The Diplomats - Melanin lyrics

[Bugs] Should I do what they gave me, took it and never admit I invented the flow, yup, they different between us Emergency come, like a different n***a Different strokes, for different folks, sh** I ain't tryin' To come up short, let on, let it all Or will it just blow, like it did to coke Not me, some of us get rich, but now you dissin', the rich n***as is broke The government, sh** they make us sniff' coke Instead of embracin' us, f** savin' us, thinking what's ya throat I'm hearin' ya guns in ya hood, what the f** you think How can one another --- get ya stoned and then some weed Just go, eight children broke, the statistics, every three hours A brother is smoked, a baby is k**ed, a sister is raped Somebody mother, strangled under that dope Just get up and say, here, get up and pray Tomorrow and promise, so I live for the day, just for hip hop I need all, but tell ya rappers to come back, yea We work too hard, to give us away, evicted my age I can't grow up, like Eazy-E, a victim of AIDS Being black is crime, I done worked, a nine to five For three years, and they still, ain't give me a raise sh** give me a gauge, f** a mininum wage Get in a helicopter, look down, sh** we live in a maze The day go fast, when ya broke, but it seems like The minute you pay, the sun, never set I don't sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of d**h So I wake up, my brother, my cousins, and uncle's that's def, yes *talking* [Bugs] After the war, there's casualties, I stood the art They give us roaches and batteries, and blow you apart Peon, procrastinate, to a**a**inate under the smart Be brave, in the Wizard of Oz, they build you a heart, get some courage Or get you the light, most flow in the dark, won't get discouraged I'm on the one way trip to heaven, forget the luggage Just in pain, it's making me weak, it's making me sluggish Besides me, hogging up my THC In my hood, everybody got a PHD I count on my fingers, how many n***as got a GED My life done work more, than TV, and the DVD f** a CD, I wanna be free, money for free I'm like a cat, caught in the tree, ok, I need help Why do I do for others, when I know, that you ain't do sh** for me You be there when you need me, they collapse Under the real woods, in me, if I need, another match I chuckled, pool game, goodie mob, goodie help Coke kid, frankly, GNC, respect yes My brother Kenny, I will pay you back, forever you help me I got the many mentions, it's yours, n***a the key to the drawers So I work out, try to keep my endurance We lips, looked out, when that n***a needed insurance Lift it, G to E-N-T, Miss Pam, f** feedin missy I can cut down, for going to college, believing in me I love you girl, you mean the world to me