Intro: If I knew your son, or your daughter, what is common matter? If it's your son, or your daughter, what is common matter? Oh oooh oh Man I'm so sick and tired of bein' sick and tired, where did we go wrong? Prolly' when they threw us on that boat and didn't bring us on Yeah that was a long time ago, man them days is long gone But we never will forget, nasty time would move on Yeah what's goin' on right now, systematic racism Man that pig just shot him in his back, he had his babies with him How much can we take before we break? That's what I wanna know Pressure bust pipes, 'ventually this sh*t is gonna blow Politicin' with my bro, tryna make some sense of this End up just shakin' my head, we dyin' over senseless sh*t I know how my pen can get, so I let that b*tch speak Spittin' war on these beats, been the voice of the streets Heaven in this sh*t, knee deep, but I see it clear I may not make it with you, but I know we gon' get there [I know And the time is now, ain't no turnin' round, straight ahead They said a change was gonna come, I think we finally there Chorus: Pardon me brother Who is darker than ? We gotta stop killin' ourselves [Yeah If we gon' make it through [They keep killin' us They keep killin' us, and we killin' us Black lives gon' be few [Oh They start rebuildin' us and healin' us Sayin' God'll get us through It's lightnin' We tell 'em "Black lives matter", but they still can't feel us [Feel us Our taxes pay the wages for the people tryin' to kill us Get us out the way, that's how they doin' our people [Doin' our people They treat us like we less, while they tell us we equal We be fallin' for that sh*t, I done beefin' over nothin' Talkin' like a gangster 'til them police wanna cuff us Why we actin' petty, out here flossin' on your feti? 'Til them consequences come, ni**a, you ain't even ready Had us learnin' lies, had us fightin' all they wars Shackled up in chains while we doin' all they chores Now there's little kids homeless, with nothin' to eat [Eat And they still wanna lynch a ni**a dead in the street [Dead in the street] Chorus: Pardon me brother Who is darker than ? We gotta stop killin' ourselves [Yeah If we gon' make it through [They keep killin' us They keep killin' us, and we killin' us Black lives gon' be few [Oh They start rebuildin' us and healin' us Sayin' God'll get us through It's lightnin' Outro: If it's your son, or your daughter, what is common matter? You bet his friend you did one, but it's common matter If it's your son, or your daughter, what is common matter? Oh, I You bet his friend you did one, but it's common matter