a whole country turned on me and my niggas
who pulling the triggers the cops or me and my niggas
who's the terrorist the Syrians or me and my niggas
fuck being all that i can be
for a government that can't stand me
for a nation that can't stand to see my love my brother
would rather i kill my brother and grow up with no father
well i did that i just thank god for my mother
pardon us for acting out you're scaring us
pardon us for staying strapped you're scaring us
pardon us for feeling like the government could give a fuck
don't let the media make you wanna love yourself
your life mattered the second you breathed yourself
they picked trump so why don't we pick our community
forget the vanity its time for unity
they'd like to suffocate our own humanity
but we breathe cause we believe
and we strive cause we believe
we don't die cause we believe
we multiply cause we believe
it's time we turn our depression into a positive weapon
don't let the system enslave your mind
they want to keep you in a bind
our people have been cursed many years but once said a reverend
when life seems like hell seek heaven
don't wait until you're on a metaphorical cross to seek your lord
raise your black fist and soar
