[Verse 1 Young C]
I see no changes wake up in da mornin and grab my glock
is dope worth sellin should I leave da block

I'm tired of being broke,even worst I'm black
my pockets lo,so I'm lookin for a cracker to jack
one time care less bout a young bro

bust a glock,kill a joc,he's a hero
here a knock at da door who da hells there
first of da month hope its checks or welfare

goo dope watch em serve a sucker
give em money step back watch em beat each other
it's time to strike back dats wat King's said

one shot to da dome now King's dead
i got love 4 my ^!$$%z,but we can never go nowhere unless we start pullin triggaz,it's time to start makin changes,learn to see me as anotha instead of a man who would hang ya,and thats how it arta be how can myy own beat anotha if he's close to me,i love to go back to when we was young but things chang dats jus where I'm from


[Bridge w/ changing ad libs]
Come on come on
That's just the way it is

Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
aww yeah

[Repeat]

[Verse 2 Tupac]

I see no changes all I see is racist faces
misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under I wonder what it takes to make this

one better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right
'cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonight

and only time we chill is when we kill each other
it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And although it seems heaven sent

We ain't ready, to see a black President, uhh
It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact
the penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks

But some things will never change
try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game
Now tell me what's a mother to do

bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you
You gotta operate the easy way
"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way

sellin' crack to the kid. " I gotta get paid,"
Well hey, well that's the way it is