Wassup? We to talk Let me my backport That's why we to sit down And talk about the black and the
Yo, I love Los Angeles, you can it in my music I got the scars to prove it And man, you understand what I understand I'm feelin' like a piece to a bigger
'Cause all I'm sayin' is the God truth of it all We fightin' the wrong That's why I'm gettin' It's just like the end of movie 'Saw'
When them two chained up guys met with demise And the was layin' there the whole time that? That's why we have to sit down And speak the black and the brown
Now I didn't come here to no fingers I know over the years that the still lingers past confrontations *** we all on and probation and *** up situations
And lose, from the pen to the neighborhoods Now it's even in the schools 'Cause I was K. Cal News When the students squared off and one kid wouldn't choose
Hit with a and the kid died And now it's a blown riot Tck, that's when the fists start kids ain't learnin' s*** about math and science, man
Tension is so thick, are comin' around I don't wanna see no of us up under the ground So now that's why we need to sit And about the black and the brown
Eighty percent of are black and Hispanic They tryna us all off the face of this planet Dammit, why we need to sit down And talk the black and the brown
Yo, I got the Jose from way back in the day He came to scoop me up in his all Six-Trey And he really *** with nobody outside of the set tatted big on his neck, y'know?
So the years, built respect and trust Some black and issues, we both discussed He said, "Homes, been goin' down too long I gotta bang on them and it don't feel wrong"
"They killed my cousin over eighty eight So word came down, we gotta that *** all mayatas in white tee shirts Can I tell the truth homes? The starts hurtin'"
At first, I remind him of vengeance do What vengeance is and who belongs to He wasn't tryna that *** He just turned up the volume, 50 Cent
Tension is so thick, some are comin' I don't wanna see no of us up under the ground So now that's why we to sit down And talk about the and the brown
Eighty percent of inmates are and Hispanic They tryna wipe us all off the face of planet Dammit, why we need to sit down And talk about the and the brown
I got from both sides who really don't care Who identify by the colors they wear The came through to put one in the air I can somethin' was wrong the way he sat in his chair
He said, "X, man, I'm just out From doin' eighty eight months, tryna figure out" He told me in the pen, you get to get done 'Cause the brown and ratio is five to one
He showed me the on his gut and his neck got him good, said he *** near bled to death The hate was so deep, I can see in his When he what it feels like to almost die
All I could do was sit back and listen 'Bout how he 'bout to soldiers on missions I got hit with a but I'm not dead I said, "Think with heart, homey, not your head", I said
Tension is so thick, are comin' around I don't wanna see no more of us up under the So now why we need to sit down And talk about the and the brown
Eighty percent of inmates are black and They tryna wipe us all off the face of planet Dammit, that's why we need to sit And talk about the and the brown
Oh, you must defend If you don't, no one else Your got to ride fightin' for your life
They want of us dead You ain't heard a I said fightin' for your life Your got to ride
Tension is so thick, some are comin' I don't wanna see no more of us up under the So now that's why we to sit down And about the black and the brown
Eighty percent of inmates are and Hispanic They tryna wipe us all off the of this planet Dammit, that's why we to sit down And about the black and the brown