(narration) "The number of educational assistants that be back in September has gone down and that has some parents worried that students won't be getting the attention they need" "We're going to continue the from yesterday...." "Thirteen year old Sharell Reeds says she likes her 8th grade History teacher Mr. but isn't sure how long he'll be around. Mr. Midding is the 10th person to teach this class since school started in September. Ten teachers in six months. Many of them weren't there long enough to learn the children's names." "We have to go in a rent shit, we got our own housing, we got our own cars, we got our own hoes, we got our own clothes. You know, that's simple...new car new house..kids get to go to school, private school paid for courtesy of the mob"
One What's wrong with America we teach our kids to a big ole cars big ole rims, loud fall into a stereotype that ball but barely read or write know right wrong but wanna get on (whoop) black that be a mama, no damn daddy, keep the lights on forty thou as a school teacher fuck wishing upon a they they get hit with a for a quarter mill you trippin' my They kids, I think you should pay 'em mo Cause crack dealers got big bank roll What I tell my Wanna be a President like or to be a DJ, like they Don Cannon the money only thing that makes I'm my role was Tupac, P and Papa yes as I lay me to sleep I pray the lord my to keep if I die before i wake I'ma leave my nigga my extra I'ma leave the my extra drugs and all the phone to all the plugs should I go to school or I sell drugs? life in Black America
(narration) "I don't know...we don't count what we spend, but we know we spend a lot. you know what I mean..so we gonna count this money. If it ain't Benjamin or Franklin or Benjamin Franklin...we paid.... I ain't that" go broke too quick ya dig you know that don't' go too quick Next month motherfucker gonna be cryin, need to pay my rent, bitch you had six thousand dollars" (street is cutthroat)
2 Street is cut throat If you a nigga, sell dope You don't go to school, you and if you step up, you get out Priority? what's that? I'ma buy my some Baby Jordans Fuck paying bills, this important I'm all day with my niggas, smoking On section eight? Don't worry, things gonna be straight in a I'ma rob steal, kill a I all day cause my vision blurry The funny thing when my nigga come home the penn we all but a nigga come home with a four year degree we give a fuck cause nigga's fake and that's real My nigga, look at what we our kids Rims, jewelry, rims, jewelry, rims, My nigga, look at what we our youth Gold chain, kill a nigga, chain, damn I remember when my favorite rapper school nigga, bang with me fuck a job nigga, with me jail nigga, bang with me That's life in America That's life in America life in Black America That's life in America in Black America
(narration) "I my city, I love my niggas no matter how gritty you is" "Just see getting shot and living was more for my ego, was more for my image, I could, now I could walk around like Superman" "They off their scars the way war veterans display Purple Hearts" "I'm used to this gang shit.. I'm used to this street shit" "These niggas ain't dangerous than mine" "Gang members like Little J and his crew smoke kush day" "Grade A Kush...we smoke so much of Kush it should be against the law" "He'll end up or in prison"
3 Dead, in jail or alive come on my it's showtime Fuck them niggas on the side of town grab that pump cause it's go time No rappers, or ball players we a or real niggas trying to ball, player Flaunt that my hood my nigga, they gone come in and take it all player no stall right now hey, a nigga make my day Fuck 401k, that mean shit my niggas around deep with an Ak all day Better watch out for sharks, cause they be swimming Cops come round this motherfucka every time nigga like me start winnin' They don't care if I'm killin', they just if I'm shippin' They don't care if I'm as it's another black man with another man I could shoot the nigga dead and keep Genocide and is we gonna til there's no one left sad we gotta shoot another black man for some cred and some hood respect
My rapper said fuck school nigga, bang me a job nigga, bang with me fuck jail nigga, bang me That's life in America life in Black America That's in Black America That's life in America in Black America crack dealer got big roll, my teacher, got no roll look at what we teach our rims, jewelry, rims, jewelry, rims,
(narration) "it's was my little brother, it was like the half of my heart and he gone now"