THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS...
2pac / Tupac Shakur
Changes:
Come on, come on
I see no changes, wake up in the morning, and I ask myself Is life worth living, should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse I'm black My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatchCops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares One less hungry mouth on the welfareFirst, ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other It's time to fight back, that's what Huey said Two shots in the dark, now Huey's deadI got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere
Unless we share with each other We gotta start makin' changes Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangersAnd that's how it's supposed to be
How can the devil take a brother, if he's close to me? I'd love to go back to when we played as kids But things changed, and that's the way it isCome on, come on
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Ooh, yeahCome on, come on
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww, yeahI see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races We under, I wonder what it takes to make this One better place, let's erase the wastedTake the evil out the people, they'll be acting right
'Cause mo' black and white is smokin' crack tonight And only time we chill is when we kill each other It takes skill to be real, time to heal each otherAnd although it seems heaven sent
We ain't ready, to see a black President It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacksBut some things will never change
Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game Now tell me, what's a mother to do? Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in youYou gotta operate the easy way
(I made a G today) But you made it in a sleazy way Sellin' crack to the kid (I gotta get paid) Well, hey, well, that's the way it isCome on, come on
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww, yeahCome on, come on
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww, yeahWe gotta make a change
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes Let's change the way we eat Let's change the way we live And let's change the way we treat each other You see, the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do What we gotta do, to surviveAnd still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?
There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs So the police can bother meAnd I ain't never did a crime, I ain't have to do
But now, I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up Crack you up and pimps smack you upYou gotta learn to hold ya own
They get jealous when they see ya, with ya mobile phone But tell the cops, they can't touch this I don't trust this, when they try to rush, I bust thisThat's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool?
But mama didn't raise no fool And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped And I never get to lay back 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs Some buck that I roughed up way back Comin' back after all these years Rat-a-tat, tat, tat, tat, that's the way it isThat's just the way it is
Things will never be the same That's just the way it is (Way it is) Aww, yeahThat's just the way it is
Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww, yeahSome things will never change
© 2023 Feb.
M.C. Vollman / RR
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- Published: February 16th, 2023 23:29
- Category: Spiritual
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