Payback

Imma give you what you came for
It ain't a country in the world that I can't go
It's every country in the world that pray for
They call it the land of the free but it ain't though

I'm talkin' shackles on the ankles
I'm talkin' ads from every angle
I'm talkin', paralyzed by the white and blue lights
Same as them bullets coming from the plainclothes
Ain't no
Refuge when they come and get you
'Cause they wanna take your culture, put it in a test tube
Only been a minute since we had them different restrooms
If they saw you as a target, you would prolly stress too, ooh
But it's cool 'cause it don't affect you, huh
Just pay attention who you standing next to
A day in the life is what we tryna get through
Gotta be at least a couple checks due

I think it's time for some payback, yeah
We taking it way back, yeah
I can't give this pain back
I'm knowing that you see me
I ain't tryna be greedy I'm just tryna get this payback
Yeah, yeah
We taking it way, way back, yeah
I can't give this pain back
I'm knowing that you see me
I ain't tryna be greedy, I'm just tryna get this payback

How much does my life cost?
Enough to buy a couple of nice cars
And sit em both on sets of some white walls?
I'm talking to the people that write laws
Might as well send a message 'fore this whole genre get whitewashed

Quit drinking that Lysol
Blue is just a color and the way you my brother's surface level
Ain't my fault
That we create the cool, every single thing we do
Gets emulated and ten years later
Becomes a tool to try and sell me something
Politicians really think that they can tell me something
When everyday a bunch of brothas getting jailed for nothin'
Behind the propaganda you can see the failure comin'
Yup, keep on waving that flag but baby I can tell you're frontin'

We number one in commodification
Real love isn't tied to a nation
Give us ours for our art and creation
Don't forget to calculate for inflation

Payback, yeah
We taking it way back, yeah
I can't give this pain back
I'm knowing that you see me
I ain't tryna be greedy I'm just tryna get this payback

Págame lo que me debes
Nada más y nada menos, menos
Págame lo mío
No sé otra manera de decirlo más sencillo, 'cillo
Págame lo que me debes
Nada más y nada menos, menos
Danos lo que merecemos
No se suena tan extremo, -xtremo



Credits
Writer(s): James Treichler, Stephen Paul Bardo
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

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