Listen

I gotta few things I wanna ask the Lord
Why my people gotta be so poor, feel me
And whys it so rough when youre young and black
They say you go to jail or get strung on crack
Why the girl have a baby she was twelve years old
Ask the state why the cells gotta be so cold
And why these *****s here with so many years
Whole family in court crying so many tears
Can you picture us living with hope
When the same ones hanging us is giving us ****
****, its hard to get by
I pray to God its still hard to get by
Just wanna hold my son
But I cant leave my house until I load my gun
I gotta grab my sword
And when I die I got some things I wanna ask the Lord
Like, why we dying from AIDS
And why on TV its aight to be gay
Aint that sorta like my gun got the right to be waved
If I could sit back and watch a whole cipher of slaves
Ask my man where the blacks at
Ask myself where the next Malcolm X at
Is he makin Salat, or upstate like a ape in a box
Am I a human or a fallen angel
Got to pray by myself cause Im out of angle
I aint facin the east, tell the brothers I was shakin the beast
Had the nine and the eight in the streets
Open your eyes , stay wise, cause even Satan is deep
I pray for a better living
Even though I think Im better dying
Why, cause Id rather hear the angels singing
Why, and I dont wanna hear my people crying, feel me black
We aint gotta die no more, I said we aint gotta die no more
Black woman Listen
You aint gotta cry no more, I said you aint gotta cry no more
Black child Listen
We gotta provide for yall, I said we gotta provide for yall
Devil man Listen
We got a surprise for yall, I said we got a surprise for yall
Black man Listen
Bout to be on some clever ****
I gotta think if the president is prejudice
And thats another eight years down
The 500 year warn, thats a eight year round
I dont really mean to sweat it
But the war been on before they came on your TV and settle
They dont need lead to shoot ya
Why would a man make a computer to head the future
I think about it in a **** session
They said better technology, all I see is regressin
Blew up our buildings in fact
But if they live under the sun then them children is black
fore the devil get more time Id rather see the world cease
Hit the afterlife of world peace
Where black men dont die , the women dont cry
And the little kids get provided for and play in the sky, what
We aint gotta die no more, I said we aint gotta die no more
Black woman Listen
You aint gotta cry no more, I said you aint gotta cry no more
Black child Listen
We gotta provide for yall, I said we gotta provide for yall
Devil man Listen
We got a surprise for yall, I said we got a surprise for yall
Black man Listen