2000 & Beyond

2000 and beyond

2000 and beyond

2000 and beyond

2000 and beyond

Tricks and hoes, bitches and stripper poles

Shake it for dollar signs, let me see from behind

The ghetto's a fairy tale, pimps and jezebels

Dealers with chrome rims with product for you to sell

Chemistry in the kitchen, alleys with rubbers in it

Tires go round and round, windows heavy tinted

Cushions scented inside, pull me over

Now they talkin' 'bout a K9 (Code 6), black man face down

Charge it to the game

Bums warm they weary souls over open flames

Junkie can't find God, watch him find his vein

Preacher walk right by like he ain't seen a thing

Pass the collection plate

**** thought shit was gonna change on election day

Healthcare, H1N1, nasal spray

Got me scared to hit the block, wear my flag as a mask, tote a Glock

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond

Poor folk scrape dollars, spend the last of they income tax

On Impalas with the SS

Church give awards to the best dress

Pastor drive a Bentley, got me thinkin' I was  less blessed

'Cause I let a middle man, he was cappin', what I'm askin'

I don't understand

How you fit that many rings on a helping hand?

Tired of deception

But I pay his kid's tuition 'cause I'm tryna get to Heaven

Ain't it crazy? Scared to have a baby

How can I protect it from the same streets that made me?

Concrete gladiator, blood shed overflow

Real life, some places Russell Crowe will never go

Pimp tight flossin', look at what it cost me

Peace of mind, no sleep, late night, tossing and turnin'

Waitin' on the end, pray to God, forgive me for my sins

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond

As a child, I was cold with a chip on my shoulders

Grandma told me, "Be careful 'cause there are sharks in the water

They will kill you, let the good Lord steer you

Don't worry 'bout the government, 'cause baby, they don't feel you"

Martin Luther King had a dream (We was right there)

I wonder what he saw when up and had nightmares

Quite scared, all the work he had done

Couldn't stop what we've become

In 2000 and beyond

In 2000 and beyond