ToGetHer

Lyrics

Verse 1 Money stays on my mind I know it's on yours too Every day we out on the grind Every night dreams get pursued Every time you walk outside you think about what you gotta do Where you want to live, what you want to drive, who you want to be, how to make it true Every second life goes by Everybody's trying not to lose Every man for himself What if Martin lived by those rules? What if Malcolm X ain't rise? Jackie Rob couldn't break through? I want to give you food for thought I know you can't eat thought for food So you don't care about the past You don't trust the lies in the daily news You rock a chain on your neck That chain used to be a noose Huey Newton came with the tools But you know the Panthers were too black, so they killed the black, that added red, red gangs came with the blues Bloods shoot Crips, Crips shoot Bloods Cops shoot both and we lose You don't know how to fight back Should we go march, should we go loot? What if that triple K crew That used to burn down church pews Didn't disappear, switched up they gear Now they right here in plain view? What would you do? Hate won't just fade out Remember those times we had black pride, how did that get played out? We want dollars Kids pick trapping over being scholars And they rather rap instead of go to college Deadbeat father, but you got a mixtape out I don't want to be the last hope Some days I can't cope So I just vent through songs Used to be Instagram posts Last time that we stuck together Slave ships That's a bad joke Always sold each other out, that's how they got us in the damn boats Chorus When all my brothers and sisters get together.... Verse 2 How come You want me to die? What did I do? I don't understand Is it just something inside? I'm so confused Is it my skin, is it my dark brown eyes? Or the way I move, is it how I talk Is it cause I jump kinda high? I have no clue I don't want to tell my little son big lies "Just be cool, when you see the cops please always comply Don't be a fool Don't talk back, don't flinch, don't roll your eyes Follow these rules," He's gonna look at me and say, "I don't see why Dad I'm two!" "Yes I know but I don't know if there's a plan put in place To destroy our young boys or young girls with black faces We might be the target, they want us erased They distract us with rap beef and hope we don't wake Next thing you know we at a wake or we painfully celebrate Some new person they killed, trying to fill us with hate," If my songs go to your trash, pray my words don't go to waste Why can't you stand my race? Are you scared we're too great? 'Cause we take over sports? Our music has passion that just can't be taught Yea we embrace violence but it's not all our fault We are the same folks that were whipped, sold and bought Yes we're still lost We can't get reparations We want change, I say change, they think Caitlyn That's so strange There's some days, I feel shaken Then there's rage, I'm not racist but my heart is racing I don't want to die