Canned Goods

Back in QU
 Momma worked for City Harvest
 She knew that congress didn't care about who the Reagan era hit the hardest
 She never bought me none of the fancy garments
 It hurt her watching people eat from out the garbage
 She wanted to her part to help em progress
 She knew that even more than any possessions or expensive fancy objects
 They needed something to digest
 We'd already been cleaning out our closet
 Headed straight to the Salvation Army station for deposit
 My mommy
 Had figured out that everyone passed the mailroom while they's walking through the lobby
 So that was probably
 The best location for some boxes set up to collect donations
 She left a sign that said "for help to feed the needy"
 And everybody read it except for folks that failed at reading
 And even though some punks had tagged it up with some graffiti
 When I came to check it out the following evening it was filled with . . .
 CANNED GOODS
 LIFE GETS OUT OF HAND
 HAVE-NOTS AND CAN'TS EAT OUT OF CANS
 THE CANNED GOODS
 OTHER FOOD SPOILS MUCH QUICKER
 THE SPOILS GO TO THE VICTORS
 CANNED GOODS
 LIFE GETS OUT OF HAND
 HAVE-NOTS AND CAN'TS EAT OUT OF CANS
 THE CANNED GOODS
 OTHER FOOD SPOILS MUCH QUICKER
 THE SPOILS GO TO THE VICTORS
 After the earthquake in Haiti
 People gave a damn for like almost a month maybe
 Not saying they emotion was fugazi
 But pretty much we out of touch mainly
 But
 My homey Alice saw the whole thing as a challenge
 She spent her dough and time on trying to equalize the balance
 Her point was doing nothing was the same as doing malice
 I personally thought her point was pretty valid
 She built a bill and found a venue
 And vowed to make a dent where other heads would just pretend to
 A member of a hip hop fellowship she made up her mind to have a hip hop benefit
 The price to get in was a measly couple beans
 But if you brought some food or clothes then you could roll for free
 That night I asked her how much she had made
 Barely nothing
 Almost everyone that came had gone and paid with . . .
 CANNED GOODS
 LIFE GETS OUT OF HAND
 HAVE-NOTS AND CAN'TS EAT OUT OF CANS
 THE CANNED GOODS
 OTHER FOOD SPOILS MUCH QUICKER
 THE SPOILS GO TO THE VICTORS
 CANNED GOODS
 LIFE GETS OUT OF HAND
 HAVE-NOTS AND CAN'TS EAT OUT OF CANS
 THE CANNED GOODS
 OTHER FOOD SPOILS MUCH QUICKER
 THE SPOILS GO TO THE VICTORS
 Hurricane Irene, had everyone in NYC ODing
 The year before there was an earthquake
 Now cats preparing for the worst case
 And everybody's talking about HAARP
 Hypothesizing how apocalypse about to start
 And how illuminati's reaching their goal
 As far as global population control
 By the time this song comes out
 Will Occupy Wall Street's time run out?
 I look around
 It has been wack for the black and brown
 But now it's even cats out in Five Towns won't pipe down
 The world is turning upside down
 So much for getting it popping in the hood
 Now even spots where cats be trading stock they stocking up on . . .
 CANNED GOODS
 LIFE GETS OUT OF HAND
 HAVE-NOTS AND CAN'TS EAT OUT OF CANS
 THE CANNED GOODS
 OTHER FOOD SPOILS MUCH QUICKER
 THE SPOILS GO TO THE VICTORS
 CANNED GOODS
 LIFE GETS OUT OF HAND
 HAVE-NOTS AND CAN'TS EAT OUT OF CANS
 THE CANNED GOODS
 OTHER FOOD SPOILS MUCH QUICKER
 THE SPOILS GO TO THE VICTORS