Mommas tryna feed all the children No good work for them to begin with Been this way for each generation That's just how it's been Block she love on always a drive by Police never help they just stand by When she alone, break down and she cry Is there any end Some thangs never change Some thangs never change Some thangs never change People hungry, people dyin Some gotta run when they hear a siren cause they ain't treated like a citizen Oh, some things never change Mommas raisin the children because all the daddies in prison Locked in the system ain't no winnin You know some things never change Some thangs never change Some thangs never change Some thangs never change I see no changes And they say the Jakes is racist Nightcrawler's, Gyllenhaal killing boys crazy Out of order, Minotaurs Still we lost in mazes Your leader bought Feel like Mob Scripts from Scorsese Jamal get the Prison walls John get the dispensaries Pot grows indoors Like us in our late teens I am from where they rape kids Fortunate to escape it No sanitation its bore holes and rape kits Given the choice we'll take stakes in the matrix Cuz Neo fascist burn stakes on our pavements It's been like that since Regan and slave ships Western cape 80s and state of emergency Granny say patience, pray, read Galatians Buddy say them pages great For weed blazing I keep tasting lemons the with each flavor Make lemonade this XO need chasing If the world don't change, it sure changed me If you know my pain, it shortchanged me Stark raving, dark days I found God's favor Hands buried in low rain soil for Sun raisins By the book or run jux we gone make it Either booked or got booked to rock stages I admire your stride nothing to play with, Get rich or let Alonda sing at your grave pit Anyway anyway you keep it goin But anyway anyway you keep it goin Anyway anyway you keep it goin Even though some things never change Anyway anyway you keep it goin But anyway anyway you keep it goin Anyway anyway you keep it goin Even though some things never change You always find a way to get you by I admire your stride, I admire your stride It's gon be fine, promise it's gon be alright Keep shining your sunlight Just keep shining your light Some thangs never change Some thangs never change Some thangs never change Anyway, anyway you keep it goin