"Black Tears" - Prod. Gold'Dexter x Ka-Flame
[Intro:] (2Pac's Message to People of color about Oppression)
[1st Verse:]
Don't You Surrender -
Remember All of the Tactics/
In this War'zone - Only way Home -
Is in a Casket/
Drastic?! -- But its the TRUTH -
Need some Proof then Come & See!/
Ain't a Day that Goes by -
This World is Drama Free/
Got CROOKED CORRUPT COPS -
CONFISCATING All the Dope/
POLITICALLY PUSHING POWER -
PUMPING Folks up with them Hopes/
And DREAMS of Better Things -
Really just a Joke/
Knowing that [They're] just PUPPETS -
But f** it - So is the POPE/
Putting JESUS on a ANKH?! -
Now thats Total DISRESPECT!/
NOT to [Them] - But to {US} -
So You Hoes are Getting Checked/
For Neglecting All The BLOOD -
That Our Ancestors Shedded/
When the REVOLUTION REVEALED -
You b**hes Gone REGRET It/
Black Tears in My EYES -
And they Never gone Diminish/
Trying to Stack a Couple Racks -
Just to Venture off in KEMET/
Didn't it Seem like a Nightmare -
HOW [They] Made {US} Bleed?!/
Black Fist Up in the Sky -
Held High As {WE} Proceed!/....
[Hook:]
I've been Hustling and Striving I Admit it/
Struggling Surviving trying to Get it/
So Many Mental Scars -
And I Still Ain't up and Quit it/
This World is Super Dark -
Plus I'm Stuck up in this City/
Shedding Black Tears -
(Shedding Black Tears)/
Been Dealing with this Pain -
It be Bringing through the Years/
Trying to Maintain -
In this Game - But I'm Still/...
Shedding Black Tears...
[2nd Verse:]
Though its the Tears of a {KING} -
Tears of a {GOD} Better Yet/
Rain Coming Down -
Got the Ground Hella Wet/
My Name Ka-Flame -
Can't Let Them See Me Sweat/
I'm Something Like a Jet -
The Way I'm Taking Off/
The Way [They] Talk -
I Can Tell Them Haters Shaking Salt/
I Break em' off - on some Proper sh** -
I'm in my Chamber -- where I'm Dropping Hits -
So They know - It Ain't No Stopping this/
Obviously I got a Different Grind --
And I'm (Awake) -
I got a Different Mind/
They say I'm late -
I'm Thinking this the Time/
Lets Elevate -
That way {WE} Get to Shine/
You getting Yours -
Aye I'm Getting Mine/
Lets hit Rewind and You'll Find -
The way [They] Trying -- To Hold {US} Back Ain't Nothing New/
Be careful - Cause Them Motherf**ers Do --
sh** You Can't IMAGINE/
Change on You Quicker -
Than Some b**hes in a Pageant/
And Treat {You} as a Has Been/...4'real...
[Hook:]
I've been Hustling and Striving I Admit it/
Struggling Surviving trying to Get it/
So Many Mental Scars -
And I Still Ain't up and Quit it/
This World is Super Dark -
Plus I'm Stuck up in this City/
Shedding Black Tears -
(Shedding Black Tears)/
Been Dealing with this Pain -
It be Bringing through the Years/
Trying to Maintain -
In this Game - But I'm Still/...
Shedding Black Tears...
[Outro:] (2Pac speaks on Police Brutality)