My Vote Will Count (feat. Sevyn Streeter)

I know the world won't give me nothing, so I gotta take it And I know it's a way we can win, why nobody say it It don't matter where we from, suburbs or the slums They don't wanna see us winning, they rather keep us dumb 'Cause in a world where we don't know how Don't let them tell you that your vote don't count First things first You know back in middle school when they told us It was three branches of the Government, we forgot it when we got older It's the judicial, The legislative and executive, but all we know is the executive That's the mayor or the governor and the president Now none of them three people make no laws, they just be checking them The laws come to their desks and all they do is say no or yes to it So when the news station tried to tell Us that Barack Obama couldn't put us on We was all salty at Obama when it was the congress members all along We gotta focus on the legislative Branch, yeah they the ones that make the laws Yeah they the ones right how much Food stamps money you get on the card But when people that wanted to help us, Wanted the job I know they probably lost 'Cause we ain't even know they name win or they face we know at all So the congress or the state house, that's legislative they make laws So what we want from the president is what they do, okay y'all? See the election every two years, but we'll never even go to those The congress they can raise minimum Wage but we ain't even really know it though So you know back in '08, when we all voted for Obama We was all supposed to go back in 2010 and vote for the congress 'Cause they the ones make child support laws They don't wanna choose if your kids At school get to eat steak or corn dogs The state house make the court costs So if the country failed then you can't say it's them, it's your fault 'Cause y'all ain't know to vote for Congress members that was for y'all And they don't gotta leave after four years and we just let them sit See they don't wanna tell you this, They want you to focus on the president Now the third branch is the judicial, that's judges They the reason why John Crawford and Trayvon had justice So when Meek Mill got locked up just for Popping wheelies we blame the judge and not the city When they let her get voted in 'Cause they know who to vote against Imagine life on the other side, woes better, schools better Everybody get their license back, groceries store food better Custody of your kids back, homeless people get new shelters If we gonna fix the US, we gotta start with them two letters Me and you, somebody told us that the government wanna keep us broke But the only reason why those people In the government is 'cause we ain't vote And I ain't talking 'bout the president I'm talking 'bout the ones we ain't know See they was gonna try keep it low But it's gonna hurt 'em when they see them polls I know the world won't give me nothing, so I gotta take it And I know it's a way we can win, why nobody say it It don't matter where we from, suburbs or the slums They don't wanna see us winning, they rather keep us dumb 'Cause in a world where we don't know how Don't let them tell you that your vote don't count