it's confusing
the way you lose
the truth in choosing
which ground to root in,
disputin'
the moment a sound come out
the mouths of those who doubt
the proof in Movement
shootin' down with verbal bullets
those excuses he come up with
Man's successes, at their best
accept the credit
of the masses
yes, investing is the message
that the wealthy's steady sending...
yet the shit is met with protest
(onto testy ground I tread and...)
certain lessons do pertain
to those who live in lower classes
this regardless of the shade or
how you're made in certain spectrums...
maybe those who pitch their prose are
not denying generations
or that slavery exists,
cause yes,
its still a pressing issue...
but the land
is rich
with loopholes --
don't
let Man
use them
against you.
i may not have eaten from the
seeds of history they fed you....
but my roots were carried too
survived the droughts, though not official
nevermind I grew up poor
had less than your
parents could give you...
you tell me my salary's
bestowed upon my yellow people...
you say opportunity
does grow because I'm put above you
maybe I say differently
simply because of what we been through
You don't see our families
put kids through universities
by saving, making hourly
wages in fucking factories..
on every other corner
yes, the mainstream streets of nyc
there's a gated window
tired eyes over sewing machines
fathers working seven days
and fourteen hours just to make
half of what their neighbors make
in half a day
with half the weight
upon their shoulders, give or take
the pride and hope they barter with
and now its up to us damn kids
to live the dreams they started with
they tell us too that we have to
fight hard every step of the way
but they tell us the secret way
by shielding us from EVERY pain
and wielding education as our
biggest weapon we obtain
the knowledge of the corporate
stay deaf to what the streets could say
you see,
america believes
that since it took
the liberty
of "giving" us the joys
of being called
the "good minority"
we face
racism
in those streets, and its
portrayed so openly
i guess that's all okay though
cause of all that "opportunity"..
no,
we won't make C.E.O but
they do guarantee I.T...
so we accept that "thankfully"
and take it, take it silently
we run our races quiety
we run these miles on our knees
there is no fear, there's no respect
i guess
it's all about those checks
(I guess
my people still forget
that we can shout as loud as them)
it's not our time to rise right now,
I guess
(I'm waiting,
still no sound)
but i feel you can make it out
with unified awareness NOW
It takes a lot of sacrifice
to win a battle biased right
adjusting some priorities,
this goes out to
minorities
minorities
(not black, not brown)
its poverty
that keeps us down
and yes, it's harder for our kind
(ALL of our kinds)
to come around...
we have to "prove" our worth to em
work twice as hard to circle them
must put aside our differences
and histories to move ahead
and once you stand in front of them
or next to them
on top of them
THEN you break the chains of race.
it's so easy to stop us when
they standing up there listenin
to streets so deep beneath them and
some people find it comforting
to know those streets
still welcome them
INVEST in everything you can
and BEAT them in their own damn plan
there's better ways
to make the
paper
all
about
the benjamins
right now, it's bout
america
america
land that i love
economy relies on you
so take it three notches above
Man's successes, at their best accept
the credit of the masses
last in line could pass the fascists
take your time
to gain your assets
