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 bein' poor and even worse I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch Cops give a damn about a negro Pull the trigger kill 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 **** and let 'em deal the brothers Give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill 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 makin' 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 changed, and that's the way it is
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww yeah
I see no changes all I see is racist faces Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races We under I wonder what it takes to make this One better place, let's erase the wasted Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right 'Cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonight And only time we chill is when we kill each other It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other And although it seems heaven sent We ain't ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks But some things will never change Try to show another way but you stayin' in the **** game Now tell me what's a mother to do Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you You gotta operate the easy way "I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way Sellin' crack to the kid. " I gotta get paid, " Well hey, well that's the way it is
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww yeah
We gotta make a change It's time for us as a people to start makin' 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 . And still I see no changes can't a brother get a little peace It's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs So the police can bother me And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do But now I'm back with the blacks givin' it back to you Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up, Crack you up and pimp smack you up You gotta learn to hold ya own They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone But tell the cops they can't touch this I don't trust this when they try to rush I bust this That's the sound of my tool you say it ain't cool My mama didn't raise no fool And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped And I never get to lay back 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs Some buck that I roughed up way back Comin' back after all these years Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is uhh
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww yeah
That's just the way it is Things will never be the same That's just the way it is Aww yeah
[00:32.187]I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself [00:36.076]Is life worth living should I blast myself? [00:38.733]I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black [00:41.418]My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch [00:44.272]Cops give a damn about a negro [00:46.716]Pull the trigger kill a ***** he's a hero [00:49.244]Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares [00:51.631]One less hungry mouth on the welfare [00:54.445]First ship 'em **** and let 'em deal the brothers [00:57.310]Give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other [00:59.722]It's time to fight back that's what Huey said [01:02.598]Two shots in the dark now Huey's dead [01:05.092]I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere [01:08.684]Unless we share with each other [01:10.491]We gotta start makin' changes [01:12.466]Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers [01:16.193]And that's how it's supposed to be [01:17.917]How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? [01:21.227]I'd love to go back to when we played as kids [01:23.871]But things changed, and that's the way it is [01:28.688] [01:29.150]That's just the way it is [01:31.271]Things will never be the same [01:40.084]That's just the way it is [01:43.550]Aww yeah [01:45.857] [01:46.778]I see no changes all I see is racist faces [01:50.141]Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races [01:52.750]We under I wonder what it takes to make this [01:55.548]One better place, let's erase the wasted [01:58.377]Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right [02:01.298]'Cause both black and white is smokin' crack tonight [02:03.859]And only time we chill is when we kill each other [02:06.564]It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other [02:09.129]And although it seems heaven sent [02:11.100]We ain't ready, to see a black President, uhh [02:14.142]It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact [02:16.554]The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks [02:19.630]But some things will never change [02:22.002]Try to show another way but you stayin' in the **** game [02:25.279]Now tell me what's a mother to do [02:27.231]Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you [02:29.965]You gotta operate the easy way [02:32.574]"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way [02:36.009]Sellin' crack to the kid. " I gotta get paid, " [02:38.634]Well hey, well that's the way it is [02:41.565] [02:43.894]That's just the way it is [02:46.826]Things will never be the same [02:54.576]That's just the way it is [02:58.853]Aww yeah [03:00.783] [03:01.732]We gotta make a change [03:03.600]It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes. [03:07.698]Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live [03:11.865]And let's change the way we treat each other. [03:14.445]You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do [03:19.439]What we gotta do, to survive [03:22.237]. [03:22.371]And still I see no changes can't a brother get a little peace [03:26.158]It's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East [03:28.936]Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs [03:32.660]So the police can bother me [03:34.109]And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do [03:37.174]But now I'm back with the blacks givin' it back to you [03:39.820]Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up, [03:42.177]Crack you up and pimp smack you up [03:45.083]You gotta learn to hold ya own [03:47.144]They get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone [03:50.216]But tell the cops they can't touch this [03:52.466]I don't trust this when they try to rush I bust this [03:55.691]That's the sound of my tool you say it ain't cool [03:58.686]My mama didn't raise no fool [04:01.033]And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped [04:04.518]And I never get to lay back [04:06.383]'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs [04:09.030]Some buck that I roughed up way back [04:11.742]Comin' back after all these years [04:14.641]Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is uhh [04:18.485] [04:19.932]That's just the way it is [04:24.482]Things will never be the same [04:30.813]That's just the way it is [04:34.091]Aww yeah [04:37.617] [04:41.138]That's just the way it is [04:46.502]Things will never be the same [04:51.903]That's just the way it is [04:55.794]Aww yeah
