Young black America Yeah, I was on that corner, tryna get my coins up Coppers run up on us and we turn to Jackie Joyner White man kill a black man, they never report us Black man kill a white man, they gon' start a war up Mama she was sour, sippin' on

Your eyes are full of hate, forty one, That's good Hate keeps a man alive, its gives him strength While cutting their shadows, kill them into the dark trough Black is all the way, furious never-ending darkness show Only way could be hard in their small

She won't stop me put it down And don't look back Oh baby don't stop Bury me and fade to black So get your gun and meet me by the door Would I lie to you? Gun it while I'm holding on Don't stop if I fall Wait until it fades to black

I wanna believe Take these eyes so I can see Are you just a story in a book for us to read? Are you God or just another man that bleeds? Please tell me there's a heaven that awaits They say that you've come to end The sadness and pain A barer of light To

I had to cut lil' mama off, now we back on They think I'm still selling soft like his bag gone I was gone for a minute, now it's back on I'm self made and independent, yup, black on I'm self made and independent, yup we black on

There's a pathway to the ocean, a salty breeze blowing And this old man down the street makes damn good wine It's got stars that shine like diamonds on the black canvas behind 'em And there's a sun out here that seems to always shine And I've never seen

Woman won't you come back home My father told me always be strong son Don't you ever cry You find the pretty girls and then you love them Then you say goodbye I never dreamed that you would leave me But now you're gone, gone gone I never dreamed that I

Lost not forgotten Reigning against the odds Feared and respected living among the gods Leading the empire King of the deathless soul Spirit as black as coal I am not immortal I am just a man A power-craving tyrant

They got me trapped (Uh uh, they can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the black man down) You know they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, living on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get

For All that has been And All that is All that's to be Lord, I'm just killing time And time's killing me I sit reflecting I feel the end has begun It seems my days now mirror the setting sun So many places that I have been