[Intro: Cecil Gardner]
Look on the news, nothing but lies, maybe lies mixed with a little bit of truth you know but that's how sh** is. You gotta see above that sh** instead of looking dead at that sh**. It's the life we live, the land we live in
[Verse 1: Cecil Gardner]
Started in grade school
Feeding young n***as education as fake food was they tool
Turn n***as to straight fools
Put us in positions where they teach us to break rules
Views center under definitions of state rules
Give you one shot in life, never a take two
Give us they news while they tell us to stay tuned
And in the meantime we gotta focus and make moves
It's a hard knock and when you factor in hate too
You understand the barriers that seldom we break through
But why us, deny us the simple freedom to rise up
God or the dollar bill I'm ‘spose to give my trust
In a state of confusion
Now I'm stuck in state court prosecutor accusing
Using the fact I was moving to move ‘em, the judge that is
But they don't understand the movement (true sh**)
Who snitched? You, b**h?
‘Cause on me them pants come very loose fit
See I am a virgin but you get f**ed by p**y with loose lips
‘Cause n***as can't handle the burden
Back to the courtroom sweating and nervous
Waiting on your honor here to give me a verdict
He look me in my eyes asked me, “was it worth it?”
My reply, “in life sir nobody's perfect
All I ask is the chances to show my purpose
And to show this courtroom this black man ain't worthless”
I'm praying hoping he don't Jackson like Curtis
With a fake grin for your years of service
[Hook: Cecil Gardner]
They told me to pledge my allegiance
I told ‘em to s** my indecent proposal
Suppose you told whoever knows you no truth
Backstabbed whoever knows you
[Verse 2: Natti]
My middle finger stands firm as the system that gets it
May they all lounge with Lucifer this instant
Welfare is the opposite of what I see depicted
They brought it like crack and now the hood's addicted
Mom as on backs and daddy is out pitching
He goes legit moves in they going to evict them
Divide and conquer sons without fathers
Surviving Contra guns without armor
Black white brown from lower to middle cla**
Politicians need votes they speak for the little man
Election over they forgetting your little a** from housing collapse
To the jobs that we lack
f**ing off funds we earned off our backs
Seizing millions in drug money where do they put that
Not in education, not in medication
They led us into flames so why they leading the nation
[Hook]