yeah
it's time baby
it's time to speak the truth
maturity
huh
niggas gotta evolve to let niggas know the real
ya call yourself real
ya gotta start speakin about the real
this is joe crack the don
and this is what i'm bringin to you
uh
yo
nowadays
i'm flirtin with uncertain death
lord i gotta be dyin
cause after all this cryin
how much more hurtin's left?
when will the pain stop?
this depression and anxiety
is gonna make me show another side of me
my niggas ride with me cause i'm the truth
there's benefits to rollin with this clique
don't nobody fuck with you
still they label me a tyrant and a backstabber
but study the facts of crack
the shit don't add up
i'm bringin opportunity to my community
probably the only rapper that cares
but still you out to ruin me
who you foolin b? i'm for unity
latins and blacks
could you fathom the strength
we have of the two it attach
born together
voted alike
these uncle charm politicians ain't holdin us right
how could the same nigga be 20 years in office
when it's clear the only thing that's risin is unemployment
abortion
little kids havin kids
the school system is failing us
now ain't that some shit
while the rich keep gettin richer
the poor keep dyin young
i can't hide no more
the time has come
i was born in the ghetto
tremblin
tryin' a stay alive
cause when you're born in the ghetto
no one seems to hear your cry
brown skin
you know i love my bra-ha-own skin
everyday i'm confronted with racism
these motherfuckin coppers
wanna bag us and have us shackled up in state prisons
after all the taxes i pay
you would think when they stop us
they would have something nicer to say
than get the fuck out the car