(narration) "The number of educational assistants that will be 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 notes yesterday...." "Thirteen year old Reeds says she likes her 8th grade History teacher Mr. Midding 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 with Black America we our kids to want a big ole cars big ole rims, stereo fall into a stereotype that nigga but barely read or write know right from but wanna get on (whoop) black house be a mama, no damn daddy, barely the lights on make forty as a school teacher fuck upon a star they they get hit a bill for a quarter mill you trippin' my They teachin' kids, I you should pay 'em mo them crack dealers got big bank roll What I tell my Wanna be a like Obama or to be a DJ, like they Don Cannon the money only that makes sense I'm my role models was Tupac, P and yes as I lay me to sleep I pray the my soul to keep if I die before i wake I'ma leave my nigga my extra I'ma leave the homie my drugs and all the numbers 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 Franklin...we paid.... I ain't carry that" go broke too quick ya dig you know that don't' go too quick Next month motherfucker gonna be cryin, to pay my rent, bitch you just had six thousand dollars" (street is cutthroat)
2 Street life is cut If you a real nigga, sell You go to school, you dropout and if you up, you get knocked out Priority? what's that? buy my baby some Baby Jordans Fuck paying bills, this more I'm all day with my niggas, smoking On section eight? Don't worry, gonna be straight in a hurry I'ma rob steal, kill a I drink all day my vision blurry The funny thing when my come home from the penn we all but a nigga come home with a four year degree we don't give a cause that nigga's and that's real My nigga, look at what we our kids Rims, jewelry, rims, jewelry, rims, My nigga, at what we teach our youth Gold chain, kill a nigga, chain, damn I remember when my rapper said fuck nigga, bang with me fuck a job nigga, bang me jail nigga, bang with me That's life in Black That's life in America That's life in Black That's life in America Life in America
(narration) "I love my city, I love my no matter how gritty you is" "Just see getting shot and living was more for my ego, that was more for my image, I could, now I could walk around 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 hoods ain't than mine" "Gang members like Little J and his smoke kush every day" "Grade A Kush...we smoke so much of this 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 other side of better grab that pump it's go time No rappers, actors or players we a bunch or real trying to ball, player Flaunt that shit my hood my nigga, gone come in and take it all player no player now hey, wish a nigga make my day Fuck 401k, that don't shit my roll around deep with an Ak all day Better watch out for sharks, cause they be swimming Cops come round motherfucka every time real 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 long as it's black man with strap man I could shoot the nigga dead and dippin' and death is we gonna til there's no one left sad that we gotta another black man for some street cred and some respect
My rapper said school nigga, bang with me fuck a job nigga, with me fuck nigga, bang with me That's life in Black That's life in Black That's life in Black That's life in America Life in America dealer got big bank roll, my teacher, got no bank at what we teach our kids rims, jewelry, rims, jewelry, rims,
(narration) "it's was my little brother, it was like the other half of my and he gone now"