CHANGES

I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself Is life worth living should I blast myself I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch Cops give a damn about a negro Pull a trigger kill a nigger he's a hero Givin' crack to the kids who the hell cares One less hungry mouth on the welfare First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothas Give 'em guns step back, watch'em kill each other it's time to fight back, that's what Hughy said Two shots in the dark now Hughy's dead I got love for my brothas But we could never go nowhere unless we share with each other We gotta start makin' changes Learn to see me as ya brotha instead of two distant strangers And that's how it s'posed to be How can the devil take a brotha if he's close to me, uh I love to go back to when we played as kids But they ain't changin', and that's the way it is That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Oh yeah That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Oh yeah I see no changes, I all see is racist faces Misplace hate makes disgrace to races We under, I wonder what it takes to make this One betta place, let's erase the wasted Take the evil outta people they'll be actin right Cause both black and white are smokin crack tonight And the only time we chill is when we kill each othe It takes skill to be real we gotta heal each otha And although it seems heaven sent We ain't ready to see a black president It ain't a secret don't conceal the facts A penitentiaries packed and it's filled with blacks But some things will never change Try to show anotha way but staying in the dope game Now tell me what's a mother to do Bein' real don't appeal to a brotha in you Ya gotta operate the easy way (I mad a G today) but ya made it in a sleazy way Sellin' crack to the kids (I gotta get paid) Well hey well that's the way it is That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Oh yeah That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Oh yeah We gotta make a change It's time for us as a people to startmaking some changes Let's change the way we eat Let's change the way we live And let's change the way we treat each other You see the old way wasn't working So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive And still I see no changes can't a brotha get a little peace It's war on the streets and a war in the middle east Instead of war on poverty, they gotta a war on drugs so the police can bother me And I ain't never did a crime I didn't have to do But now I'm back kickin' facts givin' back to you Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up,　crack you up, and pimp smack you up Ya gotta learn to hold ya own They get jealous when they see ya with a mobile phone But tell the cops they can't touch this, I don't trust this When they try to rush I bust this That's the sound of my tool, ya said it ain't cool But mama didn't raise no fool And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped, and I'll neva get to lay back Cause I always gotta worry 'bout the payback Some punk that I ruffed up way back comin' back after all these years Rata-tat-tat (tat tat) that's the way it is That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Oh yeah That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Oh yeah