Or to dance like a monkey See your stance is apparent That´s why I´m here for the money Don´t care to cater to Mary I´m fetishizing my spirit I see your culture’s dependent On what you didn’t inherit Won´t let my world be attempted I´m staying distant
[Merlyn Wood & Kevin Abstract] Who gonna be the reason why I get high
Who gonna be the reason why I turn over Who gonna be the gunner that I don´t trust Who gonna be the gunner that get they ass whooped Who gonna be the reason why I get high Who gonna be the reason why I turn over Who gonna be the gunner that I don´t trust Who gonna be the gunner that get they ass whooped Who gonna be the reason why I get high Who gonna be the reason why I turn over Who gonna be the gunner that I don´t trust Who gonna be the gunner that get they ass whooped Who gonna be the reason why I get high Who gonna be the reason why I turn over Who gonna be the gunner that I don´t trust Who gonna be the gunner that get they ass whooped
[Kevin Abstract] Bum, bum, beat ´em, I would never wanna be ´em
If I catch ´em slipping they gon´ have to meet the eagle Bum, bum, beat ´em, treat these niggas how I see ´em I don´t need you either, send you right back where I seen ya Bum, bum, beat ´em, I would never wanna be ´em If I catch ´em slipping they gon´ have to meet the eagle Bum, bum, beat ´em, treat these niggas how I see ´em I don´t need you either, send you right back where I seen ya