| [00:34.16] | Came out today 1988 |
| [00:37.10] | |
| [00:38.16] | Pops was out to skate |
| [00:39.47] | |
| [00:40.10] | Momma said she was late |
| [00:41.15] | |
| [00:41.84] | Even with his absence I had to adjust |
| [00:44.45] | With the madness grew up |
| [00:45.96] | A little quicker than your average |
| [00:47.59] | Let me taste cause I ain't had none |
| [00:49.77] | A young black kid |
| [00:50.95] | Brainwashed by rap and rock |
| [00:52.64] | VCRs I had the Magnivox |
| [00:54.94] | High school we had the campus locked |
| [00:56.94] | Non grad sad to drop out but |
| [00:59.38] | We needed something to believe in |
| [01:00.75] | |
| [01:01.51] | We're living for the weekend |
| [01:02.88] | |
| [01:03.81] | Teacher said we wouldn't be shit |
| [01:05.38] | Not bad for some heathens |
| [01:07.37] | Thanks for the lack of faith |
| [01:09.11] | |
| [01:09.87] | In judging what I do |
| [01:11.59] | This generation |
| [01:13.31] | |
| [01:15.81] | Ain't nothing I can say |
| [01:17.74] | What can I tell to you |
| [01:19.80] | This generation |
| [01:20.74] | |
| [01:24.41] | They say we ain't playing with a full deck |
| [01:26.04] | They let us down why they upset |
| [01:28.22] | Nothing but the naked truth I feel undressed |
| [01:30.09] | 21 gun salute for young vets |
| [01:32.71] | |
| [01:33.27] | Rodney King did what he had to |
| [01:34.65] | Now these white girls get to date black dudes |
| [01:36.46] | Shorty's into rosaries and rap feuds |
| [01:39.14] | Young niggas with snapbacks and tattoos |
| [01:40.77] | |
| [01:41.33] | We fast forward sell a lot of kush |
| [01:43.14] | If you rap dude getting hella push |
| [01:45.32] | Missed the Reagan era but we got Bush |
| [01:47.44] | Talking 'bout the same spot that Barack took |
| [01:49.69] | My generation on some other shit |
| [01:51.24] | Getting faded while we waiting on the mothership |
| [01:53.62] | And not dependent on the government |
| [01:54.68] | To teach this generation how to love again |
| [01:57.42] | Thanks for the lack of faith |
| [01:59.17] | |
| [01:59.68] | In judging what I do |
| [02:01.23] | |
| [02:02.17] | This generation |
| [02:04.60] | |
| [02:05.85] | Ain't nothing I can say |
| [02:07.72] | What can I tell to you |
| [02:09.35] | |
| [02:10.04] | This generation |
| [02:12.90] | |
| [02:14.53] | We used to read guns and ammo |
| [02:16.08] | Crack cocaine left the hood in shambles |
| [02:18.02] | On the streets of Linwood |
| [02:20.34] | Gang bang insane the gang was in hood |
| [02:22.17] | |
| [02:23.21] | Paroo crib |
| [02:24.65] | Don't ever let your Jerry curl drip |
| [02:26.21] | When the winters don't end |
| [02:28.52] | When the homie's big brother just shot his best friend |
| [02:30.64] | |
| [02:31.57] | Get it right through the chest |
| [02:33.07] | At the school at the crib playing Russian roulette |
| [02:34.69] | And you wonder why we do what we do for the set |
| [02:37.25] | Any given moment homie you could be next |
| [02:38.88] | |
| [02:40.00] | It's what we do for respect |
| [02:41.31] | Cause this generation got a noose on its neck |
| [02:43.05] | |
| [02:43.99] | We let it all hang out |
| [02:45.61] | Society wouldn't let us in so we banged out |
| [02:47.80] | Thanks for the lack of faith |
| [02:49.23] | |
| [02:50.04] | In judging what I do |
| [02:51.17] | |
| [02:52.66] | This generation |
| [02:53.91] | |
| [02:55.97] | Ain't nothing I can say |
| [02:57.59] | |
| [02:58.34] | What can I tell to you |
| [02:59.97] | This generation |