"You go bustin' your fist against a stone wall. You're not usin' your brain. That's what the white man wants you to do. Look at you! What makes you ashamed of bein' black?" Nothin' but love for you, my sister Might even know how hard it is, no doubt Bein' a woman, a black woman at that, no doubt S**t, in this white man's world Sometimes we overlook the fact That we be ridin' hard on our sisters We don't be knowin' the pain we be causin' In this white man's world In this white man's world I ain't sayin I'm innocent in all this I'm just sayin', in this white man's world This song is for y'all For all those times that I messed up, or we messed up Dear sister, got me twisted up in prison, I miss ya Cryin', lookin' at my niece's and my nephew picture They say don't let this cruel world get ya Kinda suspicious, swearin' one day you might leave me For somebody that's richer Twist the cap off the bottle, I take a sip and see tomorrow Gotta make it if I have to beg or borrow Readin' love letters; late night, locked down and quiet If brothers don't receive they mail, best believe we riot Eatin' Jack-Mack, starin' at the walls of silence Inside this cage where they capture all my rage and violence In time I learned a few lessons, never fall for riches Apologies to my true sisters, far from b*****s Help me raise my Black nation, reparations are due It's true, caught up in this world I took advantage of you So tell the babies how I love them, precious boys and girls Born black in this white man's world��and all I heard was Who knows what tomorrow brings In this world where everyone's blind? And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find To let you know that you're not alone Bein' born with less, I must confess, only adds on to the stress Two gunshots to my homie's head, died in his vest Shot him to death and left him bleedin' for his family to see I pass his casket, gently askin', is there a heaven for G's? My homeboy's doin' life, his baby mama be stressin' Sheddin' tears when her son finally ask that questions Where my daddy at? Mama, why we live so poor? Why you cryin'? Heard you late night through my bedroom door Now, do you love me, mama? Why they keep on callin' me *****? Get my weight up with my hate and pay 'em back when I'm bigger And still thuggin' in this jail cell, missin' my block Hearin' brothers screamin' all night, wishin' they'd stop Proud to be black, but why we act like we don't love ourselves? Don't look around, busta, (you sucka!) check yourselves Know what it means to be black, whether a man or girl We still strugglin' in this white man's world Who knows what tomorrow brings (Born black in this white man's world) In this world where everyone's blind? (In this white man's world) And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find (In this white man's world) To let you know that you're not alone So, tell me why you changed to choose a new direction In the blink of an eye? My time away just made perfection Did you think I'd die? Not gon' cry, why should I care? Like we holdin' onto lost love that's no longer there Can you please help me? God bless me, please keep my seeds healthy Makin' all my enemies bleed while my G's wealthy Hopin' they bury me with ammunitions, **** and shells Just in case they trip in Heaven��ain't no G's in Hell Sister, sorry for the pain that I caused your heart I know I'll change if you help me, but don't fall apart Rest in peace to Latasha, Lil' Yummy, and Kato Too much for this cold world to take, ended up bein' fatal Every woman in America, especially black Bear with me, can't you see that we under attack? I never meant to cause drama to my sister and mama Hope we make it to better times, in this white man's world Who knows what tomorrow brings In this world where everyone's blind? And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find To let you know that you're not alone Never that, in this white man's world, they can't stop us We've been here all this time They ain't took us out, they can never take us out No matter what they say, about us bein' extinct About us bein' endangered species We ain't never gon' leave this We ain't never gon' walk off this planet Unless y'all choose to Use your brain, use your brain It ain't them that's killin' us, it's us that's killin' us It ain't them that's knockin' us off It's us that's knockin' us off I'm tellin' you better watch it, or be a victim Be a victim, in this white man's world Born black, in this white man's world, no doubt And it's dedicated to my ************' teachers Mutulu Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu Jamal Sekou Odinga, all the real OG's, we out "The seal, and the constitution, reflect the thinking of the founding fathers, that this was to be a nation by white people; and for white people, Native Americans, Blacks, and all other non-white people were to be the burden bearers, for the real citizens of this nation."
[00:00.950]"You go bustin' your fist against a stone wall. [00:03.956]You're not usin' your brain. [00:05.697]That's what the white man wants you to do. Look at you! What makes you ashamed of bein' black?" [00:11.527]Nothin' but love for you, my sister [00:12.747]Might even know how hard it is, no doubt [00:14.599]Bein' a woman, a black woman at that, no doubt [00:15.917]S**t, in this white man's world [00:18.248]Sometimes we overlook the fact [00:20.546]That we be ridin' hard on our sisters [00:21.857]We don't be knowin' the pain we be causin' [00:23.448]In this white man's world [00:25.087]In this white man's world [00:26.076]I ain't sayin I'm innocent in all this [00:28.735]I'm just sayin', in this white man's world [00:31.388]This song is for y'all [00:32.943]For all those times that I messed up, or we messed up [00:36.787]Dear sister, got me twisted up in prison, I miss ya [00:39.794]Cryin', lookin' at my niece's and my nephew picture [00:42.776]They say don't let this cruel world get ya [00:44.955]Kinda suspicious, swearin' one day you might leave me [00:47.310]For somebody that's richer [00:48.940]Twist the cap off the bottle, I take a sip and see tomorrow [00:52.090]Gotta make it if I have to beg or borrow [00:54.602]Readin' love letters; late night, locked down and quiet [00:58.182]If brothers don't receive they mail, best believe we riot [01:01.467]Eatin' Jack-Mack, starin' at the walls of silence [01:04.448]Inside this cage where they capture all my rage and violence [01:07.644]In time I learned a few lessons, never fall for riches [01:10.835]Apologies to my true sisters, far from b*****s [01:14.232]Help me raise my Black nation, reparations are due [01:17.068]It's true, caught up in this world I took advantage of you [01:20.117]So tell the babies how I love them, precious boys and girls [01:23.454]Born black in this white man's world��and all I heard was [01:27.149]Who knows what tomorrow brings [01:32.942]In this world where everyone's blind? [01:39.465]And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find [01:45.196]To let you know that you're not alone [01:51.170]Bein' born with less, I must confess, only adds on to the stress [01:54.433]Two gunshots to my homie's head, died in his vest [01:57.603]Shot him to death and left him bleedin' for his family to see [02:00.987]I pass his casket, gently askin', is there a heaven for G's? [02:03.936]My homeboy's doin' life, his baby mama be stressin' [02:06.931]Sheddin' tears when her son finally ask that questions [02:10.121]Where my daddy at? Mama, why we live so poor? [02:13.192]Why you cryin'? Heard you late night through my bedroom door [02:16.313]Now, do you love me, mama? Why they keep on callin' me *****? [02:19.208]Get my weight up with my hate and pay 'em back when I'm bigger [02:22.598]And still thuggin' in this jail cell, missin' my block [02:25.571]Hearin' brothers screamin' all night, wishin' they'd stop [02:28.768]Proud to be black, but why we act like we don't love ourselves? [02:31.778]Don't look around, busta, (you sucka!) check yourselves [02:34.447]Know what it means to be black, whether a man or girl [02:38.427]We still strugglin' in this white man's world [02:41.912]Who knows what tomorrow brings [02:46.606](Born black in this white man's world) [02:48.118]In this world where everyone's blind? [02:51.662](In this white man's world) [02:54.475]And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find [02:59.188](In this white man's world) [03:00.983]To let you know that you're not alone [03:06.127]So, tell me why you changed to choose a new direction [03:08.997]In the blink of an eye? [03:10.407]My time away just made perfection [03:11.836]Did you think I'd die? [03:13.106]Not gon' cry, why should I care? [03:14.966]Like we holdin' onto lost love that's no longer there [03:17.838]Can you please help me? [03:19.464]God bless me, please keep my seeds healthy [03:21.717]Makin' all my enemies bleed while my G's wealthy [03:24.788]Hopin' they bury me with ammunitions, **** and shells [03:28.112]Just in case they trip in Heaven��ain't no G's in Hell [03:31.169]Sister, sorry for the pain that I caused your heart [03:34.307]I know I'll change if you help me, but don't fall apart [03:37.547]Rest in peace to Latasha, Lil' Yummy, and Kato [03:40.553]Too much for this cold world to take, ended up bein' fatal [03:43.647]Every woman in America, especially black [03:46.694]Bear with me, can't you see that we under attack? [03:49.975]I never meant to cause drama to my sister and mama [03:53.053]Hope we make it to better times, in this white man's world [03:56.821]Who knows what tomorrow brings [04:02.837]In this world where everyone's blind? [04:08.784]And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find [04:15.171]To let you know that you're not alone [04:19.630]Never that, in this white man's world, they can't stop us [04:23.120]We've been here all this time [04:26.784]They ain't took us out, they can never take us out [04:29.213]No matter what they say, about us bein' extinct [04:31.446]About us bein' endangered species [04:33.435]We ain't never gon' leave this [04:35.242]We ain't never gon' walk off this planet [04:36.913]Unless y'all choose to [04:38.653]Use your brain, use your brain [04:41.510]It ain't them that's killin' us, it's us that's killin' us [04:43.031]It ain't them that's knockin' us off [04:45.407]It's us that's knockin' us off [04:47.603]I'm tellin' you better watch it, or be a victim [04:50.770]Be a victim, in this white man's world [05:04.119]Born black, in this white man's world, no doubt [05:07.768]And it's dedicated to my ************' teachers [05:09.857]Mutulu Shakur, Geronimo Pratt, Mumia Abu Jamal [05:12.616]Sekou Odinga, all the real OG's, we out [05:15.680]"The seal, and the constitution, [05:18.604]reflect the thinking of the founding fathers, [05:22.183]that this was to be a nation by white people; [05:26.676]and for white people, Native Americans, Blacks, and all other non-white people were to be the burden bearers, [05:36.774]for the real citizens of this nation."
