Letter M by Jameel3DN Lyrics
And it's hard
For a black man to make it
All these faces
Ages racist running rat races
Tryna reach places
We second no aces
Maybe third could be worst
So we fake it
400 hundred years
We done waited for some justice
But they ain't Eva trust us
Now we know it's just us
Crime rate rise
So they cuff us and done us
So we don't trust pigs
They some bustas
This the road
The rise of us Negroes
Y'all can play the post
I'ma stay at the free throw
Hundred from the line
Can never equal a zero
They playing cheat codes
So we gotta keep close
Cause They Romans
Divide n they conquer
Light vs the darker
The hate we done harbored
Pg like Parker
Assisting is harder
I shall not die as a slave
But as a martyr
And even though we try to make it
When the things ain't right
Soon it will be my time
All will from the most high
And even though they try to take it
Like they own my life
I'll lay it on the line
They'll never own my mind
Knowledge put to use by this wisdom
Black skin tryna win
In this European kingdom
Enslaved and they say
Ain't no way you are a victim
You try survive off twenty thou
For an income
Product of the system
Oppressors Neva listen
Kings before Egyptians
Bloodline different
Cousins but we distant
Resemble cause of pigment
Prove my existence
Hebrew if you listen
This my issue
Us we the targets
Once we in the system
No such thing as pardoned
The light
Felt bright
Until it darkened
On the cell block
Ain't no such thing as bargains
And this life is like a jail cell
Four corners
No chance to excel
No chance to exhale
The ground feel
Right next to hell
From kings and queens
This is where we fell
And even though we try to make it
When the things ain't right
Soon it will be my time
All will from the most high
And even though they try to take it
Like they own my life
I'll lay it on the line
They'll never own my mind
For a black man to make it
All these faces
Ages racist running rat races
Tryna reach places
We second no aces
Maybe third could be worst
So we fake it
400 hundred years
We done waited for some justice
But they ain't Eva trust us
Now we know it's just us
Crime rate rise
So they cuff us and done us
So we don't trust pigs
They some bustas
This the road
The rise of us Negroes
Y'all can play the post
I'ma stay at the free throw
Hundred from the line
Can never equal a zero
They playing cheat codes
So we gotta keep close
Cause They Romans
Divide n they conquer
Light vs the darker
The hate we done harbored
Pg like Parker
Assisting is harder
I shall not die as a slave
But as a martyr
And even though we try to make it
When the things ain't right
Soon it will be my time
All will from the most high
And even though they try to take it
Like they own my life
I'll lay it on the line
They'll never own my mind
Knowledge put to use by this wisdom
Black skin tryna win
In this European kingdom
Enslaved and they say
Ain't no way you are a victim
You try survive off twenty thou
For an income
Product of the system
Oppressors Neva listen
Kings before Egyptians
Bloodline different
Cousins but we distant
Resemble cause of pigment
Prove my existence
Hebrew if you listen
This my issue
Us we the targets
Once we in the system
No such thing as pardoned
The light
Felt bright
Until it darkened
On the cell block
Ain't no such thing as bargains
And this life is like a jail cell
Four corners
No chance to excel
No chance to exhale
The ground feel
Right next to hell
From kings and queens
This is where we fell
And even though we try to make it
When the things ain't right
Soon it will be my time
All will from the most high
And even though they try to take it
Like they own my life
I'll lay it on the line
They'll never own my mind