[00:15.61] Come on, come on [00:16.13] I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself [00:19.31] Is life worth living, should I blast myself? [00:21.67] I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse, I'm black [00:23.49] My stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch [00:25.89] Cops give a damn about a negro [00:27.79] Pull the trigger, kill a n-, he's a hero [00:30.02] Give the cr- to the kids who the hell cares [00:32.23] One less hungry mouth on the welfare [00:34.58] First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers [00:36.35] Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other [00:38.64] It's time to fight back that's what Huey said [00:40.60] Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead [00:42.99] I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere [00:45.52] Unless we share with each other [00:47.08] We gotta start makin' changes [00:48.75] Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers [00:51.62] And that's how it's supposed to be [00:53.01] How can the devil take a brother, if he's close to me? [00:56.12] I'd love to go back to when we played as kids [00:58.19] But things changed, that's the way it is [01:00.87] (Come on, come on) [01:02.35] That's just the way it is (change) [01:06.94] Things will never be the same [01:11.11] That's just the way it is (that's just the way it is for us) [01:14.75] Aww, yeah (hear me) [01:17.40] (Oh no, oh, no) (come on, come on, come on) [01:20.08] That's just the way it is (that's just the way it is) (the way it is) [01:23.56] (Somethings) things will never be the same [01:26.08] (Never be the same yeah, yeah, yeah, aww yeah) [01:28.44] That's just the way it is (the way it is) [01:31.48] Aww, yeah (come on, come on) [01:33.92] I see no changes, all I see is racist faces [01:36.55] Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races [01:38.86] We under, I wonder what it takes to make this [01:40.81] One better place, let's erase the wasted [01:43.45] Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right [01:45.45] 'Cause mo' black and white is smokin' cr- tonight [01:47.83] And only time we chill is when we kill each other [01:49.78] It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other (kill each other) [01:52.14] And although it seems heaven sent [01:53.59] We ain't ready, to see a black President [01:56.32] It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact [01:57.84] The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks [02:00.78] But some things will never change [02:02.35] Try to show another way but you stayin' in the dope game [02:05.13] Now tell me, what's a mother to do? [02:06.73] Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you (yeah) [02:09.18] You gotta operate the easy way [02:11.05] (I made a G today) but you made it in a sleazy way [02:13.66] Sellin' cr- to the kid (I gotta get paid) [02:15.78] Well hey, well, that's the way it is [02:18.63] (Come on, come on) [02:20.21] That's just the way it is (change) [02:24.51] Things will never be the same [02:28.94] That's just the way it is (that's just the way it is for us) [02:32.26] Aww, yeah [02:35.12] (Oh no, oh no) (come on, come on, come on) [02:37.72] That's just the way it is (that's just the way it is) (the way it is) [02:41.44] (Somethings) things will never be the same [02:43.71] (Never be the same yeah, yeah, yeah, aww yeah) [02:46.47] That's just the way it is (the way it is) [02:49.02] Aww, yeah (aww, yeah, aww, yeah) [02:51.63] We gotta make a change [02:54.43] It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes [02:57.68] Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live [03:01.15] And let's change the way we treat each other [03:03.39] You see, the old way wasn't working [03:05.14] So it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive [03:08.59] And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace? [03:11.57] There's war in the streets and war in the Middle East [03:14.08] Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs [03:16.98] So the police can bother me [03:18.30] And I ain't never did a crime, I ain't have to do [03:20.53] But now, I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to you [03:22.97] Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up [03:25.26] Crack you up and pimps smack you up [03:27.36] You gotta learn to hold ya own [03:28.71] They get jealous when they see ya, with ya mobile phone [03:31.44] But tell the cops, they can't touch this [03:33.12] I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this [03:35.67] That's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool? [03:37.91] My mama didn't raise no fool [03:39.95] And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped [03:42.88] And I never get to lay back [03:44.23] 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the paybacks [03:46.59] Some buck that I roughed up way back [03:48.75] Comin' back after all these years [03:50.56] Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat, that's the way it is [03:55.31] That's just the way it is (the way it is, yeah, yeah, yeah) [03:59.48] Things will never be the same [04:03.77] That's just the way it is (the way it is) [04:07.09] Aww, yeah (somethings will never change) (oh my) [04:10.71] (You're my brother, you're my sister) [04:12.50] That's just the way it is (the way it is, the way it is) [04:16.82] Things will never be the same [04:18.69] (You're my brother, you're my sister) [04:21.37] That's just the way it is [04:24.42] Aww, yeah (somethings will never change) [04:28.04]