The extremities today of the world we're living in
Dreams of a unity but we keep giving in
It's hard enough we have to struggle and fight without malathion getting sprayed in our eyesight
Before we sell out it's time for me to tell out
The world is at a critical end about to yella
A painful explosion, forceful motion
Seeing all this corruption gave me the notion
To preach, teach and release another free piece
To all the gangsters, pimps and police
Please cease the fire, rage and the anger inside of you
Politicians pave their way in and they lie to you
Another baby was born the other day
And mama's only 14, can't we find a better way
To have fun without the snake crawling in to the hole?
But it's a part of the world that we live in
The world we live in
Depression is slowly coming down like rainfall
One drop hits the ground and breaks all the races apart
Living life like a rubiks cube
Leave it on me stop somma than you
Probably get a KKK of a different kind
Cause negative rides over positive ten times
Knowledge is fear, deep in your head
Tell all the kids about the future or the time you get misled
Going to war though is none of our business
Yo, we didn't start it but they draft us to finish it
News at eleven what the hell is going on
Another brother k**ed for the color of a crayon
We try teaching love in this family
But rap keeps getting disrespected by the Grammys
Is it violence or prejudice in men?
No, it's just a part of the world that we live in
The world we live in
I see the transparent eyes of another world
A middle aged man just molested a young girl
And waiting for the bus a young boy got shot
And an innocent man got beat up by a cop
Now if we can't trust the law who'll protect us?
A priest, a reverend, a prophet to bless us?
Unity to every peace goer and make some positive note
Because peace shall overcome
I stand tall with a flag of all colors
To all uncles, aunts, sisters, fathers and mothers, brothers
Lead us to the promised land
We're all brother of all colors, can unite hand
There shouldn't be a reason to betray peace
Like why can't the west be played in the east
Is it violence or prejudice in man?
No, this is a part of the world that we live in
It's the world that we live in
Now let's stand hand to hand
Brother man to brother man
We need to fight the hype, they starving the motherland
We have to been to and have to give in to
White supremacy, we know they lose em for centu
I'm not dissin' I'm just take it to another level
Are you stupid or your mind is a pebble
To think that we betray our race or way of culture
Your mind is a vulture
You may have taken off freedom on land
But you can never take a mind of an agiatic black man
I read a letter
The army though they could draft me in a battle
I sat and I laughed
The fact that they tried to lie me into slavery
I don't care, they can beat me, slay me, hospitalize me, even bleach my skin
Cause it'll never change the fact that I'm black
The world we live in
Yep, that's the world that we live in