Prayin to heaven
While livin hell
Monetize this black trauma
And everything for sale
So what you fear
We the ones gettin killed out here
Mourn the loss
Or celebrate the progress
Dance between
Is where my soul resides
Black don't crack
But that black do die
Far often
On ya evening news
Dichotomy
Of livin in this skin
Gotta be cautious
Black man shinin
Gettin nervous
When them sirens get behind me
Don't speak too loud
Take the hoodie off ya naps
Don't move to fast
Cuz that might be yo ass
Mr officer
Why you pull that trigger
Just another nigga
With another story
I suppose
You know how it goes
I guess my life it don't mean as much
This must mean war
I can't go and I can't stay
It's quite complex around my way
I'm tryin to get free I feel these chains
Cuz ain't nothin but the same ol thang
And I
There's a war going on outside
That ain't nobody safe from
And I'm feelin like they want my soul
I'm feelin like they want my soul
This must mean war
Call me paranoid
But I ain't trippin
Gotta be realistic
Survival tactic
That I carry with me
Just another statistic
I wrote my obituary
To shine light
On these unfortunate realities
I know you see me as a threat
Close quarter combat
With a Fixed bayonet
And Ready for war
You got no choice
You inherit the fight
The future lookin bleak
Troubles of the world
Is catchin up wit me
I got the pain of the past
It's heavy on my shoulders
And it hurt so bad
Leaves from a tree
The way my tears fall
Coulda been you
Coulda been me
One of my brothers
Or my nephews
What if my mother
Got that call
I don't really wanna think about the shit at all
Yo, it's a cold world
And I'm just tryin to find peace
Cuz all this hate is killin me
This must mean war
I can't go and I can't stay
It's quite complex around my way
I'm tryin to get free I feel these chains
Cuz ain't nothin but the same ol thang
And I
There's a war going on outside
That ain't nobody safe from
And I'm feelin like they want my soul
This must mean war