John Johnson Jr. - Detroit lyrics

(Intro by Alan Watts) "Time is a social institution and not a physical reality. There is in other words, there is no such thing as "time" in the natural world. The world of stars and waters and mountains and clouds and living organisms. There is a such a thing as rhythm. But time as such is a social institution. All those things are social institutions or conventions. The word convention from the Latin 'convenire' 'to come together' 'to agree about something' 'to hold a convention' and thus of course in it's deteriorated sense, when we say something is purely conventional, then we need to be taking it seriously." [Verse 1] Man, man, man, man Why we gotta care about an image? Why you hating homie, 'cause I'm full of fancy pigment? Yeah, that melanin? Boy, it got you n***as trippin' I was on the West of Brooklyn Tryna' equip the chicken to my pocket space Because a lot of you n***as occupying space Saying a lot of sh**, bragging about the dumbest sh** Black folks is dying, and increasing by the numbers sh**, I wouldn't know what to do If they tried to get my brother hit 'Cause bible bro, I'd let the shotty blow Or the Rugar blast But I ain't doing that Man, I got to give this love a chance It's the only thing I need upon this planet And I've been searching through myself and these ladies To raise my future grand-babies [Pre Chorus] So if you, got to s**, on your crush or your bae Wouldn't you like that? Wouldn't you like that? So if you, had the chance, that them lives didn't have Then wouldn't you fight back? Wouldn't you fight back? Awh, y'all n***as not listening because [Chorus] Ain't sh** changed, but the Cartier frames My goons rollin' Pints & 40's Backwoods of cookie, with the windows open We straight smokin' We straight smokin' Backwoods of cookie, with the windows open 2x [Outro] You are about to witness, the very exciting story of a city and it's people. It will be an adventure that will open new sights and familiar surroundings. It is a story of a city seeking new horizons in a resolute contest with great challenges. That city is Detroit