I the needle off the record and shove it in my arm I feel life is comin' on too strong They left me in a clinic fulla cynical and mothafuckin' And other kinda ding bats, they're livin' on the The tracks in my arm It all depends which side the you're on
Tellin' me what to wear, tellin' me cut my And tryin' to convince me that really really care All about my and about my wealth But still they the Stealth 'Cause everybody's just lookin' out for they So then I ask 'em can I have a clean needle, no that's illegal
It's a crime to be broke in And it's a crime to dank in America
Yeah, hit those now, yeah They lockin' in the poorhouse Who can't afford Moorhouse, nervous It's the only free service provide, you wanna go inside There's a hot meal waitin' for ya, a we can score ya On a bed for a night or two, or or four months
They say they us up in cells To protect us from It smells like they got anotha plan in house Or should I say warehouse fulla and other misfits That couldn't turn in the courthouse But a justice whorehouse
And it's a crime to be in America And it's a crime to be black in America, on
But there's a on the bounty, in ever single county So, we remember but don't forget to pat a few others On the as a matter of fact Sister Asatta Shakur and Pratt But international is fightin' for political But if your analytical, you know much more critical Than that percentages black is really, really Can I a few facts, yes?
Six percent in college, from on the block Twenty five in prison, the school of hard knocks Fifty percent in poverty is on the rocks Five hundred on a death row box The say, the is capital For those who lack in Because a public defender can't remember the last A brother wasn't treated like an
They say, they blame it on a song when kills a cop What music did they listen to when they bombed Well, give me one so I can take a sample No need to play it backwards if you wanna the devil 'Cause not the problem, it didn't cause the bombin' But maybe should listen to the songs of people starving
'Cause a crime to be broke in America And it's a crime to smoke in America
And it's a crime to be in America And it's a crime to be black in America, on now
on comin' now, yeah It's a to be Puerto Rican It's a crime to be Crime to be American A to be Asian, Hatian, a woman