How do you make it by
On those days you cry
When you wanna lie down and die
Got you thinkin' it's all a lie
On your knees askin' the Lord why
But you gotta dive down deep
Let the claws out and show your teeth
Show em the power that's underneath
And rise up on your feet
But you can't accept defeat
Cause the world like to beat
You down in the street
But deep down beneath
The pain that got you weak
Is a strength that will no sleep
So climb up to that peak
And as you reach higher in the sky
Look back and wave the world goodbye


We trust that they must obey us
So stay up or lay up in a hoop
Got you on a loop D loop
Better not sleep or not see
While they lie in abeyance
So wake up and play defense
Before they throw you in a trance
Or cast you out into no man's land
Do you understand or need someone
To hold your hand while they rally you
With an alley-oop like Duncan do
So let them try to block us now
Cause they can't knock us down
So whose commandment can
Command men or command them
To hate all those damn men
While all we do is condemn them
I hope you know that we can take control back
So let's show that before this blows back
And we throw back to racial division
Like we all in a prison, they on a mission
To separate us like Rosa on a bus
Cause we don't look like them
So we throw the book at them
And throw them in the pen
Until they grown men
And we don't know what to do with em
So we keep pursuin' them
And make their children
Follow them into the pen
So will we ever stop it
When all we care about is profit