I the needle off the record and shove it in my arm Whenever I feel life is comin' on too left me in a clinic fulla cynical and mothafuckin' bureaucrats And other ding bats, they're livin' on the tracks The tracks in my arm It all depends which side the you're on
me what to wear, tellin' me cut my hair And tryin' to convince me that they really care All about my health and my wealth But still built the Stealth 'Cause everybody's just lookin' out for they So then I ask 'em can I have a needle, hell no that's illegal
It's a to be broke in America And it's a crime to dank in America
Yeah, hit those drums now, They lockin' brother's in the Who can't afford Moorhouse, nervous It's the only free service they provide, you wanna go There's a hot meal waitin' for ya, a we can score ya On a bed for a night or two, or three or four
They say they lockin' us up in To us from ourselves It smells like got anotha plan in store house Or should I say warehouse fulla niggaz and other That couldn't tricks in the courthouse But it's a justice
And it's a to be broke in America And it's a crime to be in America, come on
But a mutiny on the bounty, in ever single county So, we remember Attica but don't forget to pat a few On the back as a of fact Sister Shakur and Geronimo Pratt But Amnesty international is fightin' for But if your analytical, you know much more critical that percentages black is really, really whack Can I kick a few facts,
Six in college, from livin' on the block Twenty five in prison, the school of hard knocks percent in poverty is livin' on the rocks Five hundred brothas on a row box The say, the punishment is For who lack in capital a public defender can't remember the last time A brother wasn't treated like an
They say, they blame it on a song someone kills a cop What music did listen to when they bombed Iraq? Well, me one example so I can take a sample No need to play it backwards if you wanna the devil 'Cause music's not the problem, it cause the bombin' But they should listen to the songs of people starving
'Cause it's a crime to be broke in And it's a to smoke dank in America
And it's a crime to be in America And it's a to be black in America, come on now
Keep on now, yeah a crime to be Puerto Rican It's a to be African to be native American A crime to be Asian, Hatian, a