Verse 1
Can't focus on shine cuz my people are poor/
Sixteen percent unemployed let's get down to it/

Instead of tryna avoid the reasons in the game got us lackin' the coin/
Little boys in the streets constructin' facades/
Minds gang related cuz they lackin' a job/

And in the inner city that's the probable odds/
Kids droppin' out of school and it's givin' 'em pause/
But they was born rebels schools ain't givin' 'em a cause/

And it's hard growin' up when you lackin' a pops/
One in four young brothers end up behind bars/
And a lot of baby dolls become black girls lost/

Cuz they mentally scarred we dealt a lot of hands few winnin' cards/
'Less ya name is Lebron old folks shrug say take it to God/
But most young folks believe He a fraud so they run to the mosque/


Chorus
[Karizmatic]


And you can take it how you take it/
I'ma spit the real and I ain't tryna preach/

But times is ill wake up one day and ya fate is sealed/
Thought there was time to switch but they ran out of deals/
And they say it's the people I think poverty kills/

When you at ya wits end tryna pay the bills/
And you underpaid even though you got skills/
Play the lottery just prayin' for a mill/


(Repeat)


Verse 2
[Karizmatic]


And I believe in Christ but can't say that they wrong/
When religion we was given was delivered whitewashed/
And we celebrate Obama but still carry the trauma/

Of Willie Lynch horror led to baby mama drama/
And a lot of absent fathers makin' situations harder/
No wonder streets erupt like Iceland lava and blood get spilled like oil in the harbor/

And skulls get cracked earthquakes in the summer/
So up goes the deathrate seems like we can't escape/
Sign of the mental rape that's plagued us to this date/

I don't believe in fate we can change our mindstate/
That's why I rap this way I believe in brighter days/
Past the haze and down the road a little ways/


I see a path to change and heavenly sun rays/
Where we can star gaze not worry 'bout wars waged/

And take pride in peace and how our kids raised/

Chorus