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

[00:00.000] 作词 : Al Green/Meek Mill/The-Dream/Shawn Carter/Derrick Omondi Okoth/Street Symphony [00:01.000] 作曲 : Al Green/Meek Mill/The-Dream/Shawn Carter/Derrick Omondi Okoth/Street Symphony [00:18.52]Yeah, I was on that corner, tryna get my coins up [00:22.08]Coppers run up on us and we turn to Jackie Joyner [00:25.13]White man kill a black man, they never report us [00:28.33]Black man kill a white man, they gon' start a war up [00:31.46]Mama she was sour, sippin' on the Absolut [00:34.84]Young *****s brainwashed, they just wanna rap and hoop [00:37.88]Could've been a lawyer until they came and shackled you [00:40.99]Felons on your records [00:42.29]So them jobs ain't gettin' back at you [00:44.24]Them kids ain't eat yet, so you can't even sleep yet [00:47.25]That's the only thing we ever saw, we repeat that [00:50.47]They was playing ball, fouled him hard, said I'd be back [00:53.56]Broad day, threw his life away, soon as he clapped [00:56.70]Gave that boy a life sentence, made his momma relapse [00:59.86]Damn, they don't understand [01:02.33]Comin' from the bottom, it's so hard to make a plan [01:05.30]Know them kids beefin', they let it get out of hand [01:08.48]OGs never told us nothin' in advance [01:11.62]Young *****s killing young *****s [01:13.62]**** is like the Klan, I said [01:15.49]Told my young *****, "You the man," I said [01:18.59]You don't wanna end up like my man Ahmed [01:21.93]Praying five times a day, prostration on his head [01:24.97]Screamin' Insha'***** that [01:26.74]He don't make it to the feds [01:28.23]Caught up in the system, visit from his sister [01:31.61]Talkin' 'bout all these *****s [01:33.52]How they ain't even with him [01:34.92]Said they would ride or die [01:36.61]But it ain't even in 'em [01:38.06]Always postin' on the 'Gram [01:39.90]But hey ain't sendin' pictures [01:41.41]Never answer when you call [01:42.95]But answer for them *****es [01:44.43]Got you thinking twice [01:45.81]Damn I should've been a witness [01:47.46]Dismantle my business, just telling my story [01:50.53]All guns, no glory, been going on before me [01:53.85]We slaves in the '40s, still slaves in the present [01:57.01]No toys for Christmas, ain't get us no presents [02:00.13]Only made us evil, made us hungry, made us desperate [02:03.37]Youngin' in the 9th grade, he got a Smith and Wesson [02:06.65]Grew up with the goons, now he need protection [02:09.76]He dropped outta school, then he got arrested [02:12.87]Lord with a blessing [02:14.44]I just hope he learned his lesson [02:15.94]They told us, if we go to jail [02:17.64]We would be respected [02:19.24]They told us, if we make a sale [02:20.83]We would run a check in [02:22.43]Threw a rock out in that field, and got intercepted [02:25.54]He stumbled, he fumbled, y'all *****s just rumble [02:28.59]They told you to hustle, them *****s don't love you [02:31.69]Young black American, (na na) [02:34.34]Wanna live like the fairer skin, (na na) [02:37.21]Fall to the paradigm, (na na) [02:40.46]Occupied on that Marilyn, (na na) [02:43.65]The prophecies of the wild *****, no church [02:46.85]My uncles said stop *****ing *****, no skirts [02:50.01]It's kinda crazy there's another world [02:52.71]On the other side of town [02:55.16]Pastor rollin' up in that Rolls [02:57.67]Pullin' up in that Holy Ghost [02:59.62]Preaching, while *****s dying by the Bible code [03:02.58]The destruction, the hate [03:05.32]The obstruction of my faith [03:08.30]My prayers, my faith [03:11.63]Will never be the same [03:14.74]Young black America [03:17.20]Young black America [03:20.72]Young black America [03:23.95]Young black America [03:30.45]Young black America [03:33.35]Young black America [03:36.64]Young black America [03:39.86]Young black America [03:42.84]Young black America [03:45.81]Young black America [03:49.54]Young black America