We Don’t Wanna Be

Lyrics

[Intro: Maverick Sabre & Joey Bada$$] We don't wanna be We don't wanna be You better duck Press your luck Time's up! Motha- Alright let's get it One time let's split it [Verse] Too bluesy, black choosy A drive-by means slow cruisin' No 2s-in', it's been no shootin' No proof and I (?) I just got to breathe, is someone watchin' me?! Yeah, they gon' let me be, so they stop and they search for my ID [Pre-Chorus] And did you even know we could change this? Brothers really found me a racist How'd you tell a man to behave When you're pushing him around on the pavement? And did you even know we could change this? Brothers really found me a racist How'd you tell a man to behave When you're pushing him around on the pavement? [Bridge] And even though these days they seem to haunt you There's many more to change And you try, and you try, and you try [Chorus: Maverick Sabre & Joey Bada$$] We don't wanna be So we're not gonna be! Retain my madness We don't wanna be insane So we're not gonna be Trapped by disaster We don't wanna be contained So we're not gonna be Retained by madness We don't wanna be insane So we're not gonna be Trapped by disaster We don't wanna be! [Verse 2] I wonder why, buddy, what ya think of me? Askin' me my name and arise to me I got a bag on me and not a thing in it But they understand, they can handle I got the (?) Where I can be in hell free Runnin' alley alley in the parley for pretendance See see he pretendin' neva crowded I ain't honest [Pre-Chorus] First the TV was a problem Now IP PC, I deem to solve it Turn down the volume No love, no hug, just thugs in armor First the TV was a problem Now IP PC, I deem to solve it Turn down the volume No love, no hug, just thugs in armor [Bridge] And even though these days they seem to haunt you There's many more to change And you try, and you try, and you try [Verse 3: Joey Bada$$] One time, they shootin', I make the books I'm a slave to the page that the Times took Babylon, how my mind shook Made one false move, got caught reaching for the wrong book And that's just the way it's set up They left us, soon or late it ain't the best luck It's messed up, we against the odds against us In Babylon, talk back to my ancestor Triple Great Gran, I can feel yo pain Judged by your jewelry, walk with my chain Judge Judy, not one man should have that power Even regular widow's official powder Ain't no country for wise men Every day I look up at this horror rising Now the homies arriving, if it's all surprising Maybe if we unified we could survive [Chorus: Maverick Sabre & Joey Bada$$] We don't wanna be So we're not gonna be! Retain my madness We don't wanna be insane So we're not gonna be Trapped by disaster We don't wanna be contained So we're not gonna be Retained by madness We don't wanna be insane So we're not gonna be Trapped by disaster We don't wanna be! [Outro: Maverick Sabre & Joey Bada$$] Retain my madness, resort my sadness (insane) Trapped by disaster, maintain the balance (contain) Retain my madness, resort my sadness (insane) Trapped by disaster, maintain the balance (contain) Retain my madness, resort my sadness (insane) Trapped by disaster, maintain the balance (contain) Retain my madness, resort my sadness (insane) Trapped by disaster, maintain the balance (contain) We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be We don't wanna be We not gonna be