Krs-one - Mr. Percy lyrics

(feat. Triune) [Chorus: KRS-One & Triune] Have mercy Mr. Percy 4 million people out of work, right now Can't find a cent to pay my rent Half of the youth population out of work, right now Give me another day Homelessness risin' upon families So I can try to find my way Word up! Homelessness [KRS-One & Triune:] And I work Several resumés on E-Mail And I work CD's I'm sellin' my beats And I work Part time at the retail And I work I'm just about to be in the street And I work The car that I'm drivin' around And I work Will I ever be on my feet again? [?] We tellin' 'em this now [KRS-One:] Frankly, I don't see how You can't see how you really, homeless now When the emergency hits, who really holds you down? When the sheriff's at your door, ready to throw you down With the state of the economy and the way that it is Many men are at the door with their wife and their kids, saying [Chorus: KRS-One & Triune] Have mercy Mr. Percy 4 million people out of work, right now Can't find a cent to pay my rent Half of the youth population out of work, right now Give me another day Homelessness risin' upon families So I can try to find my way And I work Tried drive taxi cab And I work Enrolled in a technical school And I work My friends, my family for a loan And I work Dollar caps and car pools And I work Just another day now And I work I'm gettin' paid now [?] We tellin' 'em this now [KRS-One:] Everywhere across the nation More people are joining the homeless population From the south, to the north, to the west, to the east People can't pay their mortgage or their lease And last but not least You better hear what I'm saying So many men are at the door with their kids saying Have mercy Mr. Percy Can't find a cent to pay my rent [?] Give me another day 4 million people out of work right now, you gotta do something! So I can try to find my way [?] [KRS-One:] We're on the brink of revolution You let it get to hot So many people tryin' to hang on, and just cannot They must have forgot Last night's news spot Read like a news murder plot Starring who got shot And very little upliftin' Just who got knocked? Very little givin' Everybody's heart is locked And they call this a civilization? Where I can't even find work, with proper employment qualifications Hip-Hop is the name of my nation Where everyday is Saturday and 12 months is vacation Peace, love, unity, havin' fun You can tell by now, I'm not the average one [Triune:] Get choked for the dope here Get stabbed for the stash My X is brash I rap for grabbin' the cash They search for the blackless faces So no need checkin' your [?] or applications [?] How the f** I make thirty grand a year With dudes holding a masters degree It makes no sense, so I make no sense Using my mind [?] There's a war going on outside, no man is safe from I'm Tri-Uno, some call me the great one Until Bush meet people in my community I'm hustling for [?...] till I get an opportunity Have mercy Mr. Percy Can't find a cent to pay my rent Give me another day So I can try to find my way