My Peoples feat. Raheem

I've seen streets, we're youth
 Are forced to take the long way home
 And I've seen mothers mourn
 The loss of there only born
 Still I believe, we are given nothin' more than we can beg
 A vision is only blurred when life seems unfair
 Who am I to judge the man with the needle in his veins
 When he's just chasing freedom to escape the pain
 Of the worlds fast paced pipe dreams and shortcomings
 He's just trying to make do and find a way out of nothing
 It's like, we damned if we do and damned if we don't
 And it's a very thin line between respect and being broke
 And being one red button away from World War III
 Always called the minority
 And always, always pulled over
 Facing police brutality
 Why is every street a living hell?
 Probably 'cause they want us to fail
 Yeah, three strikes and surely back to jail
 Like the slave ships when they sail
 Years and years of civil rights chasing to pass that bill
 But ask yourself, people have we changed or are we standing still
 Down and out struggling in this concrete jungle
 One check away from starvation, poverty
 But they say being free is about speaking your mind
 Prophesies too much and that's where they draw the line
 A line as thin as the line between war and peace
 A line as thin as the line between west and east
 One button away from World War III
 Being called a minority
 And being pulled, always being pulled over
 And subject to brutality
 Why is every street like a living hell?
 Probably 'cause they all just want us to fail
 And three strikes and surely back to jail
 Like the slaves ship when they sail but they don't know that
 My people whose pains are cornered
 My peoples all shapes and colors
 My peoples got more peoples with ills
 That's more peoples, more siesters and brothers
 My people stay strong as an ox
 My peoples will never fail
 My peoples will always remain
 Remain with a story to tell
 My peoples was paints on the door
 My peoples all shapes and colors
 My peoples got more peoples with ills
 That's more people, more sisters and brothers
 My people stay strong as an ox
 My peoples will never fail
 My peoples will always remain
 Remain with a story to tell
 My peoples was paints on the door
 My peoples all shapes and colors
 My peoples got more peoples in jail
 That's more people than sisters and brothers
 My people stay strong as an ox
 My peoples will never fail
 My peoples will always remain
 Remain with a story to tell
 My peoples was paints on the door
 My peoples all shapes and colors
 My peoples got more peoples with ills
 More people, more sisters and brothers
 My people stay strong as an ox
 My peoples will never fail
 My peoples will always remain
 Remain with a story to tell