[Eric Bellinger] David, David Banner David Not the way I planned it Oh, no, no (Oh)
If you could only know my feelings (Yeah) Then you would know how much
[T.I., Eric Bellinger] Look (Hey) Fuck all that protestinĀ“ and marchinĀ“ peacefully (Yeah) They still gonĀ“ find a way to handle us egregiously (Oh) Legally, if I may get this shit up off my mind now (Now) We born in the battlefield, canĀ“t call no timeout (Yeah) Every time now, itĀ“s another one of us lyinĀ“ out (Hey) CryinĀ“ out, āI canĀ“t breatheā until he dies out (Oh, no) Make me at myself, what would you die about?
I doubt if a nigga been banginĀ“ since junior high Let āem fly, opposition resemblinĀ“ you and I (Sheesh) Racist cracker, give a fuck about it (Givе a fuck about it) They never will Ā“til thеy start pickinĀ“ up a couple bodies (Couple bodies) When we got killed, well, thereĀ“s some hours, scattered rain shower The pain hurt (Oh) but the cold heart, fact of the matter, itĀ“s gettinĀ“ worse (What else do you want? ThereĀ“s so much pain on me) Damn, if I could wish upon a star IĀ“ll send a special bullet everywhere you hateful bastards are (What else do you want? Please donĀ“t hate on me) Pull a string like a Gibson guitar, āway from afar
(What else do you want? There“s so much pain on me) Slow motion watch it enter your temple and exit your jaw, hmm Send you all to Hell with a scar, a conversation piece (What else do you want? Please don“t hate on me) Hope it maybe leads to a joke when you and Satan speak Yeah, you patronizin“ us, we waitin“ patiently Well, you“ll prolly get your life to trade a day with me Call that shit a eye for a eye, my nigga, by any means (Sheesh) Had extended clips before skinny jeans (Yeah) Now bow and arrows at cop cars with kerosene That“s how I“m feelin“
[Eric Bellinger & T.I.] How it feel for me (That“s how I“m feelin“) To be all alone (That“s how I“m feelin“, shoot) All alone (Fuck that shit, that“s how I“m feelin“) How it feel for me (Ain“t no guy to calm me down, how I“m feelin“) To be all alone (Shoot) All alone (Now fuck that shit, that“s how I“m feelin“) How it feel
[Killer Mike] I had a dream me and King saw Zimmerman (Zimmerman) We laid low, masked up in a rental van (Rental van) He killed a child, body was stiff and twisted, man
A mother cried, only one way to fix it, man How long āfore the people in the street get tired of the evil, say āFuck thatā? (Fuck that) How long will they kneel to heel of the state with a foot in the face Ā“fore they bust back? (Bust back) WonĀ“t be long āfore agents of the state get ate like steak ācause the people too strong (Too strong) RaptureĀ“s cominĀ“ one Sunday, itĀ“s blood by Monday, I promise I wonĀ“t be long (It wonĀ“t be long) Lame nigga, same nigga, found out crackers had money on his head Lame nigga, same nigga, callinĀ“ me like, āMichael, IĀ“m scaredā I, hug that nigga like Michael did Fredo Kept it G like my K tho Excessive force, leave a nigga no choice but a nigga better shoot his shot, fatal (Fatal)
Bad boy, bad boy, tell me what you gon“ do when the police kill your mama? (Your mama) Fuck that, I follow Obama when he kill the crackers that killed Breonna (Breonna) I take that charge, stick out my chest, confess to judge, "Your Honor" (Your Honor) I“m the truth, my ancestors pray for your honor and fuck your mama
[Eric Bellinger & T.I.] How it feel for me (That“s how I“m feelin“) To be all alone (That“s how I“m feelin“, shoot) All alone (Fuck that shit, that“s how I“m feelin“) How it feel for me (Ain“t no guy to calm me down, how I“m feelin“) To be all alone (Shoot) All alone
How it feel
[T.I.] “Til the brawl finished, but we all been in Niggas superhero, can you call in it? In an“ out problems, never solved any But we got the work down to Albany Keep a long order, it“s a tall order Murder after murder, people y“all killing“s Our aunts, uncles, our grandchildren Can“t ask for it, gotta take that shit
It“s hard to stomach, they say I sound like Ali Mohammed I say you got me, we livin“ under these fuckin“ Nazis What you expected? People riot, then you respect it?
[T.I.] And a split decision, gotta pick a side with this division But we ain“t fit for livin“, we can“t protect our women and children Man, we get sick, they just gon“ give us some Clorox as Penicillin (Ha) Experimentin“ in Tuskegee, showed me you would deceive me (Forreal)
[Killer Mike, Eric Bellinger]
As the city burned down and the night fall Ā“96 Impala, we just bouncinĀ“ like itĀ“s roundball This ainĀ“t the ā90s, and the youngings, I ainĀ“t scared, yĀ“all The water boys, they might shoot back at the red dawgs (Oh) I tell āem plot plans, strategize, organize (Yeah) Immobilize a secret army and stay unified
[Eric Bellinger & T.I.] How it feel for me (How I feel, how I feel, how I feel, how I feel) (That“s how I“m feelin“) To be all alone (That“s how I“m feelin“, all alone, shoot) All alone, yeah (Fuck that shit, that“s how I“m feelin“) How it feel for me (Ain“t no guy to calm me down, how I“m feelin“) (How I feel, how I feel, how I feel, how I feel) To be all alone (Shoot) (How I feel, how I feel, how I feel, how I feel) All alone (Now fuck that shit, that“s how I“m feelin“) How it feel for me (How I feel, how I feel, how I feel, how I feel) (I mean the truth is) To be all alone (I“m a human, you a human, skin color aside, riddle me this) All alone, yeah (How dare I speak pace to a manic?) How it feel for me (How I feel, how I feel, how I feel, how I feel) (The fuck does that make me? I mean, you motherfuckers can bend your knees man) To be all alone (How I feel, how I feel, how I feel, how I feel) (Fold your hands and your Bibles and pray as much as you motherfuckin“ want but) All alone
[ T.I.] The art of not fightin“ back was brought to us by Christianity That was given to us by our oppressor So you continue to follow that, you continue to follow them I be goddamned I tell you what, nigga, you see me down bad, motherfucker on my ass Nigga, don“t fail me, nigga, help me, nigga I“m tellin“ you that, nigga, while I“m right here, nigga Nigga, I“d do the same for you No cap, nigga That bullshit ain“t “bout nothin“