(Verse)
Black Kings. Black Queens. Think we heard it time enough
So why so much of y'all so scared of climbing up and finding such?
Hiding up behind you guys they tryna catch the lion. Yeah they
Lock you up, and plus the military trying to sign you up
Never grow old. It don't matter. Half of y'all is blind enough
Half of us never gon see our dads or never find your sons
And I wish I was lying but, all my observations be
Leading me back to wear I'm at. Hear me out. Please don't fear me
Now or try play me as
Crazy. Lately I been lost in just what black is
On some go back to Africa or
Be an "Abeed" and we being treated as such
Tryna survive and they sneeze on us being treated as dust
All of the people in charge be evil as lucifer's sons
Beating us up. It's a war I think we been loosing this one
I feel like loosing what I believe in and shooting a gun
I feel like being the Abeed they breeding me to become
I feel like knockin somebody up and neglecting my son
I feel like shooting a gun! I feel like shooting a gun!
Screaming at the government at the tipping of my lungs
All cause my homie sold some d** and now they locking him
I feel like selling d** to get into the college I want
I feel like college ain't nothin I'll ever see cause I'm dumb
I feel like busting on Obama cause I'm stuck in a rut
I feel like busting on Romney because he's richer than us
The hell you want from me? Am I not the one you wanna see?
I ain't got disease nor do I fall for this hypocrisy
I don't be causing ungodly scenes. I'm just tryna be me
Still caught by the cops. Don't ask me why I don't rock with police
And I'm finished being told that I should get a law degree
No such thing as criminal justice. cause It's just
Whoever they
Wanna see incarcerated. Probably me. Tell me who I gotta be!
Momma I don't wanna be black!
Momma look at the house on TV. I wanna see that
Momma look at them being greedy. I wanna be that
Look at the clothes that he wearing momma. I wanna be stacked
Look at how much food he eating mom. I wanna be fat!
But I don't no McDonalds momma. I wanna eat that!
You wanna hear that!? A bunch of youngins scared to be black?
I'm seeing people be tanning and changing hair to be black
I'm seeing people be changing what they wear to be black
Seeing celebrities try their hardest the emulate the blacks and
Turn around and hate the black man. These are facts fam!
Like god forgot me. I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, but
God can, you please, relieve me of these people
Leeching me, misleading me, so that my friend's believed to be
Evil? Reverend Jones might pa** away under the steeple
(Interlude)
You hear this? I'm telling you they're scared of you
They're not scared of your guns. They're not scared of your d**
They're scared of your strength, and you don't wanna do nothin' about it
So here we are
(Bridge)
See it's
Fear of evil, fear of good, and fear of change
Fear of moving, fear of things staying the same
Fear of people that don't seem to look the same
I fear no one but the one I call my maker
Fear of freedom, fear of progress, fear of chains
Fear of bleeding, fear survival, fear of rifle in your
Face, fear of pointing one at someone just the same
It's the fear of worshipping a black savior
We ain't nothing we ain't never been before
This ain't nowhere we ain't never been before
This ain't nothing we ain't never seen before
So go head shut the door on your black neighbors
This ain't nothing we ain't never lived before
This ain't nothing we ain't never heard before
That ain't a fire that ain't never burned before
Go 'head shut the door on your black neighbor
Go 'head and pull on gun on your black neighbor
Go 'head and shed some blood on your black neighbor
Go 'head and Call the cops on your black neighbor
Go 'head and watch the block for you black neighbor
Go 'head and burn a cross for you black neighbor
All of y'all can go ahead and put black face on
And change the hair and skin of your black savior
Savior. Savior