See my shit is getting worse before it's getting better It's like the people got a curse, can't nobody stay together I watch you gun my people down, plus we're killing off each other, no, ooh oh Ain't no justice for the brothers, no, no See you praying right behind this car Only thing he thinking is this could be the end of me So officer, what's the problem? It's like every time I turn around you people always messing with me He say you look suspicious And you fit the description of a call about a robbery Then some more cops came I keep my hands where they can see 'em, I know this could be the end of me They say that, we are all created equal but ain't nothing about us equal You know that (You know that) There can never be no justice when killing us is legal Somebody's gotta take a stand Sacrifice and be a man Somebody's gotta take a stand, no, no See my shit is getting worse before it's getting better It's like the people got a curse, can't nobody stay together I watch you gun my people down, plus we're killing off each other, no, ooh oh Ain't no justice for the brothers See my shit is getting worse (no, no) before it's getting better (no, no) It's like the people got a curse (no, no), can't nobody stay together (no, no) I watch you gun my people down (no, no), plus we're killing off each other (no, no), no, ooh oh (no, no) Ain't no justice for the brothers (no, no), no, no 4AM in the morning, police banging real hard on my mama front door Screaming open this shit right now You got twenty more seconds before we tear this door down Then they handcuffed my mama Then they handcuffed my granny Handcuffed my sister Then some more cops came Them crackers tore the whole house up, never even showed a warrant They say that, we are all created equal but ain't nothing about us equal You know that (you know that) There can never be no justice when killing us is legal Somebody's gotta take a stand Sacrifice and be a man Somebody's gotta take a stand See my shit is getting worse before it's getting better It's like the people got a curse, can't nobody stay together I watch you gun my people down, plus we're killing off each other, no, ooh oh Ain't no justice for the brothers See my shit is getting worse (no, no) before it's getting better (no, no) It's like the people got a curse (no, no), can't nobody stay together (no, no) I watch you gun my people down (no, no), plus we're killing off each other (no, no), no, ooh oh (no, no) Ain't no justice for the brothers (no, no), no, no