Dear America
By the system I was raised
The same system that enslaved us and took us all away
The same same system I was trained to put my hands across my heart and pledge allegiance to the grave
The same system that made me sing the national anthem
While the f**ing flag hanged
The same system that'll claim innocent lives
Barack ain't made sh** change
n***a f** this sh**, I won't budge!
sh**, I won't budge
They say Rosa Parks was sitting on the wrong bus
And now that Malcolm X is gone, I guess it's on us
f** a cop, they gon' k** us then they charge us
They gon' charge us
Put that f**ing badge out and say it's all love
But I got six warning shots to my heart, lungs, face, neck, cough blood
Now they say we all thugs
I guess we all thugs
Ever since the Watts Riots, motherf**ers wanna try us
Everything was all quiet til they crossed us
Al Sharpton keep on talking, n***a do something!
n***a prove something
So much drama, I just got the f**ing goosebumps
Word down to Ferguson, they murderin' the youth young
What the f** is new, son
This sh** gon' make me lose some'n
This a war we won't back down
f** this country, we ain't treated fair
I should burn the f**ing flag down
Yeah, I should burn the f**ing flag down
But your victims lash out, they have no clue
But if I protest, a n***a'll put me in a stretcher
Gun me down with my hands up screamin' "DON'T SHOOT!"
Motherf**er, don't shoot!
By the system I was raised
The same system that just k**ed Mike Brown the other day
The same system that just slayed Sean Bell, Trayvon, Eric Garner, what a shame!
The same system that gon' lie just to cover up the crime, quick to send us to the grave
The same system that'll claim innocent lives
Barack ain't made sh** change
n***a, f** this sh**, I won't budge!
sh**, I won't budge
They say Emmitt Till whistled at the wrong s*ut
And now that Martin Luther gone, I guess it's on us
f** the cops, they gon' k** us then they charge us
They gon' charge us
Put that f**ing badge out, leave a n***a pa**ed out
CLAP PLOW twenty shots to my heart, lungs, face, neck, cough blood
All they do is cross us
Living in the projects, and we all thugs
Now they searchin' through my pockets
Wanna treat me like a hostage
Tryna get inside my conscious like a broad does
If they catch me lookin' wrong, I'm a rebel though
If I got my hoodie on, I'm a criminal
If I got my hands up, that means I probably got a weapon
If they k** me, then I guess that means that it was an exception
This a war we won't back down
And tell the government to kiss my a**
I should burn the f**ing flag down
Yeah, I should burn the f**ing flag down
We were forced to surrender, they have no clue
But if I protest, a n***a'll put me in a stretcher
Gun me down with my hands up screamin' "DON'T SHOOT!"
Motherf**er, don't shoot!