Joey Bada$$ (joey Bada**) - TEMPTATION lyrics

I come here to talk about how I feel And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people And I don’t like how we are treated Just because of our color doesn’t mean anything to me This just the way I feel Minds been racing so long This just the way to deal With these problems alone And I really can’t take it no more I be fighting temptations, my Lord I’m making them restless (And I really can’t help it) I never felt selfish before I’ve been living so reckless, I know Tell me Lord can you help me? (I said Lord can you help me?) Now everybody got problems, yeah But ain’t no way to solve em I really came up from the bottom Strugglin’, my momma on her last dollar Hustling, I’ve been putting in these hours The government been trying to take away what’s ours It’s really all about the money and the power I just wanna see my people in power Uh, uh, tell me how we gon’ shape this vision Complainin’ all day, but in the same conditions If you wanna make change, it’s gonna take commitment Some people enslaved by they religion Can’t emancipate the fundamental prisons When I see through optics they transform the wisdom Watch me use my powers, get em all to listen I’ve been on a mission, ah! And I really can’t take it no more I be fighting temptations, my Lord I’m making them restless (And I really can’t help it) I never felt selfish before I’ve been living so reckless, I know Tell me Lord can you help me? (I said Lord can you help me?) Now everybody got vice, yeah But wouldn’t know what good advice was Until they leave him lifeless Another momma crying, it’s another crisis Lord knows we just trying to live righteous Are you willing just to make the sacrifices? I know I can’t continue living like this And I never sell my soul because that’s priceless, uh, uh Tell me how we gon’ make a living Hustle on the block who gon’ save the children? Menace on the block and I’m just revealing The media just trying to make a villain I just take the pain and a paint a picture Voices in my head, I hear the whispers When I feel this way inhale the swisher Or I sip the liquor, ah! And I really can’t take it no more I be fighting temptations, my Lord I’m making them restless (And I really can’t help it) I never felt selfish before I’ve been living so reckless I know Tell me Lord can you help me? (I said Lord can you help me?) This just the way I feel Mind’s been racing so long This just the way to deal With these problems alone And I really can’t take it no more I be fighting temptations, my Lord I’m making them restless (I said Lord, can you help me?) I never felt selfish before I’ve been living so reckless, I know Tell me Lord can you help me? (I said Lord can you help me?) Do not stop We are black people and we shouldn’t have to feel like this We shouldn’t have to protest because you are treating us wrong We are doing this because we need to and we have rights