Ain't had a dime so I had to go get it
Everyday crime now they call me a menace
It's a line thru my city & it's only gettin bigger
No daddy in the house, no mama in the kitchen
But I see pages turning, blocks been burning
Ash give way to the light
So you can keep yo sermons, who you serving
The plan is to make it all right

Aye
Bullets thrown faster than footballs
Now we play 2-hand touch behind prison walls, but why?
We do what we see, everybody pitching packs,
I'm jus living the dream
The OGs tryna teach that it ain't way it seem
So I'm searching for an answer on an iPhone screen, uhh
Scroll & stop, it's funny to watch
Til I'm the next viral clip getting chased by the cops, ahhh

Ain't had a dime so I had to go get it
Everyday crime now they call me a menace
It's a line thru my city & it's only gettin bigger
No daddy in the house, no mama in the kitchen
But I see pages turning, blocks been burning
Ash give way to the light
So you can keep yo sermons, who you serving
The plan is to make it all right

Parents was there & I still didn't care
Tryna find where I fit but the streets ain't fair
& neither was the system, one misstep now Ima villain, a heathen flooding the city
No misdemeanor
& u know why
Black on both sides
Neva had blue eyes
So trouble I can't try
A Chi-town train ride
Made to pick sides
The violence be senseless
But answers don't lie

Ain't had a dime so I had to go get it
Everyday crime now they call me a menace
It's a line thru my city & it's only gettin bigger
No daddy in the house, no mama in the kitchen
But I see pages turning, blocks been burning
Ash give way to the light
So you can keep yo sermons, who you serving
The plan is to make it all right

From Cabrini to Robert
We was stored by the thousands
Black folks, Guinea pigs
For this new public housing (Chi-City!)
Migrated to starvation, a decline up north
War on drugs snatched the men & crack babies were birthed (Didn't give a damn)
Englewood to Austin, we took them losses
Cuts to education, our youth hurt often (Every one)
The past exhausting, now we tired of marching
Bring our seeds to the garden
Birth a new harvest (Let's Grow)

We been thru some hellish days
Slept in fire called it safe
Now we know from who we came
Can't back out or point the blame
It's in our hands, we can mold it well
Do more wit Love than gun shells
Gotta lot to build, time is ours
Can't break us down when we got the power

Ain't had a dime so I had to go get it
Everyday crime now they call me a menace
It's a line thru my city & it's only gettin bigger
No daddy in the house, no mama in the kitchen
But I see pages turning, blocks been burning
Ash give way to the light
So you can keep yo sermons, who you serving
The plan is to make it all right

Ain't had a dime so I had to go get it
Everyday crime now they call me a menace (They don't know)
It's a line thru my city & it's only gettin bigger (Locked away)
No daddy in the house, no mama in the kitchen (Ain't nobody here, now)
But I see pages turning, blocks been burning (Aye [life])
Ash give way to the light (Need it all)
So you can keep yo sermons, who you serving (Aye)
The plan is to make it all right (Aye, aye, aye)