We’ve all the heard the saying that it takes a village to raise a child but a wise man once posed the question, “What do you do if the village is sick?”
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Nobody knows, nobody cares and every year
It doesn’t show man, I swear that they don’t give a shit
About the misguided youth we see
This gotta be lunacy
So what we gonna do about it?
Tell me what we gonna do about it
Let me know what we gonna do about it
Tell me what we gonna do about it
[Verse 1]
Look down on em, gritty frown on em
Take the little they have and put the pound on em
Still the innocence makes their hearts colder
Far from gentlemen when they got older
On some BDPish criminal minded
Love, they don’t see it, they’re mentally blinded
Dead beat dads man, they don’t want to bother
Makes sense, no one showed em how to be a father
Let alone men, cycle never gonna end
Prison doors wide open like let em all in
We forget our own kin, let em slip through the cracks
Now tell me what do you know? You’re just a nigga that raps
My own people trying to tell me I don’t know a thing
And they almost got me till I broke the chains
But instead of pointing fingers, try to lend a hand
You act like our mistakes wasn’t part of the plan, damn
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[Verse 2]
Hard times being an individual black guy
Who’s mad fly doing what he gotta do just to get by
In DC, South East, hard to choose the right direction
Hard to get a job just because of your complexion
Now back to the life of a real ? kid
Who did the best he could but still trying to find the exit
His own family wouldn’t allow him to stay there
Like they don’t care, he’s under the age of 18
Smoking weed and drinking beer
If only his family would pay attention
Now dare I mention his dad been doing his own thing
So half his life he missing, hold on
? it’s getting hot up in here
Can’t connect with the fam so he fall and ?
Can’t seem to find the path, no school can do the math
Catch him running fast ? many years have passed
Cause he’s under the influence, don’t know what he’s pursuing
And nobody really cares that his life’s being ruined
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[Verse 3]
Y’all are out of touch, no wonder they don’t feel you
Scared of your own children like they’re gonna kill you
You looking for answers, start with yourself
Expect them to change when you offer no help
Or guidance, they dying to get right
Left behind, deaf and blind, no insight
Taught self-hate by so-called loved ones
Black youth misled by the dozens
All need approval folks, you ain’t perfect
Besides, most of their schools ain’t worth shit
Need better opportunities but can’t afford it
They try to ignore this, more obstacles than resources
Pull together and build
Until we face our own demons we never will heal
Realise the battle starts in our home
Eventually we gotta stop poisoning our own
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