The Bigger Picture

Protests and growing national outcry continues over
(Section 8 just straight cooked this mother****er up)
The death of George Floyd
Last night, people protesting in Minneapolis escalated
As demonstrators were lashed by tear gas and rubber ******s
The main message here, the main message here,
The main message here
Is that they want to see those officers involved
They want to see those officers arrested
Officers arrested
(I cant breathe, I cant breathe)
Trade my 4x4 for a G63, aint no more free Lil Steve
I gave em chance and chance and chance again ,
I even done told them please
I find it crazy the policell shoot you
And know that you dead, but still tell you to freeze
****ed up, I seen what I seen
I guess that mean hold him down if he say he cant breathe
Its too many mothers thats grieving
They killing us for no reason
Been going on for too long to get even
Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas
I went to court and they sent me to prison
My mama was crushed when they said I cant leave
First I was drunk, then I sobered up quick
When I heard all that time that they gave to Taleeb
He got a life sentence plus
We just some products of our environment
How the **** they gon blame us?
You cant fight fire with fire
I know, but at least we can turn up the flames some
Every colored person aint dumb and all whites not racist
I be judging by the mind and heart,
I aint really into faces
****ed up, the way that welivin
Is not getting better, you gotta know how to survive
Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones
To carry a gun when they going outside
Stare in the mirror whenever you drive
Overprotective, go crazy for mine
You gotta pay attention to the signs
Seem like the blind following the blind
Thinking bout everything thats going on
I boost security up at my home
Im with my kind if they right or they wrong
I call him now, hell pick up the phone
And its five in the morning, he waking up on it
Tell em wherever Im at, then they comin
I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin
That shit be crazy, they posed to protect us
Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us
While they go home at night, that shit messed up
Knowing we needed help, they neglect us
Wondering who gon make them respect us
I can see in your eye that you fed up
**** around, got my shot, I wont let up
They know that we a problem together
They know that we can storm any weather
Its bigger than black and white
Its a problem with the whole way of life
It cant change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon head start here
We done had a hell of a year
Ima make it count while Im here
God is the only man I fear
**** it, Im goin on the front line
He gon bust your ass if you come past that gun line
You know when the storm go away, then the sun shine
You gotta put your headin the game when its crunch time
I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters
I want all my daughters to show out in public
Seems like we losing our country
But we gotta stand up for something, so this what it comes to
Every video I see on my conscience
I got power, now I gotta say somethin
Corrupted police been the problem where Im from
But Id be lying if I said it was all of them
I aint do this for the trend, I dont follow them
Altercations with the law, had a lot of them
People speaking for the people, Im proud of them
Stick together, we can get it up out of them
I cant lie like I dont rap about killing and ****,
But Im telling my youngins to vote
I did what I did
cause I didnt have no choice or no hope,
I was forced to just jump in and go
This bullshit is all that we know,
But its time for a change
Got time to be serious, no time for no games
We aint takin no more, let us go from them chains
God bless they souls, every one of them names
Its bigger than black and white
Its a problem with the whole way of life
It cant change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon head start here
We done had a hell of a year
Ima make it count while Im here
God is the only man I fear
They trainin officers to kill us,
Then shootin protestors with these rubber ******s
They regular people, I know that they feel it
These scars too deep to heal us
What happened to COVID? Nobody remember
It aint makin sense, Im just here to vent
It happen to one of your people, its different
We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it
Knowledge is power,
I swear Im a witness, I know that Im gifted
I wont go too deep cause Im scared theyll get me
Aint scared to admit it, some shit I cant mention
Its people who can, well, heres the chance
I wont take the stand,
But Ill take a stand for what I believe
Must not be breathing the air that I breathe
You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleed
I never been a fan of police
But my neighborhood know I try to keep peace
So its only right that I get in the streets
March for a reason, not just on GP
Our people died for us to be free
**** do you mean? This was a dream
Now we got the power that we need to have
They dont want us with it and thats why they mad, yeah
Its bigger than black and white
Its a problem with the whole way of life
It cant change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon head start here
We done had a hell of a year
Ima make it count while Im here
God is the only man I fear
Its bigger than black and white
Its a problem with the whole way of life
It cant change overnight
But we gotta start somewhere
Might as well gon head start here
We done had a hell of a year
Ima make it count while Im here
God is the only man I fear