'til We Get There

Til we get there til we get there
Til we get there

Here we go
From the poorest and blackest of people
To survive in the streets of Mogadishu
The most dangerous armed and
Lethal yet peaceful we no evil
I come from the slums that's run down
Spit native intelligent tongue sound
Would rather get gunned down than dumbed down
So come down

Much success to you comrade
To who I wrong, if it's
Never been said before, my bad
I took a page from the book of Martin Luther
And decided that it's better to hug
You than to shoot you
I'm sorry homie if it's not
What you used to but the way that we livin'
These Black lives is beautiful
All the things we've been through and
The tree we done bloomed
We probably family but we never knew

Til we get there, I'm on your side
Til we get there, I'm on your side
And it can take some time
Til we win this fight
Til we get there, I'm on your side, yeah

That's what's called solidarity
When we struggle it's therapy
After chaos we get clarity
My enemy's enemy is my man remember
I ain't tryin' to be endin'
Up in this man's dilemma
We only here for a minute
It's what you make it so live it
See, I'm a rider and
I'm gon' be remembered
For those of you not born
To those of you not here
I wish you the best and that's real

This ain't ya average, when they
Portray us they say, all savage
Cause we have it, blast it, won't stash it
Cause we fight to the death and manage
To makes songs of struggle and to habit's
And dammit, if I don't get even
It's chant down Babylon season
Die for New Orleans to Cleveland
Til we even, we not believin'

Til we get there, I'm on your side
Til we get there, I'm on your side
And it can take some time
Til we win this fight
Til we get there, I'm on your side, yeah

I love all our brilliant ways
I love when we get paid and
Never move away from the hood
We keep gettin' while the gettin' is good
You right at home in our neck of the woods
Cause we people
Momma said treat others like you
Want 'em to treat you
We just wanna live and be peaceful
Long as it makes sense, I'm a have patience
Especially with my brothas I go
Back in the day with
We speak the same language
Suffer the same dangers
Cause our children are victims
Of lead paint chips out in LA they put the
Black against the Mexicans
Old rivalry is throwin' up they sets again
They put the short against the tall
And the old verses the new
Pretty soon it's gon' be me against you
All the things we been through and
The tree that we bloomed
I wish you much success and stay true

Til we get there, I'm on your side
Til we get there, I'm on your side
And it can take some time
Til we win this fight
Til we get there, I'm on your side, yeah