Sept. 13, 2013

Still Exist

From Redemption by Ray Jones (author's profile)

Transcription

Wrote: 2008
Song: Still Exist
Album: Da Invisible Man

V1
I came up, from da gutta trippn,
So I know, what it'z like,
2 see kidz, n third world poverty,
Want a new, pair of Nikez...
Haven 2 ditch, da police litez,
Wantn 2 claim, we sell dope,
Throwing us drunk, n paddy waggonz,
2 beat us up, wit batonz...
Puttn it down, on da asphalt,
Where no whitez, wanna live,
Blamen everything, on us thuggz,
Sayn we influence, dey kidz...
N not caren, about us trapped,
Growing up, n da slumz,
So dey hire, police 2 protect dem,
Bustn my people, wit drugz...
Being railroaded, by da system,
Roundn us up, like cattle.
N if u blakk, n don't got money,
U up shyt creek, wit no paddle...
Tryna depict us, as terroristz,
Haten my people, 4 nathan,
Hiden us blakkz, n prison cellz,
Kuz dey fear organizationz...
N it's every day, dey covern up,
What'z really going on,
Not lettn da publik, hear da truth,
So dey droppn da bomb...
Scared 2 give bak, 2 our people,
Maken Amerikkka rich,
Der'z mo' prisons, dan skoolhouses,
N dis world, full of shyt...

Chorus:
I grew up, n da ghetto starven,
So I know, what it'z like,
Waken up, every morning hustlen,
Jakkn foolz, 4 dey ice...
Alwayz mindn, my own bizness,
Gettn harassed, by da pigz,
N when dey call me, da "N" word,
Does racism still exist...

V2
Trippn out, off da police lookn,
2 pump bulletz, n our baxx,
Kuz da musik, I'm steady bumpn,
Got dem all, haten rapz...
When dey keepn, my people scared,
Of gettn hung, by deze whitez,
Telln us all, dat we ain't shit,
Not respectn, our rightz...
Seeing pro athletez, trippn out,
Once dey make, all da loot,
N do some stupid shyt, like Pacman,
When dey give, u da boot...
Hearn dem say, dey given bakk,
Not forgettn, where dey from,
But I don't hear, nobody donating,
Money bakk 2 Afrika,
N femalez, wanna sleep around,
Playn foolz, 4 dey money,
Aktn scared, 2 hear da truth,
Liven n dis, racist ass country...
Being held bakk, bekuz I'm blakk,
Witout no proper, education,
N all da textbooks, n da skoolz,
Give out, false information...
N no wonder, my people dying,
Or facing incarceration,
So whitez can have, us minoritiez,
Workn on his, jail plantation...
Any person, who don't believe,
Dat racism, still exist,
Why dey tryna kill, Barack Obama,
From becomen, da president?...

V3
Why every time, us blaxx get killed,
Dey wanna say, we all croox,
Telln dey folkz, n all Amerikkka,
We should all, get da noose...
Alwayz sayn, dey can't trust us,
N jus look, what dey did,
Enslaved my people, like n da bible,
Killen our mothers & kidz...
Kidnappn, my peepz on boatz,
2 pick cotton, n fieldz,
N every day, tryna brainwash us,
Wit dey false religion...
Wantn 2 call, da president,
2 ship my people, som food,
But rather blast us, bekuz dey mad
At my geez, n da hood...
Look at da mess, da world is in,
Tryna keep, da wealthy rich,
N have blaxx, like me n da gutta,
Walkn in stoz, wit a trench...
Jus 2 provide, foe my family,
I'm maken tax free dinero,
N all my life, I ain't had nathan,
Burying sukaz, wit shuvles...
Even haven, 2 watch my bakk,
From Mexikanz, hoppn borderz,
Fightn n warz, against our people,
Misplacen hate, on us brothaz...
Now Amerikkka, lives n fear,
Of other countryz, gettn big,
Startn warz, 4 no damn reason,
Being controlled, by da government.

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