ain't no more free Lil Steve
I gave 'em chance and chance
I even done told them please
I find it crazy the police'll shoot you
but still tell you to freeze
Fucked up, I seen what I seen
I guess that mean hold him down
if he say he can't breathe
It's too many mothers that's grievin'
They killin' us for no reason
Been goin' on for too long to get even
Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas
I went to court and they sent me to prison
when they said I can't leave
First I was drunk, then I sobered up quick
When I heard all that time
He got a life sentence plus
We just some products of our environment
How the fuck they gon' blame us?
You can't fight fire with fire, I know,
but at least we can turn up the flames some
Every colored person ain't dumb
and all whites not racist
I be judgin' by the mind and heart,
I ain't really into faces
Fucked up, the way that we livin'
you gotta know how to survive
Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones
to carry a gun when they goin' outside
Stare in the mirror whenever you drive
Overprotective, go crazy for mine
You gotta pay attention to the signs
Seem like the blind followin' the blind
Thinkin' 'bout everythin' that's goin' on
I boost security up at my home
I'm with my kind if they right or they wrong
I call him now, he'll pick up the phone
And it's five in the mornin',
Tell 'em wherever I'm at, then they comin'
I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin'
That shit be crazy, they 'posed to protect us
Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us
While they go home at night,
Knowin' we needed help, they neglect us
One of them who gon' make them respect us
'Cause I can see in your eye that you fed up
Fuck around, got my shot, I won't let up
They know that we a problem together
They know that we can storm any weather
God is the only man I fear
Fuck it, I'm goin' on the front line
if you come past that gun line
You know when the storm go away,
You gotta put your head in the game
I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters
I want all my daughters to show out in public
Seems like we losin' our country
But we gotta stand up for somethin',
Every video I see on my conscience
I got power, now I gotta say somethin'
Corrupted police been the problem
where I'm from, but I'd be lyin'
if I said it was all of them
I ain't do this for the trend, I don't follow them
Altercations with the law, had a lot of them
People speakin' for the people,
Stick together, we can get it up out of them
I can't lie like I don't rap
but I'm tellin' my youngins to vote
I didn't have no choice or no hope,
I was forced to just jump in and go
This bullshit is all that we know,
Got time to be serious, no time for no games
let us go from them chains
They trainin' officers to kill us,
with these rubber bullets
They regular people, I know that they feel it
These scars too deep to heal us
Nobody remember It ain't makin' sense,
It happen to one of your people, it's different
We get it, the system is wicked,
just learn how to pick it
Knowledge is power, I swear I'm a witness,
I know that I'm gifted I won't go too deep
'cause I'm scared they'll get me
Ain't scared to admit it,
some shit I can't mention
It's people who can, well, here's the chance
but I'll take a stand for what I believe
Must not be breathin' the air that I breathe
You know that the way that I bleed,
I never been a fan of police
So it's only right that I get in the streets
March for a reason, not just on GP
Our people died for us to be free
Fuck do you mean? This was a dream
Now we got the power that we need to have
They don't want us with it
and that's why they mad, yeah
It's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight (nah)
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fear
It's bigger than black and white
It's a problem with the whole way of life
It can't change overnight (nah)
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon' 'head start here
We done had a hell of a year
I'ma make it count while I'm here
God is the only man I fear