[Intro] Hey, hey Change in the coast Change in the coast, wow wow Highs and the low Highs and the low Change in the coast Change in the coast, wow wow Highs and the low Highs and the low You probably f** up the family f** up my life, then you f** up what's best for me You probably f** up integrity, f** up the coast Then you f** up the family Change in the coast Change in the coast, wow wow [Verse 1] Hey, Yeah I heard about bangs in the left, bangs in the right Fright in the crowd that leave hope in the light Lethal, the people, they running from evil But forget they're faith in delight Desperate in pain so they just might Search for the sun in the nightlight Sailors stumbling on a mans right Slavery of many that still made the night bright High life, but you still make me feel low Nightmares that could grow through the pillow Bad strife, left our trust in the dust But we still gone shine like fine diamonds from Congo Picture the peak of the fro Stems kinda barren with time they'll grow Stems kinda barren in time they'll know The cooler the winter, the whiter the snow [Hook] Change in the coast Change in the coast Highs and the low Highs and the low Change in the coast Change in the coast, wow wow Highs and the low Highs and the low [Bridge] When it's like no oh oh Picture the tidal, they're arrival When they, go oh oh And how they'll k** you is how they'll do me When they know oh oh Picture the tidal, they're arrival When they know oh oh It's like no oh oh [Verse 2] Hmm I try to think far Picturing greatness for all my n***as We dying to fill the acres
Jobs that could fill our pockets Push figures out of the brackets Flow near these banks Leave your deposit Filthy history, is birthing all these opportunities Treasuries found through darkest memories Global plights with no remedies "And your better than us? n***a please" "Living in tries you're just not like us", (please) "Skin's just not clear, can't invest my trust", (please) "Not like us", (please) "Ain't like us", (please) "You blacks are violent inhuman", (like what?) Banana pills in my face, (I'm like huh?) All of these plights just put feels on the low Problems of equity, k**ing us mentally Please don't shoot were probably the words of Mr. Sterling The badge didn't stop em It's sad, everyday we hearing, they clearing another young black American Or didn't Garvey die so that today we'll be cheering? The lows outweigh highs got me still fearing I'm seeing pictures of this beast Tryna lay us down to feast, and defeat The crowd of folks crying out for peace k**ing and hurting the seams are just tearing Cause oh Outta control World's getting destructed on a whole Praying for peace to just come play a role Cause violence has been on a row, oh oh Violence has been on a row Violence has been on a row, oh oh Violence has been on a row Black coast scars My ancestors were hid behind bars Their descendants were hid behind bars My ancestors were hid behind bars Hey Black coast scars My ancestors were hid behind bars Their descendants were hid behind bars My ancestors were [Bridge] [Hook] Change in the coast Change in the coast, wow wow Highs and the low Highs and the low