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[Intro]
StrBmeets, streets
Livin' Bmin the streets
[Verse 1: will.i.am]
BmStreet livin', caught in the trap
BmGuns or books, sell crack or rap
BmBe like kings or be like pawns
They cBmalled us coons, now they call us cons
BmStreet niggas be packing pistols
BmTerrorists be blasting missiles
BmCrips and Bloods and retail thugs
BmCIA planes bring Colombian drugs in
N.C.
Don't push me 'cause I'm close to hell
N.C.
The teachers in my neighborhood can hardly spell
N.C.
And compare to them, prison guards get paid well
N.C.
Ten years no bail is 4 years at Yale
N.C.
So, forget about the statue of General Lee
N.C.
Because the status of blacks are generally
N.C.
Gonna end up in some penitentiary
N.C.
Systematically, that's how they made it to be
Listen, tBmhey derailed the soul train
And pBmut a nightmare in every Martin Luther King
And prBmivatized prisons are owned by the same
SlBmave masters that owned the slave trade game
And rBmacists no longer have to be racist
'Cause nBmiggas kill more niggas than the KKK did
BmNow, every time I hear a new def jam
N.C.
Niggas killing niggas like they Ku Klux Klan
N.C.
I understand what's a nigga to choose?
N.C.
Be the killer or be the dead dude in the news
N.C.
I get it, what's a nigga to do?
N.C.
No education in the hood got a nigga confused
[Verse 2: apl.de.ap]
BmStreet livin', tough conditions
BmBrainwashed by the television
BmWe lost in the world we live in
DBmouble cross love lost no religion
BmStreet livin', oh my gosh
AnBmother brother got shot by the searg'
AnBmother cop got off with no charge
BmIf you black in the hood, you at large
BmYou're guilty until you prove you're innocent
If yBmou're ivory, they treat you different
If yBmou're ebony, they assume your temperament
Will bBme vigilant and they call you militant
And yBmou'll get shot and they'll say the incident
Is 'cBmause you're belligerent, what a coincidence?
BmBorn and bred but you're still an immigrant
N.C.
And if you ain't dead, you can see imprisonment
[Chorus: will.i.am]
BmThere's more niggas in the prisons than there ever was slaves cotton picking
BmThere's more niggas that's rotting in the prisons than there ever was slaves cotton picking
BmSo, how we gon' get up out the trap?
BmGuns or books, sell crack or rap
BmStreet livin', hustle or hoops
BmGuns or books, get shot or shoot
[Verse 3: Taboo]
BmStreet livin', ain't no rules
BmBreak the law, make the breakin' news
BmThe life you choose could be the life you lose
BmNiggas getting stuck for the Nike shoes
BmStreet livin', ain't no joke
BmIt's a cold world, better bring your coat
BmRevoke 'cause the streets are broke
And nBmow they wanna take away our dreams and hopes
BmStreet livin', no economics
NBmo way out of the Reaganomics
InfBmected by the black plague, new bubonic
NBmo comprende, we speak ebonics
BmStreet livin', what's your position?
BmYou can take action or take a dick and listen
You Bmcan get fucked by the system
BmOr you can say "fuck the system"
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