Young Black America (feat. The-Dream)

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[00:18.88] Yeah, I was on that corner, tryna get my coins up
[00:22.43] Coppers run up on us and we turn to Jackie Joyner
[00:25.56] White man kill a black man, they never report us
[00:28.75] Black man kill a white man, they gon' start a war up
[00:31.89] Mama she was sour, sippin' on the Absolut
[00:35.12] Young niggas brainwashed, they just wanna rap and hoop
[00:38.26] Could've been a lawyer until they came and shackled you
[00:41.47] Felons on your records so them jobs ain't gettin' back at you
[00:44.45] Them kids ain't eat yet, so you can't even sleep yet
[00:47.76] That's the only thing we ever saw, we repeat that
[00:50.80] They was playing ball, fouled him hard, said I'd be back
[00:54.07] Broad day, threw his life away, soon as he clapped
[00:57.13] Gave that boy a life sentence, made his momma relapse
[01:00.20] Damn, they don't understand
[01:02.77] Comin' from the bottom, it's so hard to make a plan
[01:05.86] Know them kids beefin', they let it get out of hand
[01:09.53] OGs never told us nothin' in advance
[01:11.70] Young niggas killing young niggas, shit is like the Klan, I said
[01:16.15] Told my young nigga, "You the man," I said
[01:19.31] You don't wanna end up like my man Ahmed
[01:21.97] Praying five times a day, prostration on his head
[01:25.21] Screamin' isha Lord that he don't make it to the feds
[01:29.56] Caught up in the system, visit from his sister
[01:32.38] Talkin' 'bout all these niggas, how they ain't even with him
[01:35.39] Said they would ride or die, but it ain't even in 'em
[01:38.67] Always postin' on the 'Gram, but hey ain't sendin' pictures
[01:41.70] Never answer when you call, but answer for them bitches
[01:44.83] Got you thinking twice, damn I should've been a witness
[01:47.91] Dismantle my business, just telling my story
[01:51.11] All guns, no glory, been going on before me
[01:54.28] We slaves in the '40s, still slaves in the present
[01:57.40] No toys for Christmas, ain't get us no presents
[02:00.75] Only made us evil, made us hungry, made us desperate
[02:04.25] Youngin' in the 9th grade, he got a Smith and Wesson
[02:07.05] Grew up with the goons, now he need protection
[02:10.16] He dropped outta school, then he got arrested
[02:13.38] Lord with a blessing, I just hope he learned his lesson
[02:16.32] They told us, if we go to jail, we would be respected
[02:19.52] They told us, if we make a sale, we would run a check in
[02:22.83] Threw a rock out in that field, and got intercepted
[02:25.99] He stumbled, he fumbled, y'all niggas just rumble
[02:29.03] They told you to hustle, them niggas don't love you
[02:31.60] Young black American, (na na)
[02:34.22] Wanna live like the fairer skin, (na na)
[02:37.73] Fall to the paradigm, (na na)
[02:40.68] Occupied on that Marilyn, (na na)
[02:43.87] The prophecies of the wild nigga, no church
[02:46.95] My uncles said stop bitching nigga, no skirts
[02:50.19] It's kinda crazy there's another world on the other side of town
[02:55.73] Pastor rollin' up in that Rolls
[02:57.87] Pullin' up in that Holy Ghost
[02:59.66] Preaching, while niggas dying by the Bible code
[03:02.75] The destruction, the hate
[03:05.93] The obstruction of my faith
[03:09.15] My prayers, my faith
[03:12.34] Will never be the same
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