WHO DECIDES WAR

I was like 16 when I got my hands on a chopper
They killed my father
So it's war like Israel with Gaza
Be hard to swallow
When it's bodies on the pages you follow
Seeing war like every day, that shit gon' make me a monster
I be like "Who decides war?"

This is where niggas get murdered
Just from walking to the store
You ever really lose a homie? You gotta walk into the morgue
And still be strong with his mother
While she falling on the floor
Knowing damn well you wanna fall out with her, but it's war
Out in Haiti, they kill ladies and the babies
What it's for?
If they show it on the news, they say it's gangs
Tell us more
Tell us why if our people going crazy, tryna die
Make it out the hood, then go to the Army, need 9 lives
Only got like 4 left, they tried to kill me five times
They gonna laugh if you fail
But if you win, it's high fives
And you wonder "Why I be lookin' all funny with the side eye?"
I'm like "Who decides war?"

I'm at war wit' myself in the mirror, like
"Are you sure?"
Selling raw, I was takin' a risk for a Rock Velour
And some brand new forces, it's crazy, they locked my door
I'm at war wit' the system now
'Cause I wanted some clothes
I'm at war wit' these people now
'Cause I wanted the rolls
'Cause I wanted my family out da hood, where they suppose
'Cause I want war wit' everybody dat say I supposed had to owe
I'm like "Who decides war?"

Thinking to myself, like
"Who decide to give da shooter a bomb?"
Crush a building, kill a whole family like a group of 5
Go back to your family like you good
And then you lose your mind
Who decide? (Who decides war?)
When you all alone, and it's you and God
And you the one getting scrutinized
Youngin' sixteen, ain't even get to do a prom (Who decides war?)
They buried him in a Dickie, he was scared to wear a suit and tie
Jail cells, graveyard, this shi' always do or die (Do or die)
I told my dawg chase his dreams
He like "Who am I?"
I seen dem yurkies share the dreams between you and I
All that depression, he didn't even mean to commit suicide (Ain't even mean)
Who decide?
Who gon' make it out, or who should die?
See a good nigga go broke, and then lose his mind
For trying to have too much remorse about who's alive
Who decides war?