You hate to feel alive so insecure inside All against each other we fighting one another And I'm tired, a heavy heart I'm shuttered When I see all my brothers getting killed in the slumps Fighting for the crumbs I see them chasing dreams And try to overcome the hard times with ease Wanna reach the stars & take the planet over Young men tryna make it spitting bars cop a Rover hit the charts Thinkin' that's the way for them to set they fate To build a perfect life, livin' straight But that's the only dream They be having to escape So when it doesn't work Suicidal rates are getting high Criminality & violence on the rise Now they hit the drought They don't know what to do But what is there to do when you a dropout School ain't for me No missions to pursue so they lost with no job What I say is based upon things I really saw I'm thinking déjà vu I see it on the news Here's another shootout This man was on a stakeout Shot a couple bullets, hit his target They heard it on the block So now they call the cops Another crime scene With a Glock that they found Next to his feet Another homicide Another brother died I'm done seeing parents losing sons to the streets Who started selling weight Tried to get the cheese on they plate Bullets in the back 'Cause he forgot the drugs Killed as a payback Said he had it coming But now The blood is pouring down Puddles on the pavement His body on the ground 'Cause he forgot a payment Should we blame ourselves? Criticize the system? We gotta fix this mess Make it work for all these victims We lost so many souls It feels like evil won Did God lose control? Tell me? For whom the bell tolls? Tell me? This world is getting cold and my soul Sometimes cannot take it But I pray for better days It's time for us to change I'm asking the Lord Make evil go away My letter in this tape It's time to make a way I'm trusting the Lord We will be okay, yeah You deserved better But I wish you knew better Rest easy Peace