Compassion will always lead to action, you know
That’s what makes it authentic
These days rappers counterfeit
Lifestyle really ain’t legit
Rent the watch, chain and the whip
Let’s rap about what really do exist
Fame and fortune go away like this
Forgotten like George Harrison
Forgotten like the band Genesis
Had to take another look at this
I thought about it
We make decisions than we gotta pay
Like Rasheed Paid the NBA
Fine after fine, but I’m fine man I’m trying not to waste my time with the
Arguments on politics
Do we really know what justice is
Protesting injustice
See the connection, ain’t no contesting
George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery
This conversation so necessary
But the silence is deafening the feeling’s unsettling
Come correct
Hard for me to do when I don't get respect
I looked for God, but found He never left
Laid my prayers up like Manu with the left
With the Left, I connect
All in
Kobe and Shaq at Boston
Running for it like Kenny Lofton
Really it’s the only option
All in, all in
Melodies to free like Cece
Eyes wide, but y'all don’t see me
I paint words like Botticelli
All in
Dominican, Memoirs
Of an inner city Black Boy
I never was a frat boy
Or a bad boy like the one you see on the tabloid
Pulled over, in my Corolla
By what I thought was 1 cop car
While They assuming, I’m consuming liquor from nearby bar
He called for back up lining up the cars
Feeling frantic wife could hear alarms
I’m sitting still just hoping for no harm
People walking past with shopping carts
Racial profiling was so unsuccessful
But I still got love invested for my brothers
Bridging the gap between badge and the corner
Like we can still talk if you wanna
Come correct
Hard for me to do when I don't get respect
I looked for God, but found He never left
Laid my prayers up like Manu with the left
With the left, I connect
All in
Kobe and Shaq at Boston
Running for it like Kenny Lofton
Really it’s the only option
All in, all in
Melodies to free like Cece
Eyes wide, but y'all don’t see me
I paint words like Botticelli
All in
Argue your position, it ain’t time for that
We should pray for change, and we need action undeniably
I wanna see the real, let’s see behind the mask
Protesting in motion, they said stop the commotion
Come correct
Hard for me to do when I don't get respect
I looked for God, but found He never left
Laid my prayers up like Manu with the left
With the left, left, left, left