Don't Let Go

Lost in a city of twisted lies
Where the truth is often dramatized
While the youth stay dying like genocide
But the media reports on traffic fines
Many of us got lost to the streets
We were never represented so who were we supposed to be
Color in your skin means that we're incomplete
Set against standards we were never supposed to meet
Took the back route to try an cash out
But they set the trap knowing we'd never tap out
So I black out to show em what my blacks bout
Being the voice that people one day gonna write about
Seeing people fighting all day just to struggle
Keeps my fire bright but my spirit humble
been broke my whole life but you'll never see me crumble
I've lost too many of my homies to the hustle
So keep that chin up lil nigga
Yeah they bought the canvas but only you can paint the picture
(Like dat)

Too many of our soliders die Young
How many ODs fore change is an anthem
Why is lock down our only outcome
And violence is the only one reaction
More and more it feels like they trying to kill us
They Gripping on your wallets
you Making riskier decisions
All for the dollars
The illusion of top living
Only to scar your mind
Or be another victim
Symptom of the pimping that the colonisers invisioned
Slaves to the prescriptions that mask there true intentions
Rather see you addicted then ever see you winning
An if they can't kill your mind they murder your soul with prison
Too busy thinking about I not the greater we
Separation the greatest tool in this society
Afraid to speak or be another body on the streets
But if not we then who else is there left to lead
If that's the case and the ends gonna justify the means
Then when change comes don't be shook when it murder scene