Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Zacchae'us Paul
Lead Vocals
Jaye Newton
Lead Vocals
Jelani Imani
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Zacchae'us Paul
Arranger
Jaye Newton
Songwriter
Jelani Imani
Songwriter
J. A. Ferreras
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Zacchae'us Paul
Producer
Johannes Peters
Recording Engineer
Joshua A. Sandoval Martinez
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We takin' it
We live wit it
We makin' it
But ain't delt wit it
Now the time has come, there have been too many fallen
We droppin' like a storm, we have been through this too long
We takin' it
Live wit it
We makin' it
But ain't delt wit it
Now the time has come, there have been too many fallen
We droppin' like a storm, we have been through this too long
[Verse 2]
Why they killing me?
Is it 'cause I am black with a degree
Headlights in my rear, they follow me
Paranoia fall on me
I find comfort in the sun
'Cause at night I'm on the run
Please don't call me "boy" or "son"
It's a wallet not a gun
When they look at me
Tell me sir what do you see
A honest man with family
Or an animal in a tree
Label me a hood or thug
'Cause my hair, my skin, my slugs
They do dirt, sweep under rugs
For justice, we pull and tug
[Verse 3]
I'm tired of fighting for them to be civil
My head on a swivel, my trust is shriveled
The system want us to be distracted
So if you ain't rapping then shut up and dribble
Can I vibe more than your entertainment?
Or the target of hate, that you aiming at
All of my people, we wanna be equal
No more hashtags, please no more sequels, cycling
When will it be over? I do not know
It's that or Vicodin, Xannys and Perc
The pills they go into our cities and take our own
The more I've grown, the more I known
That this is a genocide, they want us gone (They want us gone , they want us gone, uh)
[Verse 4]
We takin' it
We live wit it
We makin' It
But ain't delt wit it
Now the time has come, there have been too many fallen
We droppin' like a storm, we have been through this too long
We takin' it
Live wit it
We makin' It
But ain't delt wit it
Now the time has come, there have been too many fallen
We droppin' like a storm, we have been through this too long (Yeah)
[Verse 5]
Seen **** get popped by the police through a phone screen, leaves death in my memory
The real muhfucking crime of the century, simply they mentally and physically lynching me
These **** switched out the game, got free reign
Put seventeen bullets in ya head mane
It's not difference of opinion, if you rich or a civilian
When you black, they seeing red and it's a damn shame
It's really all hate
These people wake up needing someone to blame
The life they living didn't pan out the way they expected
It's all projection, ****
That's facts
Took me a while to really get it but it don't change shit
Can't kill me 'cause you hate the life that you live
'Cause you wanna take and take and not give
Can't force me to live in fear
Bottled up these tears to drop sixteens for all these ears
To all my **** in the pen on some bullshit, free Dem folks
That shit slavery all over again, we know what it is, uh
My cuz been in for like fifteen years
Ain't seen 'em since like 6 and this man got kids
But lil' Brock manhandle a chick behind a dumpster and do six months
My ****, tell me, wassup?
[Verse 6]
Hold up, slow down
Ain't tryna deal with this right now
Gas finna turn the headlights down
You wonder why **** get high
Life in america and my town
12 really ready to ride
These **** ready for acshowdown
Pray for my **** when they walk outside
Written by: Jaye Newton, Jelani Imani, Zacchae'us Paul