we don't wanna be

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

too bluesy

black choosy

a drive-by means slow cruisin'

no 2s-in'

it's been no shootin'

no roof and i raise

i just got to breathe

is someone watchin' me?!

yeah

they gon' let me be

so they stop and they search for my id

and did you even know we could change this?

brothers really found me a racist

how'd you tell they're meant to behave

when you're pushing them around on the pavement?

and did you even know we could change this?

brothers really found me a racist

how'd you tell they're meant to behave

when you're pushing them around on the pavement?

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

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

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 this

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

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

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

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

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'd unified we could survive

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

retain my madness

resort my sadness

trapped by disaster

maintain the balance

retain my madness

resort my sadness

trapped by disaster

maintain the balance

retain my madness

resort my sadness

trapped by disaster

maintain the balance

retain my madness

resort my sadness

trapped by disaster

maintain the balance

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