People

[00:02.52] People, people, people, people
[00:05.77] People, people, people, people
[00:14.55] People
[00:25.54] The streets are paved with fallen souls
[00:27.39] (I don't know what I've been told)
[00:28.81] 'Cause I ain't never been down that road
[00:31.76] The ghetto got a dirty name
[00:33.19] (The media pursued their flame)
[00:34.52] But tell me who are they to really say?
[00:37.53] It's not about the residents
[00:39.04] (Damn, what people think of them?)
[00:40.42] Bush is sitting cozy on the hill
[00:43.25] So don't look down, look up high
[00:44.77] (Don't let these people steal your pride)
[00:46.07] Use that ghetto bullshit as a shield
[00:48.50] And people, people
[00:54.18] Somebody's got to tell the truth (ooh-ooh)
[00:58.00] (I don't think they heard you)
[01:00.00] And people, people
[01:05.62] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[01:12.58] Here we go another year
[01:13.90] (Niggas juggling hate and fear)
[01:15.32] Time is moving like the twelve-hand
[01:18.22] It ain't all so political
[01:19.69] (Black-on-black or physical)
[01:21.12] But everybody's got to understand
[01:23.96] See life ain't what it used to be
[01:25.47] (Death is sowing many seeds)
[01:26.96] Removing like we'll never see pain
[01:29.83] I usually run through life but now
[01:31.32] (I act too quickly, slow it down)
[01:32.71] But I never, ever compromised myself
[01:35.00] And people, people
[01:40.64] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[01:44.30] (I don't think they heard you)
[01:46.53] And people, people
[01:52.15] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[01:58.76] The government's the biggest pimp
[02:00.14] (They take their cut and leave you with)
[02:01.70] Nothing at the end of the day
[02:04.67] I'm searching for a solitude
[02:06.09] (But all I find is niggas who)
[02:07.58] Smile and tell me lies to my face
[02:10.54] The industry's no better 'cause
[02:11.86] (They only show you mad love)
[02:13.20] When you're life and soul is living on the charts
[02:16.23] But when you're luck is facing down
[02:17.80] (Those ones, they are not around)
[02:19.35] Will take your heart and put it in the ground
[02:21.76] And people, people
[02:27.13] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[02:31.00] (I don't think they heard you)
[02:33.21] And people, people
[02:38.63] Somebody's got to tell the truth (ooh-ooh)
[02:44.77] And people, people
[02:50.39] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[02:54.08] (I don't think they heard you)
[02:56.49] And people, people
[03:01.85] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[03:08.01] And people, people
[03:13.57] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[03:16.50] (They say that the truth will set you free)
[03:19.50] And people, people
[03:25.00] Somebody's got to tell the truth (ooh-ooh)
[03:31.18] And people, people
[03:36.74] Somebody's got to tell the truth
[03:42.82] And people, people
[03:48.46] Somebody's got to tell the truth (ooh-ooh)