I got a feeling

I got a feeling

Listen to me

I got a feeling

(Oh, here he go again)

Something's gonna happen

(He just don't stop)

But I don't know

(Check this)

I got this feeling in my soul making me feel cold

I try to explain it, I try and try but every day I'm told

To get up out this feeling that's keeping you awake

The world is cold, there's no hope, nobody cares what it takes

You shout out, stand up, show someone their mistakes

My people live day to day never knowing what's at stake

It takes your past, make you forget what it means to be black

You buy and buy, front and floss, what the hell is that?

Nobody knows, can't understand what it means to be black

Yet you still call me a ****, what the hell is that?

You justify your acts by saying that's how it is

So explain to me why you defend when he say it is

You my people, I can't stand to see you act this way

I pray to God you listen closely to what I say

What makes it bad is that you hear the things that I say

They make sense, you like them but no comprende

I got this feeling

I got a feeling

I got a feeling

Listen to me

I got a feeling

(Oh, oh)

Something's gonna happen

But I don't know

Now for a minute let's talk young single parents

You try and try to feed and clothe, forgetting about the rest

When you have a child there's rules to be taught

But how can you teach them rules if you were never taught?

There's education, self-esteem and honor your man

Be cool, be humble, be cool and open your hand

You'd be surprised of all the things you can show

You'll likely agree I live in account of the right way to go

But we as a people can solve this ourselves

You deadbeat dads, misplaced moms make your presence felt

I see the root of all these problems and it's not the state

It's the state of our mind that causes us to hate

To hate the white, hate the yellow and how stupid, yes, the black

And if we hate ourselves then how can we get respect?

If I could I would express myself in a better way

But since I can't, listen closely to what I say

I am a man and as a man I'm supposed to do certain things

Protect my folks, my family from day to day

I try hard to speak simply so that you understand

I got this feeling in my gut that I can't comprehend

I got this feeling

I got a feeling

I got a feeling

Listen to me

I got a feeling

Something's gonna happen

But I don't know

I said it before, I'll say it again, how can you truly moralize?

Or even condone the selling of drugs or even carjacking rides?

There's a scratch in the time track and it won't play on, play on

An entire class of people, they won't move on, move on

It used to be a black thing or a strictly poor thing

A strictly immigrant thing, now an information thing

It ain't cool to smack your chick and get bit every day

It ain't cool some other time, don't make me bust you in the face

People hate the things I say 'cause I'm the truth, the truth

I'ma start taking away your pay, yes, the loot, the loot

I'm not saying that Ty is right and the whole world is wrong

But I got this crazy feeling and I know something's wrong

I got this feeling

I got a feeling

I got a feeling

Listen to me

I got a feeling

Something's gonna happen

But I don't know