Lyrics
The man told the lady, the lady told the news
So it’s no surprise by the time it gets to you
You could look to the sky and still won’t find the clues
Cause the truth lies somewhere deep inside the blues
The building told the block, the block told the hood
The hood told the world, and the world made me
The world knows the truth even when they can’t see
See they try to tell you lies, but that just ain’t me
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Public housing on it
I got a metro card with ten thousand on it
Before it runs empty I gotta become
Matter of fact Curtis
Matter of fact Jimmy
Spend every penny on pennies, mics
Shot while waiting on limes, yikes
But we share the same vice
Wings and fried rice, had and haves
Clean and no fights, aftermath
Grandma said stay in, they are not playin'
The president’s chocolate but that ain’t gon' stop shit
A flavor can’t save you, make your own options
Grand old party is hardly concerned
When my man’s on the, partly because
In our mind ain’t nobody starving but us
Every man for his own, we swept under the rug
The man told the lady, the lady told the news
So it’s no surprise by the time it gets to you
You could look to the sky and still won’t find the clues
Cause the truth lies somewhere deep inside the blues
The building told the block, the block told the hood
The hood told the world, and the world made me
The world knows the truth even when they can’t see
See they try to tell you lies, but that just ain’t me
Yo, kings runnin it, impeach the government
They pulled the troops out, what about the tenements?
Cause it’s a battle here; welfare, healthcare
We tryin' get our wheelchair up that crystal stairs
Stare too long, you’d prolly find the beauty in it
Rose is lookin at a life sentence
It all feel familiar no matter what city it is
I been to fifty different, and always find my niggas
On MLK and trailer parks trippin'
Race is not existent when you poverty stricken
From babies' bodies missing to prescription addictions
It’s awful attention, just fucking what we living
We don’t control it but they say we do
Make change without a dollar?
What the fuck we supposed to do?
How’m I supposed to feel empowered when they flunk us out of school?
Even worse, shot us down with the budget cuts too
Check the deficit instead of reading Forbes lists
Check to check is an awful way to exist
Huh?
At least you got a job
You don’t want it? Give it back and hit the back of the line
Demanding handouts ain’t no way to stand out
And a college grant ain’t usually a planned route
Man, don’t push me — I’m on the edge already
And falling is flying when you dead already
The man told the lady, the lady told the news
So it’s no surprise by the time it gets to you
You could look to the sky and still won’t find the clues
Cause the truth lies somewhere deep inside the blues
The building told the block, the block told the hood
The hood told the world, and the world made me
The world knows the truth even when they can’t see
See they try to tell you lies, but that just ain’t me
(They try to tell you lies but that just ain’t me)
