because i'm black

is it because i'm black?

somebody tell me

what can i do?

(cause their ain't enough bars

to hold the the drama that we've been through)

right here

right now

i do declare

that i'm more than a gangster

mack

pimp or a player

i swear i ain't never told on nobody

it started in '82 at a 'hood house party

half ded

lil' loc and my nephew d

not knowin' what we do

but this is rtc

heart sparked

puttin' flags in tucane park

i leave the house for school

but i come back after dark

you feel me?

more power

more leadership - unifying bloods and crips

i used to smoke a pack a day

i used to have to pack a k

now i've got brothers in suits in my faculty

pushin' peace in the streets - north

west

south and east

student of the game

yeah it's time to make a change

so i'm following

no more swine swallowin'

i'm gon' just walk the walk of a righteous man

try my best to rewrite this plan

as-salamu alaykum

sir

yeah

that's the plan. yeah

i'm down with obama just to add a little drama

and i'm rollin' with the nation

but i've been doin' that

had a talk with my mama

had to let her know that i'mma

make a change

and she said: baby