Who Really Changed?

They say I changed how I'm acting
They say I changed how I'm acting
They telling me that I changed well how I'm acting
Look

Seem like the little boys ain't turning into men lately
Seem like I get nothing hatred from my friends lately
They say I changed now, nah it ain't that too many copycats I changed styles
I look around my group of peers, nah I don't see the same smiles
It's reasonable tho cuz niggas dropping like flies
And if I seen my brother on the news
I wouldn't be surprised
Cuz the way that the system set up we only got two paths
That's get caught up in the streets or be confined to nine to five
Got word that the streets was cold, so I took the road less traveled
In the hood your only fear be the black gown and the gavel
All down to do the dirt, but is it worth doing them years
When you get sentenced like a essay as momma run outta tears
And you take that last glimpse of yo wifey and yo kids
So true to the street life that you willing to take the bid
For something that don't concern you I guess it is what it is
'Cuz you won't snitch although the crime is what your homie did
Who really changed

They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed how I'm acting please tell me how I'm acting
They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed how I'm acting please tell me how I'm acting
They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed how I'm acting please tell me how I'm acting
They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed

My biggest fear ain't change, it's never progressing
Hoping when you get released, you find another direction
'Cuz we can't help if you don't wanna be saved
Although I'm sure that in a moment of rage
Your last thought is being stuck in a cage
I pray for the best, coping with a brain full of stress
Wondering how you gone make it, feeling everything but blessed
Weight of the world on ya shoulders, thoughts heavy like boulders
So you hit the streets again just to peep all the fallen soldiers
I ain't talking 'bout the ones on the field, who try their hardest
I'm talking 'bout the niggas who slang in front of apartments
And nah it ain't by choice but shit they gotta feed their daughters
I can't knock it
I'd do the same if I run out of options
Praying that I don't, and hoping you don't judge if I do
They say your sentence gone be lengthy, I just hope it ain't true
But if it is then knock out all that time for your kids
When you get out they see their pops forever grateful for the view
It's up to you to change

They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed how I'm acting please tell me how I'm acting
They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed how I'm acting please tell me how I'm acting
They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed how I'm acting please tell me how I'm acting
They saying that I changed how I'm acting
They telling me I changed

Soon after you release you realize the streets the only place that's hiring a felon
A product of your environment you selling yourself short, thinking that's your only option
You don't feel guilty doing that knowing your kids watching
I don't judge you
But I'm just saying, you're supposed to be their role model
Instead of setting examples, you killed the whole bottle of something dark
At this point I'm just begging have a heart
These kids the future obstructed views they been blinded from the start
Because of you nigga, a product of the choices that you made
You ain't think before you acted now you forever enslaved
By a system whose intentions was exactly
That divided from your kids they dealing with the aftermath
Couple ways you could've went, it seems you chose the common route
In and out of federal this can't be all that you're about to say the least
But for that reason you won't ever find peace
Hoping to speak to you when you get released
By then I pray you've changed, yeah nigga I pray you changed
Fuck bruh this nigga ain't gone never change man, fuck