[Verse 1]
Yeah, yeah
I pray to God for surveillance
Cause it's been a problem and it's still a problem
I've been thinking about families
No fathers, how they gon' live without them
And you can't define them I don't even want the right to remain silent
In front the tyrant
No real police is gonna shoot a passenger knowing there is a goddamn kid behind 'em
Who gon' settle with 'em
Pure evil embedded in 'em
There ain't nothing but the devil in 'em
And we always the hurt race
If you gonna shoot first then you shouldn't be a cop in the first place
When it's the time to create my child what the fuck am I gonna tell my son?
What if he had an emergency and he's scared to call 9-1-1, what he gonna do?
And he walking on the sidewalk, rainfall with a book bag and an umbrella
Ain't no amount of hurt you give a lil boy gonna make shit better
And for some reason everything you tell me is an excuse
And for some reason having you on camera ain't enough proof

[Bridge]
If you shoot me and I shoot back how the hell we gonna stay out the pain
If you shoot me and I don't shoot back they probably say I'm the blame
If you shoot me and I shoot back how the hell we gonna stay out the pain
If you shoot me and I shoot back how the hell I'm gonna stay out the rain

[Chorus]
If they take my life and I can't detain
If I take your life and it seem humaine
I took off the rope and every single chain
I can't see my family never please explain
If they take my life and I can't detain
If I take your life and it seem humaine
I took off the rope and every single chain
I can't see my family never please explain

Please stay out the fame, please stay out, please stay out the rain
(x8)

[Verse 2]
Everytime I see you now I feel fear, both hands up for a real prayer
You can tell me that you still care, how I tried to run him in a wheelchair
Don't matter if my hand gotta degree in it, I need my hand to breathe in it
I was told that you got my back, never known there was gonna be a knee in it
Yeah, now that I'm trying to be alert and you looking in the skin but you can't see the worth
And they wonder if they days will get better, but nah I see it worse
They want a brown face to avert, take a life and you can't reimburse
When you see a cop car, man you see a cop car
When I see a cop car, I see a Hertz, see the hurt in my eye look
See the hurt in my heart look
See the hurt in the son of a panther
They kill us, we kill them, more definite answer
But more people gonna die cause of this shit, just being realistic
Pure evil walk the Earth everyday and I be checking logistics

[Bridge]
If you shoot me and I shoot back how the hell we gonna stay out the pain
If you shoot me and I don't shoot back they probably say I'm the blame
If you shoot me and I shoot back how the hell we gonna stay out the pain
If you shoot me and I shoot back how the hell I'm gonna stay out the rain

[Chorus]
If they take my life and I can't detain
If I take your life and it seem humaine
I took off the rope and every single chain
I can't see my family never please explain
If they take my life and I can't detain
If I take your life and it seem humaine
I took off the rope and every single chain
I can't see my family never please explain

Please stay out the fame, please stay out, please stay out the rain
(x8)

[Outro]
Should I take this umbrella out of my book bag
Momma should just get soaked in justice, I smell the rain
If I reach for it, then reach for the sky, the outcome is the same
And do my life come second?
With a history book in my hand, why is it to drop my weapon
You under salary 140 hours a week
I'm African-American 'til I'm under six feet
How can I, raise my child under this pouring ass rain
In fear that he's in fear, and in fear doubting him three
We all see where I'm going with this
And why? Cause you gave me a kiss goodnight
And I know that was a kiss goodbye

Why is your shirt wet, and his shirt dry?
Why is your shirt wet, and his shirt dry?
Why is your shirt wet, and his shirt dry?
Stay out the rain