My Peoples
DJ Jazzy Jeff, Mr. Thing
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[Verse 1] I've seen streets we're youth are forced to take the long way home And I've seen mothers mourn the loss of there only born Still I believe we are given nothin more than we can beg A vision is only blurred when life seems unfair Who am I to judge the man with the needle in his veins When he's just chasing freedom to escape the pain Of the worlds fast paced pipe dreams and shortcomings He's just trying to make do and find a way out of nothing Its like we damned if we do and damned if we don't And it's a very thin line between respect and being broke [Chorus] And being one red button away from world war three Always called the minority And always always pulled over Facing police brutality Why is every street a living hell Probably cause they want us to fail Yeah three strikes and surely back to jail Like the slave ships when they sail [Verse 2] Years and years of civil rights chasing to pass that bill But ask yourself people have we changed or are we standing still Down and out struggling In this concrete jungle One check away from starvation, poverty But they say being free is about speaking your mind Prophesise too much and that's where they draw the line A line as thin as the line between war and peace A line as thin as the line between west and east [Chorus] One button away from world war III Being called a minority And being pulled always being pulled over and subject to brutality Why is every street like a living hell Probably cause they all just want us to fail And three strikes and surely back to jail Like the slaves ship when they sail but they don't know that My people whose pains are cornered My peoples all shapes and colours My peoples got more peoples with ills That's more peoples more sistas and brothas My people stay strong as an ox My peoples will never fail My peoples will always remain Remain with a story to tell My peoples was paints on the door My peoples all shapes and colours My peoples got more peoples with ills That's more people more sistaz and brothaz My people stay strong as an ox My peoples will never fail My peoples will always remain Remain with a story to tell My peoples was paints on the door My peoples all shapes and colours My peoples got more peoples in jail That's more people than sistaz and brothaz My people stay strong as an ox My peoples will never fail My peoples will always remain Remain with a story to tell My peoples was paints on the door My peoples all shapes and colours My peoples got more peoples with ills More people more sistaz and brothers My people stay strong as an ox My peoples will never fail My peoples will always remain Remain with a story to tell
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Written by: LUIS BONFA, RAHEEM DEVAUGHN, VALVIN ROANE, MARIA TOLEDO, JEFFREY TOWNES
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