See, I'm here with this cup in my palm and I'm getting wasted I'm just trying to cope with it all cuz right now none of this bullsh** makes sense See, I got a close friend he's Buddhist, and I was taught to be Christian And because of that my pastor said he's goin' to hell Man it's kinda f**ed up isn't it? I mean, damn, we all goin through the same sh** And he's headed for damnation cuz of what he was raised to have faith in Oh please don't ruin my day b**h Cuz that's dumb, get three strikes and darling that's one So is religion control how you livin And feed you a fear, until you conditioned to do what they say You was in church last week, tell me how much did you pay To clean up your sins, preachers up front, you on a bus, he in a benz Mama at work, and her son's in the pen Daddy left home and won't come back again Daughter's alone and she's f**in at 10 I picked up the phone and I called up a friend And he told me that his coach is bombin' again So much war, not enough peace Too much blood lost in the streets To protect and serve, man f** the police Home of the brave, the land of the free Land of the slaves, home of the weak Pardon me ma'am I don't mean to preach But there are some folks that don't want me to speak
So that's why Im about to yell it feels like we already in hell I won't lie down I'd rather die for the truth I did tell Cuz, oh, I gotta stand for something Pa** me that illegal substance And just turn that music up Cuz it's the only thing that's kept me goin' Lately I've been sad and mighty uninspired from dealing with all these lies You see, I don't believe in bullsh** Don't believe in the system I don't believe in knowledge but I do believe in wisdom And I don't believe in college , I don't believe in prison And I do believe in logic but I still got superstitions And I do believe in n***a, give the word a new meaning You can't let the past define you, if so you just gone repeat it And I don't believe in government, just believe in hip hop Can't believe my cousin dead, man why he even get shot? And baby please don't slit your wrists, I don't believe in giving up If you think that this the end, that just means you ain't lived enough I don't believe in cla**, and I don't believe in race Don't think we should have separate titles because of the color of our face You see, I don't believe where I'm from makes me what I am I just believe in love, and I still believe in man