Young Black America (feat. The-Dream)-Meek Mill/The-Dream

[00:00.00] 作词 : Al Green/Meek Mill/The-Dream/Shawn Carter/Derrick Omondi Okoth/Street Symphony [00:01.00] 作曲 : Al Green/Meek Mill/The-Dream/Shawn Carter/Derrick Omondi Okoth/Street Symphony [00:19.05]Yeah, I was on that corner, tryna get my coins up [00:22.54]Coppers run up on us and we turn to Jackie Joyner [00:25.64]White man kill a black man, they never report us [00:28.84]Black man kill a white man, they gon' start a war up [00:32.02]Mama she was sour, sippin' on the Absolut [00:35.22]Young n-ggas brainwashed, they just wanna rap and hoop [00:38.35]Could've been a lawyer until they came and shackled you [00:41.46]Felons on your records so them jobs ain't gettin' back at you [00:44.63]Them kids ain't eat yet, so you can't even sleep yet [00:47.68]That's the only thing we ever saw, we repeat that [00:50.86]They was playing ball, fouled him hard, said I'd be back [00:53.99]Broad day, threw his life away, soon as he clapped [00:57.23]Gave that boy a life sentence, made his momma relapse [01:00.32]Damn, they don't understand [01:02.72]Comin' from the bottom, it's so hard to make a plan [01:05.77]Know them kids beefin', they let it get out of hand [01:09.18]OGs never told us nothin' in advance [01:12.11]Young n-ggas killing young n-ggas, **** is like the Klan, I said [01:16.18]Told my young n-gga, "You the man," I said [01:19.14]You don't wanna end up like my man Ahmed [01:22.35]Praying five times a day, prostration on his head [01:25.18]Screamin' isha Lord that he don't make it to the feds [01:29.61]Caught up in the system, visit from his sister [01:32.36]Talkin' 'bout all these n-ggas, how they ain't even with him [01:35.55]Said they would ride or die, but it ain't even in 'em [01:38.68]Always postin' on the 'Gram, but hey ain't sendin' pictures [01:41.87]Never answer when you call, but answer for them b-tches [01:44.90]Got you thinking twice, damn I should've been a witness [01:48.13]Dismantle my business, just telling my story [01:51.04]All guns, no glory, been going on before me [01:54.37]We slaves in the '40s, still slaves in the present [01:57.55]No toys for Christmas, ain't get us no presents [02:00.76]Only made us evil, made us hungry, made us desperate [02:03.95]Youngin' in the 9th grade, he got a Smith and Wesson [02:06.99]Grew up with the goons, now he need protection [02:10.24]He dropped outta school, then he got arrested [02:13.33]Lord with a blessing, I just hope he learned his lesson [02:16.40]They told us, if we go to jail, we would be respected [02:19.44]They told us, if we make a sale, we would run a check in [02:22.60]Threw a rock out in that field, and got intercepted [02:26.02]He stumbled, he fumbled, y'all n-ggas just rumble [02:28.98]They told you to hustle, them n-ggas don't love you [02:31.88]Young black American, (na na) [02:34.62]Wanna live like the fairer skin, (na na) [02:37.41]Fall to the paradigm, (na na) [02:40.84]Occupied on that Marilyn, (na na) [02:43.94]The prophecies of the wild n-gga, no church [02:46.94]My uncles said stop b-tching n-gga, no skirts [02:50.25]It's kinda crazy there's another world on the other side of town [02:56.38]Pastor rollin' up in that Rolls [02:58.32]Pullin' up in that Holy Ghost [03:00.18]Preaching, while n-ggas dying by the Bible code [03:03.10]The destruction, the hate [03:05.89]The obstruction of my faith [03:09.15]My prayers, my faith [03:12.41]Will never be the same [03:15.28]Young black America [03:18.19]Young black America [03:21.26]Young black America [03:24.49]Young black America [03:27.69]Young black America [03:30.71]Young black America [03:33.91]Young black America [03:37.14]Young black America [03:40.29]Young black America [03:43.36]Young black America [03:46.47]Young black America [03:49.87]…… [04:01.54]