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come on come on
i see no changes wake up in the morning and i ask myself
is life worth living should i blast myself?
iand'm tired of beinand' poor and even worse iand'm black
my stomach hurts so iand'm lookinand' for a purse to snatch
cops give a damn about a negro
pull the trigger kill a nigga heand's a hero
give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
one less hungry mouth on the welfare
first ship and'em dope and let and'em deal to brothers
give and'em guns step back watch and'em kill each other
itand's time to fight back thatand's what huey said
2 shots in the dark now hueyand's dead
i got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere
unless we share with each other
we gotta start makinand' changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers
and thatand's how itand's supposed to be
how can the devil take a brother if heand's close to me?
iand'd love to go back to when we played as kids
but things changed, thatand's the way it is
bridge w/ changing ad libs
come on come on
thatand's just the way it is
thingsand'll never be the same
thatand's just the way it is
aww yeah
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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, letand's erase the wasted
take the evil out the people theyand'll be acting right
and'cause both black and white is smokinand' 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 ainand't ready, to see a black president, uhh
it ainand't a secret donand't conceal the fact
the penitentiaryand's packed, and itand's filled with blacks
but some things will never change
try to show another way but you stayinand' in the dope game
now tell me whatand's a mother to do
beinand' real donand't appeal to the brother in you
you gotta operate the easy way
andquot;i made a g todayandquot; but you made it in a sleazy way
sellinand' crack to the kids. andquot;i gotta get paid,andquot;
well hey, well thatand's the way it is
bridge
talking:
we gotta make a change...
itand's time for us as a people to start makinand' some changes.
letand's change the way we eat, letand's change the way we live
and letand's change the way we treat each other.
you see the old way wasnand't working so itand's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
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and still i see no changes canand't a brother get a little peace
itand's more on the streets than war in the middle east
instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs
so the police can bother me
and i ainand't never did a crime i ainand't have to do
but now iand'm back with the facts givinand' it back to you
donand't let and'em jack you up, back you up,
crack you up and pimp smack you up
you gotta learn to hold ya own
they get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone
but tell the cops they canand't touch this
i donand't trust this when they try to rush i bust this
thatand's the sound of my tool you say it ainand't cool
my mama didnand't raise no fool
and as long as i stay black i gotta stay strapped
and i never get to lay back
and'cause i always got to worry and'bout the pay backs
some punk that i roughed up way back
cominand' back after all these years
rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat thatand's the way it is uhh
bridge and'til fade
some things will never change
