…)]
It wouldn't be a problem, if I did the crime
I would be a man about it, and just serve my time, but
(Them drugs is not mine, them drugs is not mine)
I hear all…
…is not mine, them drugs is not mine)
[Trife Da God]
Officer of the law, why you touching me for?
Checking the crack of my ass…
They discriminating cuz off my races
Central bookings, they was scared to look me dead in my face
Now you telling me, I'm being charged…
…))
It wouldn't be a problem, if I did the crime
I would be a man about it, and just serve my time, but
(Them drugs is not mine, them drugs is not mine)
I hear all…
…is not mine, them drugs is not mine)
(Trife Da God)
Officer of the law, why you touching me for?
Checking the crack of my ass…
They discriminating 'cause off my races
Central bookings, they was scared to look me dead in my face
Now you telling me, I'm being…
…{*scratched: "Get down!"*}
(Chorus One: female singer) + (male voice)
You need to get down
You need to get down (and I'm gon…
…surround the sound
Bounce from town to town, 'Fest gon' put shit (down)
(Chorus One)
(Chorus Two: female singer) + (male voice…
…(Rhymefest)
You dangerous (yeah) but I'm game for this (yeah)
And I don't kiss cause that can get kankerous
White girls…
…{*scratched: "Get down!"*}
[Hook One: female singer] + (male voice)
You need to get down
You need to get down (and I'm gon' get…
…surround the sound
Bounce from town to town, 'Fest gon' put sh*t (down)
[Hook One]
[Hook Two: female singer] + (male voice) + {'Fest…
…]
You dangerous (yeah) but I'm game for this (yeah)
And I don't kiss cause that can get kankerous
White girls…
…[Intro]
It's your boy Skillz y'all
You know how we do it
And it's that time of the year
So I might as well get…
…and the world'll never know why
I miss her too AJ, but damn, did you have to cry?
Well if it don't make dollars then it don't make sense…
…it meant, they banned the damn t-shirts
Ying Yang did their thing with The Whisper Song
They locked Kim up, but they let my man Sigel…
…and actions be played back
In the mist of mashin'
No fairytales for this young black male
Some see me stranded in this land of Hell
Jail…
…cars and bitches
Wishin' I live my life a legend
Immortalized in pictures
Why shed tears, save your sympathy
My childhood years…
Was spend burying my peers in the cemetery
Here's a message to the newborns
Waiting to breath:
"If you believe
you can achieve, just…
…up, I gotsta act up, and get my thang right
'cause you know, it's all part of being black
No disrespect to the white, but you know…
…and that's a fact
You better watch out if your black
[Male singer]
We all people
So tell me what we do to get cheated the same
Oooooohhh…
…]
Now you wonder why I put so much pressure on my brothers
But niggas is niggas, and I can't put it no other -
Way, just play…
No John Trumbull (Intro)
[Black Thought]
Yeah, Listen
You ever see a painting by John Trumbull?
Founding fathers…
…My Shot (Rise Up Remix)
[Verse 1: Black Thought]
Ayo mugshot, gun shot, dope shot, jump shot
Take your pick, but you only get…
…finally hit the lottery
I refuse to ever lose or throw my shot away
Or chalk it up as just another one that got away
So I'm unapologetic…
…"It's not that I don't love you, you know how much I do" - Willie Clayton
[Intro: Dom Pachino (female singer) {9th Prince}]
Yea…
…feel it)
Word up
[Dom Pachino]
Have you ever seen a grown man cry?
Have you ever asked a grown man, "Why?
Why do you feel…
…it
Cuz on the inside, me and my team'll make ya feel it (To make you feel it)
[Interlude: 9th Prince (female singer)]
(On the outside) Word up…
…to reveal it
The True and Living God with the son of man (son of man)
And if you ever need assistance just take my hand
Black man be prepared cause…
…here comes the Klan
Now my great-great-grand
Was hung on a tree by the colored man
You probably know him as a white man
I seen…
…a Oprah Winfrey show, she said that was in the past
But [b*tch], kiss my [ass]
Now it's time to teach the people, why our people's…
Yeah, uhh
I'd like to say peace to all the Gods and Earths
and people of the universe (peace Allah)
Just wanna let you know the black…
…with the son of man (son of man)
And if you ever need assistance just take my hand
Black man be prepared cause here comes the Klan
Now my great great…
…that was in the past
but (bitch), kiss my (ass)
Now it's time to teach the people, why our people's not
treated equal, here's…
…and tell my girl, "Yo, Puba did this
He did that," cause they nose is in my crack
Like a reporter, but they don't earn…
…a quarter
To do that (Yo, they just jealous, black)
You know the flavor, of that jealous behavior
I'm just like Jesus Christ cause I'm you're modern…
…ones that used to wave, now they sticking up their finger
But I guess that's the price you pay when you become a rap singer
I work…
…and tell my girl, "Yo, Puba did this
He did that," cause they nose is in my crack
Like a reporter, but they don't earn…
…a quarter
To do that (Yo, they just jealous, black)
You know the flavor, of that jealous behavior
I'm just like Jesus Christ cause I'm you're modern…
…]
Same ones that used to wave, now they sticking up their finger
But I guess that's the price you pay when you become a rap singer
I…
…[Dred Scott]
Yeah.. check it out.. check it out..
Check my vibe, I check that vibe
I check my vibe, I check that vibe
I check my…
…vibe, I check that vibe
I check my vibe, I check that vibe
[uncredited singer]
(Sometimes, I don't know if I'm here..
Sometimes…
…in the car to the right
I smile back, taken by my own sense of sight
The cops drive by to do some more good deeds
And a young black male spits…
…said, "hey at least they tap our phones
And listen in the walls."
"did you hear that clicking on the line?"
"yeah it happens all…
…die."
She asked me "why?" I said "I don't know it just feels wrong."
She said "well then write something new
Something made of me and you…
…to the bottle in your hand
I want you to know I understand
Why you had to die
Why you had to lie
So many times before."
I tried…