The Bigger Picture-Lil Baby

[00:00.00] 作词 : Dominique Jones/Rai'Shaun Williams/Noah Pettigrew [00:00.18] 作曲 : Dominique Jones/Rai'Shaun Williams/Noah Pettigrew [00:00.37]Protests and growing national outcry continues over [00:05.71](Section 8 just straight cooked this mother****er up) [00:06.71]The death of George Floyd [00:08.08]Last night, people protesting in Minneapolis escalated [00:11.48]As demonstrators were lashed by tear gas and rubber ******s [00:15.93]The main message here, the main message here, [00:17.52]The main message here [00:18.21]Is that they want to see those officers involved [00:20.32]They want to see those officers arrested [00:22.75]Officers arrested [00:23.86](I can't breathe, I can't breathe) [00:27.40]Trade my 4x4 for a G63, ain't no more free Lil Steve [00:30.99]I gave 'em chance and chance and chance again, [00:32.76]I even done told them please [00:34.26]I find it crazy the police'll shoot you [00:35.89]And know that you dead, but still tell you to freeze [00:37.58]****ed up, I seen what I seen [00:38.78]I guess that mean hold him down if he say he can't breathe [00:40.99]It's too many mothers that's grieving [00:42.41]They killing us for no reason [00:43.63]Been going on for too long to get even [00:45.31]Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas [00:47.07]I went to court and they sent me to prison [00:48.82]My mama was crushed when they said I can't leave [00:50.60]First I was drunk, then I sobered up quick [00:52.29]When I heard all that time that they gave to Taleeb [00:54.24]He got a life sentence plus [00:55.68]We just some products of our environment [00:57.54]How the **** they gon' blame us? [00:59.11]You can't fight fire with fire [01:00.55]I know, but at least we can turn up the flames some [01:02.68]Every colored person ain't dumb and all whites not racist [01:05.99]I be judging by the mind and heart, [01:07.89]I ain't really into faces [01:09.54]****ed up, the way that we livin' [01:10.95]Is not getting better, you gotta know how to survive [01:12.67]Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones [01:14.50]To carry a gun when they going outside [01:16.31]Stare in the mirror whenever you drive [01:17.94]Overprotective, go crazy for mine [01:19.73]You gotta pay attention to the signs [01:21.38]Seem like the blind following the blind [01:23.10]Thinking 'bout everything that's going on [01:24.84]I boost security up at my home [01:26.62]I'm with my kind if they right or they wrong [01:28.42]I call him now, he'll pick up the phone [01:30.20]And it's five in the morning, he waking up on it [01:31.98]Tell 'em wherever I'm at, then they comin' [01:33.70]I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin' [01:35.35]That shit be crazy, they 'posed to protect us [01:37.18]Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us [01:38.88]While they go home at night, that shit messed up [01:40.82]Knowing we needed help, they neglect us [01:42.54]Wondering who gon' make them respect us [01:44.38]I can see in your eye that you fed up [01:45.99]**** around, got my shot, I won't let up [01:47.86]They know that we a problem together [01:49.51]They know that we can storm any weather [01:51.32]It's bigger than black and white [01:52.47]It's a problem with the whole way of life [01:54.42]It can't change overnight [01:55.66]But we gotta start somewhere [01:57.42]Might as well gon' 'head start here [01:59.31]We done had a hell of a year [02:00.87]I'ma make it count while I'm here [02:02.97]God is the only man I fear [02:04.62]**** it, I'm goin' on the front line [02:06.51]He gon' bust your ass if you come past that gun line [02:08.14]You know when the storm go away, then the sun shine [02:09.84]You gotta put your head in the game when it's crunch time [02:11.61]I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters [02:13.23]I want all my daughters to show out in public [02:14.96]Seems like we losing our country [02:16.28]But we gotta stand up for something, so this what it comes to [02:18.56]Every video I see on my conscience [02:20.17]I got power, now I gotta say somethin' [02:21.93]Corrupted police been the problem where I'm from [02:23.65]But I'd be lying if I said it was all of them [02:25.58]I ain't do this for the trend, I don't follow them [02:27.35]Altercations with the law, had a lot of them [02:29.04]People speaking for the people, I'm proud of them [02:30.88]Stick together, we can get it up out of them [02:32.45]I can't lie like I don't rap about killing and ****, [02:34.34]But I'm telling my youngins to vote [02:35.78]I did what I did [02:36.62]'cause I didn't have no choice or no hope, [02:38.23]I was forced to just jump in and go [02:39.54]This bullshit is all that we know, [02:40.63]But it's time for a change [02:41.55]Got time to be serious, no time for no games [02:43.15]We ain't takin' no more, let us go from them chains [02:44.91]God bless they souls, every one of them names [02:46.71]It's bigger than black and white [02:47.94]It's a problem with the whole way of life [02:50.08]It can't change overnight [02:51.32]But we gotta start somewhere [02:53.15]Might as well gon' 'head start here [02:54.99]We done had a hell of a year [02:56.32]I'ma make it count while I'm here [02:58.46]God is the only man I fear [03:00.25]They trainin' officers to kill us, [03:02.01]Then shootin' protestors with these rubber ******s [03:03.77]They regular people, I know that they feel it [03:05.33]These scars too deep to heal us [03:06.85]What happened to COVID? Nobody remember [03:08.40]It ain't makin' sense, I'm just here to vent [03:10.11]It happen to one of your people, it's different [03:11.84]We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it [03:14.18]Knowledge is power, [03:15.02]I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted [03:16.69]I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me [03:18.37]Ain't scared to admit it, some shit I can't mention [03:20.11]It's people who can, well, here's the chance [03:21.83]I won't take the stand, [03:22.77]But I'll take a stand for what I believe [03:24.51]Must not be breathing the air that I breathe [03:26.27]You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleed [03:28.04]I never been a fan of police [03:29.49]But my neighborhood know I try to keep peace [03:31.48]So it's only right that I get in the streets [03:33.18]March for a reason, not just on GP [03:34.90]Our people died for us to be free [03:36.63]**** do you mean? This was a dream [03:38.48]Now we got the power that we need to have [03:40.22]They don't want us with it and that's why they mad, yeah [03:42.43]It's bigger than black and white [03:43.62]It's a problem with the whole way of life [03:45.86]It can't change overnight [03:47.10]But we gotta start somewhere [03:48.98]Might as well gon' 'head start here [03:50.67]We done had a hell of a year [03:52.11]I'ma make it count while I'm here [03:54.12]God is the only man I fear [03:55.86]It's bigger than black and white [03:57.77]It's a problem with the whole way of life [03:59.86]It can't change overnight [04:01.04]But we gotta start somewhere [04:02.87]Might as well gon' 'head start here [04:04.62]We done had a hell of a year [04:06.14]I'ma make it count while I'm here [04:08.01]God is the only man I fear