Talib Kweli - Chiraq lyrics

[Verse] Been a double murder, been a couple shootin' n***as droppin' bodies in a couple ways Abandon children cause they daddies dyin' Mommas bury sons every couple day Know some newlyweds think of movin' here But they visit here and not a couple stay Father murdered bout 30 shots every bullet enter not one was grazed At the funeral when they pullin' up n***as enemies and they showin' up When I looked up I was shooked up My dead daddy's body all swollen up Nothin is new just a different day Same reckless k**in, different face n***as excited addicted to violence and not realising They won't get to age Too many of us not doin' enough They scheming and plotting bout fillin' the spots in the prison We k**in like our only option is poppin' a n***a all over a prop I'm sick of all of this sh** Horrifying and vicious So disgusted in these Chiraq hoes all glorifying-a** b**hes So basically you telling me d**h could come from an argument k**in' little kids ain't a part of this Hit your muthaf**in target b**h So fed up don't wanna talk no more sh** is f**ed up when a park is down the street And a group of adolescents can't walk no more Varying expiration from a n***a with no patience or no future aspirations No spark no more Didn't even know her, [?] no more No one's safe, Chiraq sh** Twenty three, shots galore Remember when the slaves get whacked with whips? Now we gettin' whackin' one another outta whips Grammar school, fruit snacks and chips Lil' n***a got book bag packed with clips This sh** is coo-coo, coo-coo crazy Free my n***a, goo-goo baby Life is precious, this sh** is real They settin' traps for us to k** So they don't have to, sit back and laugh Through this Chiraq bloodshed Here we have on the gra**, yellow tape Bloody streets, black complexion Solo shorties, parents absent Hardly soldiers, souls neglected Life is somethin' you cannot buy back I f** but why die, anti Chiraq