Inner City Wars by Rock Wright Lyrics
Inner City Wars
(Chorus)
Another gang shootout, inner city wars
And I was just on that block ten minutes before
Now I’m paranoid, will I live til twenty-five?
My mother’s only prayer is that I make it home alive
(Post Hook)
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
These inner city wars won't change my life
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
-These inner city wars won't
Take my life
(Verse)
It's a war out here mom, but you already knew that
It's a war out here, I got the battle wounds to prove it
It's cold out here, still got that crack house on our corner
It's so cold out here, I'm trying not to catch pneumonia
Living in a land where ruthless killers run up on ya
And tote that Glock with no pity, good kid maad city
It's a jungle out here literally-
Surprised I made it this far considering
The amount of traps they plant so that a black man can't
Ever fun the light out of these dark roads
Where you'll find a bullet hole before you'll find hope
Product of our environment
We weren't born violent
The city required us to be that way
From what fitted cap you rock, to where your grandma stay
So don't ask me bout Hollywood, cuz it's a war in L.A.
I've lost homies, my boy AP died in my arms
Ya I know who shot him, drive by, and we knew the car
Even though it felt like-
I had nothing to lose
With more blood on my clothes than a hundred Pirus
I'd be a fortune's fool to make a move
Cuz I won't be another black boy to die in vain
You shot my bro, I shoot you, your bro shoot me
Ain't nothing change
I'm from the nation of retaliation, feel my pain
I'm tired of losing brothers, man I'm ready for change
Mom I'm tired of you being afraid when I walk outdoors
I'm tired of these toxic Inner City Wars
~On God!
(Post Hook)
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
These inner city wars won't change my life
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
-These inner city wars won't
Take my life
(Chorus)
Another gang shootout, inner city wars
And I was just on that block ten minutes before
Now I’m paranoid, will I live til twenty-five?
My mother’s only prayer is that I make it home alive
(Post Hook)
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
These inner city wars won't change my life
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
-These inner city wars won't
Take my life
(Verse)
It's a war out here mom, but you already knew that
It's a war out here, I got the battle wounds to prove it
It's cold out here, still got that crack house on our corner
It's so cold out here, I'm trying not to catch pneumonia
Living in a land where ruthless killers run up on ya
And tote that Glock with no pity, good kid maad city
It's a jungle out here literally-
Surprised I made it this far considering
The amount of traps they plant so that a black man can't
Ever fun the light out of these dark roads
Where you'll find a bullet hole before you'll find hope
Product of our environment
We weren't born violent
The city required us to be that way
From what fitted cap you rock, to where your grandma stay
So don't ask me bout Hollywood, cuz it's a war in L.A.
I've lost homies, my boy AP died in my arms
Ya I know who shot him, drive by, and we knew the car
Even though it felt like-
I had nothing to lose
With more blood on my clothes than a hundred Pirus
I'd be a fortune's fool to make a move
Cuz I won't be another black boy to die in vain
You shot my bro, I shoot you, your bro shoot me
Ain't nothing change
I'm from the nation of retaliation, feel my pain
I'm tired of losing brothers, man I'm ready for change
Mom I'm tired of you being afraid when I walk outdoors
I'm tired of these toxic Inner City Wars
~On God!
(Post Hook)
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
These inner city wars won't change my life
Mama I'll make it home tonight
Mama I'll make it home alright
-These inner city wars won't
Take my life