Justin Timberlake - Changes lyrics

VERSE 01: [2Pac] I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself: "Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?" I'm tired of being poor and, even worse, I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm looking for a purse to snatch Cops give a damn about a negro Pull the trigger, k** a n***a, he's a hero "Give the crack to the kids: who the hell cares? One less hungry mouth on the welfare!" First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothers Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em k** each other "It's time to fight back," that's what Huey said Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead I got love for my brother But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other We gotta start making changes Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers And that's how it's supposed to be How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? I'd love to go back to when we played as kids But things change... and that's the way it is HOOK: [Justin Timberlake] That's just the way it is Things'll never be the same That's just the way it is Aww yeah VERSE 02: Still see no changes, all I see is racist cases We both have hate to disgrace our races We under, I'll do whatever it takes to make this A better place, let's erase the hatred Let's cure the people from this disease, we all can lead a fight Cause we all are human so let's start acting like it tonight Why is it when I turn the TV on It is hard for us to survive It takes a couple of words for peace, time for us to be polite And although it seems hell bent That the US needs us a another hero Now we have too watch sista's be widows Our jails is packed, it most of them is filled with blacks But most things never changed I'll tell you another way but it ain't cool just playing in the dirt, but hey Can you tell me, what's a man gotta do? Being real don't appeal to the sh** you gotta do? You want money the easy way '' I sold weed today '' but you messed up in a shady way Sellin d** to these kids, '' I gotta make my way! '' Well hey, that's the way it is HOOK: [2Pac/BreonKPrince Talking] We gotta make a change It's time for us as a people to start making some changes Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live (And let's change the way we treat each other You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do What we gotta do to survive) VERSE 03: And still I see no changes, can't a mother get a little peace We got wars on our streets while kids is getting covered by sheets Instead a cure on our poverty No one cares about America's real priority And I never write a rhyme I ain't have to do Now me and Pac here both giving facts about caring back to you You got to help em up, fix em up Pick em up and word-play em up You gotta learn to care about our own When someone is in trouble or dying alone And tell them pigs they “can't touch this” I don't trust this, when they try to rush and bust this Never the sound of a tool It may not be cool, but our mama never raised no fool And as long as we stay black, we gotta look back Cause guns always go click clack Cause Pac always gotta worry about the payback Some cop that he roughed up way back Thank you Pac for all them years “Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!” That's the way it is HOOK: [2Pac] Some things'll never change