So pride yourself on what you are, And hold them all to words they can't take back, I've seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams Where fires die but light still shines for us to see So come test me, so come break me, So come on intoxicate me With hands

I've seen you disappear Don't scare me off now, I'm your only friend Let the river in If blood is thicker than water Then let the river in You, beneath the bed, I know all your tricks I've seen you watching I've seen you drifting away Seen you falling

They ain’t seen the blood, sweat and tears it took to live their dreams When everything’s on the line No, it’s the ground we grew up on They think it’s a middle of nowhere place where we take it slow Aw, but they don’t know They call us a two lane just

We are the fortunate ones Who've never faced oppression's gun Rebellion, rebellion I've seen the blood I've seen the broken The lost and the sights unseen I want a flood I want an ocean To wash my confusion clean

Growin' up in the gutter Once upon a time in an apartment home Lived a little girl with a heart of stone Cause part of her heart was partly gone Rarely seen and hardly known Treated like a mat on a boxing ring Blood drop stains on the twin box springs

I've been trying There's no denying. It's sending me Out of my mind. I've seen reason Change to treason. It's losing its sense Of all kind. How much longer will it take

Uh, Lamar stated his views Is it wickedness? Is it weakness? Are we gonna live or die? So I was takin' a walk the other day And I seen a woman, a blind woman Pacin' up and down the sidewalk She seemed to be a bit frustrated