Yo, You see the truth is, had the potential to do this
But loose lips, sunk that ship and that movement
That ruthless, lookin' for an easy escape plan
Self-medication, wait fam
What I wouldn't do to wipe clean the slate man
But well wishin' only so far it would take him
Why you trade one vice for one more, hopin' the piece fit
Ain't no secret, you was just the last to see it
Down
And I'm scared that you lost now
It seems that your love for this life got you locked down
And I know
That you feelin' so hopeless, chainsmokin', lookin' for an outlet to focus
To breakthrough, doesn't matter where it gon' take you
Time changes but you swear the time, it won't change you
And I know
Mama told me there'd be times like these
Where you can't find peace
I know it's hard to see but
When it seems that we can't carry on much longer
I will, trust you, to guide me
When it seems that we can't carry on much longer
I will, trust you, to guide me
I been wastin' time, my nine-to-five a life of crime
Mama cryin' lost her mind when, she heard coppers read my rights
While I'm locked inside for forty five
For robbin' lives with forty fives
She on my side, prayed all the time
For, forty days and forty nights
And I don't know, I don't know if I am gonna make it
But mama put my life inside his hands, I guess I'll take it
And I don't know, no, I don't know if I am gonna make it
But mama put my life inside his hands, I guess I'll take it
When it seems that we can't carry on much longer
I will, trust you, to guide me
When it seems that we can't carry on much longer
I will, trust you, to guide me
I don't know, I don't know
If I'm gonna
I don't know, I don't know
If I'm gonna
I don't know, I don't know
If I'm gonna
I don't know, I don't know
If I'm gonna
I don't know, I don't know
If I'm gonna
I don't know, I don't know
If I'm gonna
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no
And I don't know if I'ma make it
Mama's prayers ain't enough to stop this achin'
I'm tired, of seeing my brothers on the pavement
Impatient, contemplatin', lookin' around
Like what they sayin', yeah
Look at the news they hate us
All they do is degrade us
If we on TV it's for sports and public shamin'
Or comedy I see the irony in making 'em laugh
See we just entertainment to the faces facin' the glass
Closed caskets, rose petals and baskets
Black blood and the sun, grew the roses where you standin'
Candlelight vigils, another night, another victim
All in a day's work for the federal justice system
Just listen
As I sit on this bus, headed to prison
Wishin', I had somebody to tell me that I was trippin'
But I didn't
And if they ain't gon' give it, then I'ma get it
Always saw me as a thug so I really became a menace
Turn these bricks into a business
Mama prayin' for my sinnin'
It's funny, 'cuz these bricks, the foundation, for my sentence
Got me callin' out for help dog
They see my color tell me, "Hell nah"
Yeah
They throw us out by the masses
With the roaches and rats and
Tell us that nothin's happenin
While we die by their hand and
When we expose the man
They choke us out 'till we gaspin'
And I can't breathe, this unforgivable blackness