Down

I know it’s hard don’t let them take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we’re free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down, don’t take from us
I wonder what they see when they envision us
Tell me how we’re free if they conditioned us
You gotta stay down so you get lifted up
You gotta stay down
I’m tryna save the world but I need someone to come save me
See I made a promise to make it up out it but this what they made me
I’m trapped in a system that won’t let me live it’s driving me crazy
In 2020 my people are hanging and Brenda’s got babies
I’ve been a victim to all my surroundings
Body is lifted but feels like I’m grounded
Head above water but feels like I’m drowning
Look to the sky my mind’s feeling clouded
Black in a world where they label me violent
A cop kills a nigga then everything’s silent (shh, black)
We don’t wanna talk about it, but we got some bigger problems
What happened to him, they shot him
10 o’clock news we’re watching
And every day we pray, pray, pray, pray
Somebody should explain, xplain, xplain, xplain
Tell me who the fuck gon' survive in Ameri to the K, K, K, A, wait.
But still we got a dream and it’s been a process, man I feel exhausted
Want a house on the hill make me a promise
Be the voice of the people that feel lost in
The land of the free but ain’t got options
All eyes on me cause they still watching
(They still watching, they still watching, they still watching)