| Fake, fraud, I see it in your eyes
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| Keep putting up that facade
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| And it’s probably gon' be your surprise
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| Acting tough until the wheels fall off
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| And you can protest. |
| Yet
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| Ignore the heart of the issue and you know this
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| I done seen so many folks call themselves pro-black
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| Ready to march at the drop of a hat
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| But they won’t dare criticize the folks in their own town
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| Running their city into the ground
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| 'Cause they terrorize, too
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| The only difference is they look just like you
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| They’re your uncle
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| They’re your brother
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| They’re your cousin
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| But you sit back and say nothing
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| What, you’re scared?
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| How many more kids gotta get filled up with lead?
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| The killer was the same color
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| But he offed somebody’s baby brother
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| What stares back at you when you look into the mirror?
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| Do you recognize the person you’ve become?
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| We represent the 13% of the U.S. Population
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| But we represent like half the homicides since like '75
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| Killing our own kind at a faster rate
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| Than every other race and that’s a disgrace
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| We can stop police brutality
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| But these problems ain’t going away
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| A gangsta, and you boast and brag
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| Killing people over territory and flags, you’re sad
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| Robbing grandmommas, you’re a bonafide dimwit
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| It’s like you’re on a mission to be another statistic
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| What stares back at you when you look into the mirror?
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| Do you recognize the person you’ve become?
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| This doesn’t have to be your destiny, you can find your way out
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| You are not real. |
| You’re a coward
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| Most of our problems are in-house
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| But you’re silent like a mouse
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| And you want to cry, yet pout
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| It is too easy to point the finger
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| It’s convenient to point the blame
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| But it takes courage to realize what you ain’t bout
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| Unfortunately that’s something that you ain’t got
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| You’re fake
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| Your activism is not the truth
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| It’s nothing more than an ego boost
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| You’re fake
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| So you can shout and pout
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| So you go ahead, take the easy route |