Lyrics
Yo, the race is not for the swift
But for them that can stand strong
And this y'all, I'ma give you all
I'ma give you all
By any means necessary, I'ma hold down tradition
White tee, blue jeans, yeah, I fit the description
No prescription for the drugs on our waist
We dark, so they put the flashlight in our face
Racial profiling send me straight to the island
Hit me with the nightstick, the captain starts smiling
The foul smell of the ghetto will burn your nose hair
It's forbidden, so no one goes there
The struggle never stops
Still we wake up to spoiled milk
With roaches crawling out our cereal box
They feed us lies, blind our eyes
If your hand the same color as mine's, black men rise
To all my hustlers pumpin' cracks behind the building
Ghetto children, this is how we livin'
All my gangster soldiers in the prison
Don't worry, it's a totally new beginning
To all my hustlers pumpin' cracks behind the building
Ghetto children, this is how we livin'
All my gangster soldiers in the prison
Don't worry, it's a totally new beginning
My peoples been in the cage for criminal ways
For the fact that we couldn't take minimum wage
We had stacks in the back of the building
Brothers is crooks, but we still read books to the children
Now I keep my mind in the movement, time in the movement
'Cause the ghetto need a lot of improvement
Now we got a plan for the future
And watch for the man 'cause they don't
Cuff you no more, they just shoot ya
Time for a new beginning, revolution is coming
See the bullets out the Ruger spinning
And we ain't gon' stand down, we gon' stand up
Black man, black power, put your black hand up
To all my hustlers pumpin' cracks behind the building
Ghetto children, this is how we livin'
All my gangster soldiers in the prison
Don't worry, it's a totally new beginning
To all my hustlers pumpin' cracks behind the building
Ghetto children, this is how we livin'
All my gangster soldiers in the prison
Don't worry, it's a totally new beginning
I used to wear bow ties and listen to Farrakhan
Now I run the block like the strip is a marathon
The hood ain't been the same since Malcolm and King gone
Tales from the hood is what I sing on a rap song
Everybody petrified ever since 9/11
The hood was under attack before 9/11
Tell me how we got crack and automatic weapons
My worst nightmare is Bush getting re-elected
The jails is packed, everybody stressed out
Give me the key and I'm letting all the lifers out
So they can rebuild and work for a dollar bill
Take the shackles off your mind, we running out of time
To all my hustlers pumpin' cracks behind the building
Ghetto children, this is how we livin'
All my gangster soldiers in the prison
Don't worry, it's a totally new beginning
To all my hustlers pumpin' cracks behind the building
Ghetto children, this is how we livin'
All my gangster soldiers in the prison
Don't worry, it's a totally new beginning