Apollo Brown - Promise Land lyrics

[Verse 1] They swear n***as win when they sin the most Temporarily be the toast Guns and bu*ter on what matters the least, watch them overdose Let them hang, n***a, hang by their gold ropes Smoke dope until you're comatose, no hope For that bu*ter, n***as die broke, third eye woke Poke holes in the American dream, run out of options Made it easy, you can hustle and scheme but one problem They're building private prisons just to house n***as For cheap labor, that's why, n***a They call it PIC, it's not a club, but you're VIP Series of numbers that replace your ID Home of the cowardly, freedom ain't free The revolution won't be shown on TV We're too busy watching fake reality, you see [Hook] What goes up comes down Dog chase tail, go 'round and 'round We all hypnotized when we hear the sounds Ever seen a clown with a smile that was upside down You see it They swear we going to the promise land (right) They swear they better than the better man (right) We need to get our sh** together man (right) Probably listening like, whatever man [Verse 2] They swear n***as be k**ing when they're just k**ing Waking up every morning, hollow, no feeling You hear the rap, money stack, how it touch the ceiling Got to tell my nephews, they really have a ceiling That's to be honest, you ain't getting everything that's promised 40 acres and a mule, right, work so they can take Cost of living tax 'til your back break No gra**, but you're still missing the snakes, til they slither on you Who tired of looking at the middle man The one on top, so he devised a plan And who too busy thinking promised land Then realize the real lies pinpoint the scam Shooting the messenger, that's only part of our conditioning They keep trying to tell us but we're not listening You want to hide it, put it in a book They want to hide it, put it on a corner, watch it cook, you see it [Hook]