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Things'll Never Change

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Hip-Hop/Rap

Things'll Never Change was released on October 29, 1996 by Jive as a part of the album Tha Hall of Game

Song Details

AlbumTha Hall of Game

Release DateOctober 29, 1996

LabelJive

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM87

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

E-40

Lead Vocals

Bo-Rock

Background Vocals

Femi Ojetunde

Keyboards

Mike Mosley

Drum Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Mike Mosley

Songwriter

Femi Ojetunde

Songwriter

Earl Stevens

Songwriter

Bruce Hornsby

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mike Mosley

Producer

Femi Ojetunde

Producer

Carlos Warlick

Mixing Engineer

Ben Leinbach

Recording Engineer

Tom Coyne

Mastering Engineer

Tony Mills

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Aw, yeah (Aw— Aw— Aw, yeah)

It's real (Da-da-da, da-da-da-da, aw, yeah)

Finna put it down (Aw, yeah)

All these old crime thangs, homeless (Da-da-da, da-da-da-da)

The world is crazy, boy (Da)

It's like this, that's the way it is, uh (La-da-da, da-da-da-da, da)

Heavy out there, it's heavy (When will we ever learn?)

[Verse 1]

Was I really such a bad child?

Did I deserve to get hit with boards and whooped with extension cords?

Did you forget that I was your creation

And all I wanted from you all was love, hope, and motivation?

"Son, you're disrespectful and you're talking back, get out my face"

Kicked me out the house and wouldn't even let me plead my case

Now I'm homeless and I'm freezin' like the morgue

Only thing keeping me alive is the Lord

Needless to say, it's times like this I'd rather be locked up than

Drinkin' water out my hands and eatin' out of garbage cans

Can I come back home, huh, could I?

Son, you're on your own, why should I?

[Chorus]

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is

Nobody's even concerned

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is

When will we ever learn? (Huh)

[Verse 2]

Three years from now, I think I'm gon' be straight

I put my name on the list for Section 8

Tried out for the Army, but I was flatfooted

Didn't do no harm to me, 'cause I was used to it

If I apply for some work, let's make a bet

I get denied 'cause I don't know about the internet

What do you think we need to do to change about this nation?

Need to provide more jobs and better education

Nuclear weapons? (Puh, puh) Should be stopping crimes

Already got enough to blow the world up a thousand times

The birds and the bees, deadly disease

Teenage pregnancies, STDs

[Chorus]

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is

Nobody's even concerned

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is

When will we ever learn?

[Verse 3]

A-wa-uh wait a minute, I hear sirens

Oh, that's the couple down the street, domestic violence

Either them or the little girl in 306

She's always telling everyone that she gon' slice her wrists

I guess that's the way it is in the life of sin

Where you'll probably end up dead, or in the pen

But my family ain't no better than the next

My auntie Brenda turned her own sister in for writin' bad checks

And saved folks'll try to hit you where it hurts

Knowin' they the biggest hypocrites in the church

We need to give our minds a bath and do some scrubbin'

Stop the hate and start the lovin'

[Chorus]

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is (The way it is)

Nobody's even concerned (Even concerned)

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is (The way it is)

When will we ever learn? (When will we ever learn?)

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is (The way it is)

Nobody's even concerned (Even concerned)

Some things'll never change, that's just the way it is (The way it is)

When will we ever learn? (When will we ever learn?)

[Outro]

Learn, learn

Learn, learn

Written by: Bruce Hornsby, Earl Stevens, Femi Ojetunde, Mike Mosley

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