It seems like many still don't wanna listen to the fact of the matter, they see us act up
My people seeing red 'cah we're still playing catch up
Don't fool yourself by thinking we got equal chances
If we're talking heads or tails then the blacks are the latter
Wanna be Lebron, but required to be like Malcolm
I ain't tryna be Obama, I already know the outcome
It was, jubilation a black president
A great achievement but really did his presence make a dent in the
Way that they see, in, who I can be
See I, warrant suspicion if I got some Vaseline
But if I tell you that's not right then suddenly you're mad at me
Fam I cant believe the cheek, man our experience is not the same
Nobody's ever told you you should go back to your country
Or couldn't pronounce your name
If upon the knowledge that you've been engrained, your response is not to educate
Then who else are we to blame
I see my people face the strife
They tell us the struggle isn't real
I know one day I'mma be in paradise
But while I'm here they do not care bout how I feel, no
But if I had the like skin you, the wings like you
I'd be able to grin like you, to sin like you
Cah the truth is, if you had skin like me
You wouldn't be able to win like you
I see my people face the strife
Some tell me the struggle isn't real
So I see the people gearing up to fight
Because they do not care bout how we feel
But if we had the like skin you, the wings like you
We'd be able to grin like you, to sin like you
Cah the truth is, if you had skin like us
You wouldn't be able to win like you
To them we do not match up
When it comes to justice, the fact that it's a black life plays a factor
The people oppressed but the culture is glorified
Our shortcomings make the news, but victories not televised
Now we're burning cos they never get that first degree
It's a murder case, but murder ain't what they see, it's just
Thugs when let out our frustration
If they do the same thing, there's always justification
It's different lives we live
The only right that they're really happy to give is the right to remain silent
Took my protection so in my mind I remain violent
There's never no changes, they just recycle the same tyrants
Same silence No matter how much we shout
Distorted vision, 'cause I only see the rappers make it out
Or you gotta kick a ball like sterling to get the pounds
Man it's plain to see they do not wanna see us leave the ground
I see my people face the strife
They tell us the struggle isn't real
I know one day I'mma be in paradise
But while I'm here they do not care bout how I feel, no
But if I had the like skin you, the fins like you
I would no longer sink like me
I'd swim like you, the truth is
If you had skin like us
You wouldn't be able to win like you, no
I see my people face the strife
Some tell me the struggle isn't real
I know one day I'mma be in paradise
But they don't care bout how I feel
Man if only I could reach the heights like you, had rights like you
I'd be able to fight like you, take flight like you
The truth is if I wanna make it in the system you created
Then I gotta be white like you
What do you do when the people who lead the nation do not care
And they perpetuate the prejudice through unequal policing
And portray us as the problem to make everybody scared
Let the hate sim simmer
Who got the keys to the Bimmer, if he's Black, it was probably theft
Face harassment, 'cause they never seem to give it a rest
They took the treasure, then they put all of the weight on our chest
Constantly feeling bereft, would it be better if we left
They're saying if you provide us entertainment then we'll pay you in cheque
But if you want that liberation we gon' keep you in check
But I pray they recognise the sin inside their own heart
'Cause although history's something in which we played no part
Failure to acknowledge it's damage is far from a solution
It's time we make our own path
Own path
Because we're in a battle where the side you're on
Is simply determined by the circumstances of your birth
Really I think we're all capable of the same hatred we observe
But hatred is not part of the purpose we're here to serve
And should not be the product of the energy we exert
But in all this I know that Jesus is the key
'Cah it would be so easy for me to believe the many lies that they feed
Have my identity hurt
'Cause I would never know my true worth if I never knew who my creator was
The one who sacrificed, the one who paid the cost
Who died for you and me
So we could live in beautiful community
Free is what He desires Me and you to be
Equal in His eyes
So if I say that white lives do not matter, then that wouldn't be true
But all lives do not matter, until black lives do