Story Behind The Song
These socioeconomic factors are well understood and regularly expressed from extreme positions at opposite ends of a spectrum: intellectualized analysis or sensationalized lyrics. The song attempts to convey the often overlooked subtext and subtlety in t
Song Description
the protagonist starts his narrative sounding like he is imprisoned and is about to launch into a polemic on how the 'Man', or the 'System' is responsible. He describes the broken circumstances he comes from: abusive father, sordid living conditions, unr
| Song Length |
3:42 |
Genre |
Rap - Alternative, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Tempo Undefined |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Outraged, Moving |
Subject |
Race/Ethnicity, Hope |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
The time's come
to make it clear
the reason I am here
and how somebody had a plan
to make me what I am
my home life was quite a scene
collapsing is what I mean
my dad hates society
he took it out on her and me
then the coward wasn't there
the school didn't care
decay everywhere
it didn't seem fair
I wonder if it was you
what exactly would you do?
Would you even
make it through?
Seasons come and they go
hopes, dreams
buried in snow
no sense wondering why
well f*** it
guess we're born to die!
About 1/3 alive
I load up the 45
if I gotta make somebody bleed
I'll get the money that I need
but then I had
a change of heart
not ready to play the part
but the other went
and got the green
and placed me at the scene
Then the lawyer wasn't there
the jury didn't care
judgment everywhere
it didn't seem fair
I wonder if it was you
what exactly would you do?
I believe it would
change your view...
Seasons come and they go
hopes, dreams
buried in snow
it's much too late to cry
well f*** it
guess we're born to die!
Hip Hop!
came up out of the dark
they used to do it
out in the park
everywhere they said the name
and brought it along
now it's worldwide
perhaps one billion strong
See:
there's no way that the pain
poverty, tragedy
plus the shame
could remain unexplained
unexpressed
unaddressed forever
in styles that's mad clever
it made the situation better
and that's why I'm here
on the stage, engagin',
mike in my fist
ay yo the s***'s amazing
could have been a victim
or a perpetrator
got a chance to self express
and turned greater
caught a break in my life
when son turned hater
witness fingered
the real culprit like Ralph Nader
it's like it was
all meant to be
when I really do the math
it jumped off because of me!
c. 2008 black bodhisattva prod