Eddy B - Paper lyrics

[Hook] You read the paper, it makes you cry Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper [Verse 1] Momma cryin' as she lookin' through the paper tryin' to get a job She told me, "Listen to God" but I can't hear him over gunshots Corner of to k** or be k**ed When everybody packin' heat, how the f** I'm gon' chill? Man, how the f** should I feel when what I'm selling y'all don't feel enough? No bliss in ignorance but something Especially when you've been at it since an adolescent Supplying addicts with the destiny they manifestin' for dead presidents We livin' for the present tense, down to prove our precedence Legally the preference, the opposite is prevalent Mentally the resident, the place is where the medicine No leave you feelin' heaven sent, I'm messing with no evidence What's a young n***a supposed to do for a livin' When I've fared nothing but an ugly truth for a n***a? I'll die before I fail so I fend for my own Don't know if I'll make it home, so momma sit by the phone I'm chasin' paper [Hook] Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper.. [Verse 2] I don't know when my next meals comin', that's why I'm so hungry Don't need a beat, -------inside of my tummy I hear grumblin' but the ramen doesn't do my hunger justice An empty stomach leads the mind astray with no discussion Can you blame me for actin' shady? The system weighs me Farming black people for the green and bullets graze me It's crazy, see no resemblance when they made me Look into my eyes and see a baby First we was slaves, nay anybody would rape and pillage Now we runnin' streets, all you see is rapes and k**ings Naturally the less fortunate, I'm made to villain Lookin' down on they gear, such a shameful image What's a man to do for affording Pampers too? His baby mama saying she wanna be pampered too I'm screaming "Money over all" Hopeless to the casket Can't you see, we aren't no longer asking Chasin' after paper [Hook] Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper.. Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper.. Paper..Paper.. [Outro] Hello?