[00:00.950]"You go bustin' your fist against a stone wall.
[00:03.956]You're not usin' your brain.
[00:05.697]That's what the white man wants you to do. Look at you! What makes you ashamed of bein' black?"
[00:11.527]Nothin' but love for you, my sister
[00:12.747]Might even know how hard it is, no doubt
[00:14.599]Bein' a woman, a black woman at that, no doubt
[00:15.917]S**t, in this white man's world
[00:18.248]Sometimes we overlook the fact
[00:20.546]That we be ridin' hard on our sisters
[00:21.857]We don't be knowin' the pain we be causin'
[00:23.448]In this white man's world
[00:25.087]In this white man's world
[00:26.076]I ain't sayin I'm innocent in all this
[00:28.735]I'm just sayin', in this white man's world
[00:31.388]This song is for y'all
[00:32.943]For all those times that I messed up, or we messed up
[00:36.787]Dear sister, got me twisted up in prison, I miss ya
[00:39.794]Cryin', lookin' at my niece's and my nephew picture
[00:42.776]They say don't let this cruel world get ya
[00:44.955]Kinda suspicious, swearin' one day you might leave me
[00:47.310]For somebody that's richer
[00:48.940]Twist the cap off the bottle, I take a sip and see tomorrow
[00:52.090]Gotta make it if I have to beg or borrow
[00:54.602]Readin' love letters; late night, locked down and quiet
[00:58.182]If brothers don't receive they mail, best believe we riot
[01:01.467]Eatin' Jack-Mack, starin' at the walls of silence
[01:04.448]Inside this cage where they capture all my rage and violence
[01:07.644]In time I learned a few lessons, never fall for riches
[01:10.835]Apologies to my true sisters, far from b*****s
[01:14.232]Help me raise my Black nation, reparations are due
[01:17.068]It's true, caught up in this world I took advantage of you
[01:20.117]So tell the babies how I love them, precious boys and girls
[01:23.454]Born black in this white man's world��and all I heard was
[01:27.149]Who knows what tomorrow brings
[01:32.942]In this world where everyone's blind?
[01:39.465]And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find
[01:45.196]To let you know that you're not alone
[01:51.170]Bein' born with less, I must confess, only adds on to the stress
[01:54.433]Two gunshots to my homie's head, died in his vest
[01:57.603]Shot him to death and left him bleedin' for his family to see
[02:00.987]I pass his casket, gently askin', is there a heaven for G's?
[02:03.936]My homeboy's doin' life, his baby mama be stressin'
[02:06.931]Sheddin' tears when her son finally ask that questions
[02:10.121]Where my daddy at? Mama, why we live so poor?
[02:13.192]Why you cryin'? Heard you late night through my bedroom door
[02:16.313]Now, do you love me, mama? Why they keep on callin' me *****?
[02:19.208]Get my weight up with my hate and pay 'em back when I'm bigger
[02:22.598]And still thuggin' in this jail cell, missin' my block
[02:25.571]Hearin' brothers screamin' all night, wishin' they'd stop
[02:28.768]Proud to be black, but why we act like we don't love ourselves?
[02:31.778]Don't look around, busta, (you sucka!) check yourselves
[02:34.447]Know what it means to be black, whether a man or girl
[02:38.427]We still strugglin' in this white man's world
[02:41.912]Who knows what tomorrow brings
[02:46.606](Born black in this white man's world)
[02:48.118]In this world where everyone's blind?
[02:51.662](In this white man's world)
[02:54.475]And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find
[02:59.188](In this white man's world)
[03:00.983]To let you know that you're not alone
[03:06.127]So, tell me why you changed to choose a new direction
[03:08.997]In the blink of an eye?
[03:10.407]My time away just made perfection
[03:11.836]Did you think I'd die?
[03:13.106]Not gon' cry, why should I care?
[03:14.966]Like we holdin' onto lost love that's no longer there
[03:17.838]Can you please help me?
[03:19.464]God bless me, please keep my seeds healthy
[03:21.717]Makin' all my enemies bleed while my G's wealthy
[03:24.788]Hopin' they bury me with ammunitions, **** and shells
[03:28.112]Just in case they trip in Heaven��ain't no G's in Hell
[03:31.169]Sister, sorry for the pain that I caused your heart
[03:34.307]I know I'll change if you help me, but don't fall apart
[03:37.547]Rest in peace to Latasha, Lil' Yummy, and Kato
[03:40.553]Too much for this cold world to take, ended up bein' fatal
[03:43.647]Every woman in America, especially black
[03:46.694]Bear with me, can't you see that we under attack?
[03:49.975]I never meant to cause drama to my sister and mama
[03:53.053]Hope we make it to better times, in this white man's world
[03:56.821]Who knows what tomorrow brings
[04:02.837]In this world where everyone's blind?
[04:08.784]And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find
[04:15.171]To let you know that you're not alone
[04:19.630]Never that, in this white man's world, they can't stop us
[04:23.120]We've been here all this time
[04:26.784]They ain't took us out, they can never take us out
[04:29.213]No matter what they say, about us bein' extinct
[04:31.446]About us bein' endangered species
[04:33.435]We ain't never gon' leave this
[04:35.242]We ain't never gon' walk off this planet
[04:36.913]Unless y'all choose to
[04:38.653]Use your brain, use your brain
[04:41.510]It ain't them that's killin' us, it's us that's killin' us
[04:43.031]It ain't them that's knockin' us off
[04:45.407]It's us that's knockin' us off
[04:47.603]I'm tellin' you better watch it, or be a victim
[04:50.770]Be a victim, in this white man's world
[05:04.119]Born black, in this white man's world, no doubt
[05:07.768]And it's dedicated to my ************' teachers
[05:09.857]Mutulu Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu Jamal
[05:12.616]Sekou Odinga, all the real OG's, we out
[05:15.680]"The seal, and the constitution,
[05:18.604]reflect the thinking of the founding fathers,
[05:22.183]that this was to be a nation by white people;
[05:26.676]and for white people, Native Americans, Blacks, and all other non-white people were to be the burden bearers,
[05:36.774]for the real citizens of this nation."