Charles Bradley - Up In Flames lyrics

[Hook: Charles Bradley] This World, is going up in flames And nobody wants to take the blame Don't tell me how to live my life [Karl] When you have no clue of what I had to go through Just to get here so I'm a show you [Verse 1] I'm from humble beginnings, close to the poverty Where making it out for most folks, is the lottery It's where state officials pull a hoax on the economy There is no solution so it's mostly a mockery Since I made it out no one is stopping me All I'm asking for is eight boats and some property And I don't want to flash it boasting is not in me I'm only doing this so my kinfolk can profit, b They said they got to see me up in the Forbes I told them pray for me I put my trust in the lord So hopefully they'll be seeing us go on tours See Idriss told me he wants a couple of broads I don't trust them no more it's a given that they're average So going to college won't have me living lavished If I was trying to be regular I'd follow down your path But I want something better, it's what going out to grab [Interlude] It's crazy because as immigrants We all came to this country strictly for an opportunity And I refuse to believe That school is the only place that can come out of If this recession thought me anything it's not You got n***as with degrees bussing tables for Christ sake! [Hook: Karl] When you've never walked for a mile in my shoes So therefore you can't try to judge what I do [Verse 2] Me and my sister don't speak it's hard to get intimate When she shakes her a** and it goes on the internet It was just us, we should be best of friends I don't think about it cause I'll get depressed again I pray the pressure ends, she surely can't stand me I'm hurt she prefers her girls over family Some days I pray that the world understands me I do this to vent it's not work towards a Grammy I'm sure mom did but I got something to say too Those facebook pics might make somebody rape you Protect your image and take care of yourself sis It's on my status, I was just feeling helpless So f** your friend and how she deals with her brothers You're my sister we're supposed to keep it real with each other Far as my dirty laundry I'll help you air it out too Just because we don't speak it don't I don't care about you [Interlude] Oh so you felt embarra**ed? Well now you know how me, mom, and everybody else felt You said when I go out I do the same sh**? Well I go to the beach topless, you should try too then And that's hypocrisy by moral standards It's not my fault [Hook: Karl] When you have no right to even try to mention me I'm a do what I want to, how I want to, when I please [Verse 3] It's hard to find peace in this cold world we live in With innocent people going to prison While everyone's so pressed over religion Kids starve and Eddie Long is blowing his millions Where's hope for the children, it's not in the bible? I guess we'll ask Jesus on his second arrival Someone I knew pa**ed to a set that he rivaled Ironically enough he called his weapon survival I guess I'm an idol rap puts me in power Because the game's filled with mad pussies and cowards So I guess I'll step up, doubt anybody else will And I got to speak about how everybody else feels Like the health bill, Bush hangs with Osama We're better off now and it's thanks to Obama He got us out of a crisis, it's why my mans ask me What brothers got to do to make white men happy [Interlude] I'm not a Politian or anything, I'm just saying I didn't sit down to an*lyze any of this sh** I just call it how I see it And you would see it too if you weren't so blind I feel as if though the news, the media, and the world in general Made it cool to be a sheep… and when you try to break out [Hook: Karl] When you try to break out all they'll do is judge But all my actions have a reason I don't do it just because]