Hurts Me Too

Too many Public officials, doing business in private
We hear you loud and clear
And we refuse to be silent
The trauma centers new but we been use to the violence
Get PTSD
Protecting The Shorties dying
Murder Must Stop
Put on a show
Stage a die in
Join the Hunger strike
Enjoy your Dyett
I heard the freight trains
Distribute guns and cocaine
And folks on track to own their homes
Got hit wit eminent domain
Imagine you get a knock on yo do-mane
They courtin you for your property
The balls in your court but it's Lo-mein
They acting like you must be out your noodle if it doesn't move you
Politics as usual don't let the color of the tie confuse you
It hurts that I could lose you

It hurts me too
I could take a plane away
Still wouldn't take the pain away

Deep down it hurts me too
Deep down it hurts me too

And we dance across the stage
As a chance to stop the pain

Deep down it hurts me too
Deep down it hurts me too

Deep down
Deep down
Deep down
Deep down

I know the city gets a bad rep sometimes
But even arnold schwarzenegger breaks a sweat sometimes
We still pushing for change, life is a vending machine
I had a quarter life crisis when that school bell ring
It was move to africa, or stay in the chi
From what I heard teaching english pays good in dubai
I knew the grass wasn't greener cuz the dessert is dry
And aint nothing like the lakefront inhaling the sky
I ride my bike down king
Make a right on 31st
I know the cities blessed, on every block I see a church
I speak with kids these days, everybody's hurt
It's damn near a whole generation out of work
It's damn near whole communities without a school
What type of tools you think he got, he's poor and somewhat foolish
Triggered by the summer, who gon get wet if he pools it
A 30 clip his new edition, now he needs to cool it?
I aint cool with systems down with ridiculing victims
Using 3rd grade statistics to project for building prisons
Keke's brother gone, and that shit got me in my feelings

It hurts me too
I could take a plane away
Still wouldn't take the pain away

Deep down it hurts me too
Deep down it hurts me too

And we dance across the stage
As a chance to stop the pain

Deep down it hurts me too
Deep down it hurts me too

Deep down
Deep down
Deep down
Deep down

The pain in chicago is visible, without even knowing where to look
The cries for help are hidden within the screams for revenge, and danced to all across the globe
I recall being in a barbershop in Dakar this past winter
Having a conversation about the recent death of Fredo Santana (RIP)
And the cultural impact of his brother chief keef
I have friends that are hesitant to come visit me
Because of the gangster aura's they themselves radiate
The pain in Chicago is felt in a similar way to that of a child
Who touches a hot stove for the first time and learns to stay away from hot stoves
The unmistakable scent of fear is present wherever chicago's police officers are involved
The kind of fear which is highly contagious to those with an already weakened immune system
It pains me to see elderly women bussing out of their community for fresh produce
I travel to the grocery store frequently for bottled spring water
Because my pipes at home are another flint michigan waiting to happen
I find myself in safe spaces like open mics
Cyphers and poetry workshops where communities are unified through shared trauma
Chicago's history of blues is deeper than any crate of vinyl

I can't take your pain away...
Day by day... here to stay
It's here to stay...
I can't take your pain away
It hurts
I can't take your pain away
I Swear I wouldn't let it stay
Living with pain