Started off struggling,Father left at a wrong age
Im still stumbling,The world makes me feel caged
Bombs keep dropping,And I cant figure out why?
Hearts still stopping,Seeing Innocent People die
Children at the tender age of 8 among these corpses
Forced to live a life of crime cause parents werent supportive
Its either run the streets and emulate their favorite rappers
They stay by the heat,cuz to them life isnt a factor
Nobody took the time to teach em or take em under their wings
Eventually growin old and influenced by the lies they see on TV
Take time to make decissions,To see if it is worth Living
The world needs fixin,Firetrucks driving by burning buildings
If you hear this,Dont be like them and throw away your life
Step out the dark into the light,so the world can see you shine
Crips and Bloods,Preps and Thugs,Black and White
Theres know love,Except for putting out the light of a life
Lettin our guards down in hopes that our hands break our fall
The racial walls,that MLK broke years ago still seperate us all
Imagine what he would say,if he seen the state we're in today
Bet he would say,Damn I guess god made a mistake taking me away

i come from a time when you earned respect,
for your rhyme and the way you made words connect,
not the money that you made or the girls you sexed,
a concept you obviously haven't heard of yet

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