[Verse 1]
My mother told me I could never care to cast judgments
So foolishly I see most [xxx] rappers lack substance
The crossroads many others stand you see us fall
If I was you I probably wouldn't need to be involved
I'm seeing in the middle of this [xxx]
We do not share the same luxuries as y'all
So for me it is a gamble if I even do this
f** around and leave my career in ruins
Wish I could speak my mind and keep it real about your privilege
But I cannot because America don't like n***as
Ronald Reagan drug laws still inditin' n***as
And every rapper spittin' rhymes about Ferguson
But only few of us was there when n***as started burning sh**
Patriarchy misogyny these n***as ain't heard of it
But let the police touch my mama these n***as gonna murder sh**
Black President but he truthfully hates n***as
Stephen Colbert don't give a f** about racism
On P-O-E I swear to God I hate Twitter
It's overflowing with maniacs and fake n***as
This do not belong to me
Your privilege ain't a song to me
[Verse 2]
Through ma** incarceration they eliminate the stronger me
Exposing social issues through the single of your rap art
When Dead Pres did the same thing and they got black-balled
I appreciate the efforts your counterparts want to give
But this ain't for [xxx] because we just want to live
My letter to Macklemore, I made mine after yours
'Cause my opinion only holds validity after yours
This is not a diss record, I'm just being retrospective
What would you do if your entire city felt neglected
And on the needs of your aspirations they resurrected
Never reckless, my intention is to dialogue
The radio would never play this, I can't buy 'em off
[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] hands of Viacom
But I'm gonna be the one that [xxx] so just be quiet, huh
I've been a fan this way, you used to play [xxxxx]
Locksmith, [xxxxxxxx], a dollar and a dream
I never heard of ASCAP, can't [diss one hundred thoughts]
How can I surpa** that, the [xxxx] of his first album, wishing I could match that
My momma working three jobs, she don't understand NASDAQ
[Verse 3]
So this is not an option out of desperation
Imagine if they deemed y'all the lowest of the races
And Black and White neo-Liberals control the conversation
And these reform policies don't offer us solutions
We don't want apologies we want a revolution
A better man even if I'm in the ambulance
Iggy Azalea don't give a f** about Sandra Bland
Let alone Detroit, Baltimore, or Pakistan
Or any other goddamn thing, speaking of Africans
This industry never needed new applicants
But everybody I know [xxx] with rapper sh**
The police k** a n***a, nothing really happening
They blame me man, I hate myself like Stacy Dash
My momma went and bought a house next to the white folks
But that ain't bring my motherf**in' cousin back to life, though
I write for the stripper [xxxxxxxx] a'ight though
A week later dropped out, repeated the cycle
I know this ain't what you like though
America the beautiful, say it with your eyes closed
I see the system is a failure, see what they did to Venezuela
Don't gotta believe me, Google the University
Of Chicago and see what they did to Chile
You ain't even seen your father praying for a miracle
He got traffic warrants and the judge about to sentence him
He got a job at Pepsi but the judge about to finish him
A man with a family, but the work will never get to him
Nightfall, kisses to his children then he tuck them in
The black family living in this Nazi-style government
[Verse 4]
Donald Trump don't stand a chance and Bernie might be a Republican
And Hillary doing this sh** that I'm back on the mothership
Politically we do exist but we do not accomplish sh**
I'll give it four more years 'til they discover it
And criticism in the flesh is not a f**ing compliment
I stay in glory but I do not be on no commerce sh**
'Cause I am dark-skinned and I don't have the confidence
The tales of the ghetto still in me, though
Instead of milk I'm putting water in my cereal
You hear me though, the critics say what has become of Poe
But Vera Thomas still got a son on d**h row
Why do we hate Bill Cosby but praise Obama
He raping the whole planet, but we don't say nothin'
It's white privilege