Mama been laid off Papa been laid off Billy can't get a job Don't let them stay home and listen to the blues My brother's been laid off For more than two years now Ooh can't get a job Ooh they gotta listen to the blues Help them to strive

Could it be, the things I need. These eyes, they bleed, for you. It's in my hands, the sky So bright its burning it's for me To decide...in flames The black hole, forever mine, I need the fear to push me out. Oh be brave, show me faith, Should I feel

Run, run, run But take the best of what I’ve got And then you know no matter what Before you walk away you know you can Run, run, run, Back to my arms, back to my arms Back to my arms, they will hold you down (oh oh oh) They will hold you down (oh oh oh)

Comin' down that railroad track And get some sand in my shoes She's the fastest train on the line Look a-yonder comin' Hey, look a-yonder comin' It's the Orange Blossom Special Bringin' my baby back Well, I'm going down to Florida Or maybe Californy

Oh my god, look at my Roley Too much sauce Look at my squad, like holy moly Look at my squad Nah, come on T, man Not even chatting to these bruddas, man They're boys, man, baby boys Still got Oysters and that Not even oyster perpetuals

Adam and Eve Don't fall too far from the apple tree, ay Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve Don't fall too far from the apple tree, apple tree The ghetto, Othello, the moor Oh my God, they speak venomous on the boy Oh my Lord, my enemy is fear, and I'm sure Oh my

It's just the way it is, oh These niggas beat me to it Yeah, these niggas started changin', oh no (They changin', they changin') And everything I got they wanna take it, oh My money and my lady, no They wanna separate it, they try and tear us down Just

Hmm hmm, let me because Oh oh, free to see, yeah well Want to walk away, oh oh Let me feel my feet Let me be, free I want to be free now Time and time and time we see these Each for each and each will be then Shed blood for what they each believe, well

By the ones you think you love And felled in the night They will come for you And you thought the lions were bad Well they tried to kill my brothers Felled in the night Go go go go go go And for every king that died Oh they would crown another

Life's not always fair Oh, life it's misunderstood me And dream of better days Life's not always fair or so they say So I close my eyes Or so they say Little old man contemplates Suicide twice a day