catch 22

Singer: devaughn, raheem

whats gangsta

in my humble opinion

whats gangsta is knowledge

spilled out on the track

tell me who are we really when we don't know our history

what good is the church for when you cannot trust the priest

guess the lies are easier to swallow than it is to face the truth but the struggles of tomorrow are the same ones as the past. wishing i could prophecy

or perhaps just fade away for brand new better day so until my dying day

living life like a catch 22

for every step i try to take yet they wanna push me back

i aint worried about it see

cause i can handle that

if the sidewalk could speak it would tell you how?

while little girls were playing double dutch and look outs were guiding the police

while they restored the projects for the inside to remain the same

cause if it looks brand new to me and you we won't feel the need for change

its got me pasing back and forth on concrete

wishing i could prophecy

or perhaps just fade away so until my dying day

this one is for? that don died way to soon in the same block with the cracked rocks and another closed down school. for all the precious babies with fathers locked down with fake crime

for the sleep walking and blind chilling on?

i ain't gonna settle

no change is going to come

to each one reaches one

my word ain't done

am gonna keep on living