Street livin', caught in a trap Guns or books, sell crack or rap Be like kings or be like pawns They called us ******s, now they call us cons Street ******s be packing pistols Terrorists be blasting missles Crips and bloods and retail thugs CIA planes bring Columbian drugs Don't push me cause I'm close to hell The teachers in my neighborhood can hardly spell And compare to them, Prison guards get payed well Ten years no bail is 4 years at Yale So, forget about the statue of General Lee Because the status of blacks are generally Are gonna end up in some penitentiary Systematically, That's how they made it to be Listen, they derailed the soul train And put a nightmare Into every Martin Luther King And privatize prisons are owned by the same Slave masters that owned the slave trade game And racists no longer have to be racist Cause ******s kill more ******s than the KKK did Now, every time I hear a new def jam ******s killing ******s like they Ku Klux Klan I understand what's a ****** to choose? Be the killer or be the dead dude in the news I get it, what's a ****** to do? No education in the hood, got a ****** confused Street livin', tough conditions Brainwashed by the television We lost in the war we live in Double cross love lost no religion Street livin', oh my gosh Another brother got shot by the searg' Another cop got off with no charge If you black in the hood, you at large You're guilty until we prove you're innocent If you're ivory, they treat you different If you're ebony, they assume you're temperament Well, be vigilant, and they call you militant You'll get shot, and they'll say the incident Is because you're beligerent What a coincidence? If you ain't dead, you can see imprisonment It's more ******s in the prisons than there ever slaves cotton picking There's more ******s that's rotting in the prisons than there ever slaves cotton picking So, how we gon' get out the trap? Guns or books, sell crack or rap Street livin', hustle or hoops Guns or books, get shot or shoot Street livin', ain't no rules Break the law, make or break the news The life you choose could be the life you lose ******s getting stuck for the Nike shoes Street livin', ain't no joke It's a cold world, better bring your coat Revoke cause the streets are broke Now, they wanna take away our dreams and hopes Street livin', no economics No way out of the Reaganomics Infected by the black plague, new bubonic No comprende, we speak ebonics Street livin', what's your position? You can take action or take a ****** Listen, you can get ****** by the system Or you can say ****** the system
[00:00.000] 作词 : will.i.am/Apl.de.Ap/Taboo/Joshua Alverez [00:00.041] 作曲 : will.i.am/Apl.de.Ap/Taboo/Joshua Alverez [00:00.83] [00:19.15]Street livin', caught in a trap [00:21.62]Guns or books, sell crack or rap [00:23.99]Be like kings or be like pawns [00:26.06]They called us ******s, now they call us cons [00:28.63]Street ******s be packing pistols [00:31.31]Terrorists be blasting missles [00:33.55]Crips and bloods and retail thugs [00:35.92]CIA planes bring Columbian drugs [00:38.24]Don't push me cause I'm close to hell [00:41.02]The teachers in my neighborhood can hardly spell [00:42.82]And compare to them, [00:43.84]Prison guards get payed well [00:45.34]Ten years no bail is 4 years at Yale [00:47.15]So, forget about the statue of General Lee [00:49.82]Because the status of blacks are generally [00:52.39]Are gonna end up in some penitentiary [00:54.71]Systematically, [00:55.74]That's how they made it to be [00:57.25]Listen, they derailed the soul train [00:59.87]And put a nightmare [01:00.80]Into every Martin Luther King [01:02.09]And privatize prisons are owned by the same [01:04.52]Slave masters that owned the slave trade game [01:06.94]And racists no longer have to be racist [01:09.21]Cause ******s kill more ******s than the KKK did [01:11.98]Now, every time I hear a new def jam [01:14.15]******s killing ******s like they Ku Klux Klan [01:16.82]I understand what's a ****** to choose? [01:18.73]Be the killer or be the dead dude in the news [01:21.82]I get it, what's a ****** to do? [01:23.36]No education in the hood, got a ****** confused [01:26.49]Street livin', tough conditions [01:29.00]Brainwashed by the television [01:31.31]We lost in the war we live in [01:33.43]Double cross love lost no religion [01:35.90]Street livin', oh my gosh [01:38.12]Another brother got shot by the searg' [01:40.48]Another cop got off with no charge [01:42.95]If you black in the hood, you at large [01:45.53]You're guilty until we prove you're innocent [01:47.74]If you're ivory, they treat you different [01:50.01]If you're ebony, they assume you're temperament [01:52.74]Well, be vigilant, and they call you militant [01:55.04]You'll get shot, and they'll say the incident [01:57.46]Is because you're beligerent [01:58.90]What a coincidence? [02:02.26]If you ain't dead, you can see imprisonment [02:05.55]It's more ******s in the prisons [02:06.94]than there ever slaves cotton picking [02:09.57]There's more ******s that's rotting in the prisons [02:11.78]than there ever slaves cotton picking [02:14.52]So, how we gon' get out the trap? [02:16.72]Guns or books, sell crack or rap [02:19.05]Street livin', hustle or hoops [02:21.52]Guns or books, get shot or shoot [02:23.99]Street livin', ain't no rules [02:26.20]Break the law, make or break the news [02:28.47]The life you choose could be the life you lose [02:30.89]******s getting stuck for the Nike shoes [02:33.56]Street livin', ain't no joke [02:35.78]It's a cold world, better bring your coat [02:38.30]Revoke cause the streets are broke [02:40.41]Now, they wanna take away our dreams and hopes [02:43.00]Street livin', no economics [02:45.51]No way out of the Reaganomics [02:47.69]Infected by the black plague, new bubonic [02:50.21]No comprende, we speak ebonics [02:52.22]Street livin', what's your position? [02:55.00]You can take action or take a ****** [02:57.21]Listen, you can get ****** by the system [03:00.25]Or you can say ****** the system
