Listen Close
Listen Close
Listen Close nigga
Yo
Destruction make the most noise
Creation is quiet
Maybe that's why you hear my people when they riot
Always falling on deaf ears
I've been reminded
Y'all don't want us to break bread
Nor break silence
Now we
Stuck in the middle like Malcolm, I keep finding
The only way out of this hole is too keep climbing
People question how United States is so divided
Simple math
Society acting like it's science
The picture been painted
Main problem, it ain't drying
Like family tears shed from relatives that be dying
From gun violence
That's everyday of the week
Police 'spose to keep us safe
But some don't practice what they preach
I'm not trying to reach and say all of 'em bad
Plus we got another enemy who don't wear a badge
Ourselves
We need to stop killing each other at last
Or we gonna see our children heading down the same damn path (Damn)
Fuck is you thinking
How was you raised
What is you drinking
Kids is dying
Mommas is crying
Cannot erase this
Shit is embedded
Inside our minds forever is hatred
How can we change
Forgive and forget
Many will cave in
Let's take a turn
For better or worse
Gotta be patient
One day at a time
Leading the race
Call that shit pacing
Lately I find
Myself in a place
Where I feel caged in
Open the locks
Mental is key
Now I'm escaping
Man
Tell me how you relating
I'll keep on gripping this mic for my kin
I've been the underdog
Ain't had no hype in the end
I'll take them chances 'cause I know one day imma win
Word up
Word up
And I've been in that shallow water
Growing up without a father
Don't take it as a negative
It only make you stronger
Now that you older
You keep on getting smarter
Got your education
But that bitch isn't from Harvard (Nope)
Now go ahead nigga
Show 'em how you 'bout to prosper
Start putting that work in like you got a blue collar (Ay)
Around the clock
Never stop, but know your ways
Don't get into a dangerous fast money phase (Nah)
Slanging dope
Selling coke
It's all the same
There ain't a wallet that's fat enough to help ease the pain
Insane because I knew a nigga way back
Best friends growing up
In high school he ran track
But now he got a track record that would make you gasp
For some O2
We was close too, but different paths
Lead us to our fates and I ain't seen him till this day
If you happen to hear this one nigga, hope you okay
Find your piece of mind
Find your stride and find faith
Gotta stay strong and let the other shit fall in place
Just goes to show this could be you in the game
Don't try to play because that shit will get you stuck in a maze
But hey
Tried to give them a heads up my nigga
Only time will tell if they will adjust my nigga
Only thing we can do is just trust my nigga
Don't get my hopes up
Seem they barely budged my nigga
Don't judge me nigga
Or put nothing above me nigga
Listen Close and hopefully that picture dry a little quicker
Listen Close nigga
Yo
Destruction make the most noise
Creation is quiet
Maybe that's why you hear my people when they riot
Always falling on deaf ears
I've been reminded
Y'all don't want us to break bread
Nor break silence
Now we
Stuck in the middle like Malcolm, I keep finding
The only way out of this hole is too keep climbing
People question how United States is so divided
Simple math
Society acting like it's science
The picture been painted
Main problem, it ain't drying
Like family tears shed from relatives that be dying
From gun violence
That's everyday of the week
Police 'spose to keep us safe
But some don't practice what they preach
I'm not trying to reach and say all of 'em bad
Plus we got another enemy who don't wear a badge
Ourselves
We need to stop killing each other at last
Or we gonna see our children heading down the same damn path (Damn)
Fuck is you thinking
How was you raised
What is you drinking
Kids is dying
Mommas is crying
Cannot erase this
Shit is embedded
Inside our minds forever is hatred
How can we change
Forgive and forget
Many will cave in
Let's take a turn
For better or worse
Gotta be patient
One day at a time
Leading the race
Call that shit pacing
Lately I find
Myself in a place
Where I feel caged in
Open the locks
Mental is key
Now I'm escaping
Man
Tell me how you relating
I'll keep on gripping this mic for my kin
I've been the underdog
Ain't had no hype in the end
I'll take them chances 'cause I know one day imma win
Word up
Word up
And I've been in that shallow water
Growing up without a father
Don't take it as a negative
It only make you stronger
Now that you older
You keep on getting smarter
Got your education
But that bitch isn't from Harvard (Nope)
Now go ahead nigga
Show 'em how you 'bout to prosper
Start putting that work in like you got a blue collar (Ay)
Around the clock
Never stop, but know your ways
Don't get into a dangerous fast money phase (Nah)
Slanging dope
Selling coke
It's all the same
There ain't a wallet that's fat enough to help ease the pain
Insane because I knew a nigga way back
Best friends growing up
In high school he ran track
But now he got a track record that would make you gasp
For some O2
We was close too, but different paths
Lead us to our fates and I ain't seen him till this day
If you happen to hear this one nigga, hope you okay
Find your piece of mind
Find your stride and find faith
Gotta stay strong and let the other shit fall in place
Just goes to show this could be you in the game
Don't try to play because that shit will get you stuck in a maze
But hey
Tried to give them a heads up my nigga
Only time will tell if they will adjust my nigga
Only thing we can do is just trust my nigga
Don't get my hopes up
Seem they barely budged my nigga
Don't judge me nigga
Or put nothing above me nigga
Listen Close and hopefully that picture dry a little quicker
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Writer(s): D.t.c, Robert Karlsson
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