Our Baks against tha wall wit tha man goin at our neck,
lock us up in poverty all we want is our respect,
since they can't enslave our body they try to entrap our minds,
they throw us in tha prisons and give us heafty fines,
put us on tha news to try 2 deface us as a race,
make our story headlines while their given a petty case,
we're scared to go to trial because of 13 1/2,
no way to beat tha trial so we workin wit tha staff,
another scheme by tha man so they can tear my people down,
no more "harriet" and "eli" negroes today r watered down,
tha years we suffered slavery compare nothin to today,
wit black on black at an all time high its gettin worst by tha day,
wit a liquor store on every corner a gunshop on every block,
why not drown away tha sorrow while we wastin time on tha clock,
obama mentioned change and it gave us all a little hope,
but its neva gonna happen if we don't get ourselves off tha ropes,
Get ourselves bak into tha bible to get rite wit tha lord,
fight tha war wit ya mind let us put away tha sword,
watch our world start unfoldin so we can finally see past tha darkness,
if we don't start standin up together there will be lots of rain in tha forecast...