I take the needle off the and shove it in my arm Whenever I feel life is comin' on too They left me in a clinic cynical and mothafuckin' bureaucrats And kinda ding bats, they're livin' on the tracks The in my arm said It all depends which the tracks you're on
Tellin' me what to wear, tellin' me cut my And tryin' to convince me that really really care All about my health and my wealth But they built the Stealth 'Cause everybody's lookin' out for they self So then I ask 'em can I a clean needle, hell no that's illegal
It's a to be broke in America And it's a crime to smoke dank in
Yeah, hit those now, yeah They brother's in the poorhouse Who can't afford Moorhouse, politicians It's the only free service they provide, you go inside There's a hot meal waitin' for ya, a we can score ya On a bed for a night or two, or three or months
They say lockin' us up in cells To protect us ourselves It smells like they got anotha in store house Or should I say warehouse niggaz and other misfits That couldn't turn in the courthouse But it's a whorehouse
And it's a crime to be in America And a crime to be black in America, come on
But a mutiny 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 Shakur and Geronimo Pratt But Amnesty international is fightin' for But if your analytical, you know it's much more Than that percentages black is really, really Can I kick a few facts,
Six percent in college, livin' on the block Twenty five percent in prison, the school of hard Fifty percent in poverty is livin' on the Five hundred brothas on a row box The say, the is capital For those who in capital Because a public defender can't remember the time A brother wasn't like an animal
They say, they it on a song when someone kills a cop music did they listen to when they bombed Iraq? Well, give me one example so I can a sample No need to play it backwards if you hear the devil 'Cause music's not the problem, it didn't the bombin' But maybe they should listen to the of people starving
'Cause it's a crime to be broke in And it's a crime to smoke in America
And it's a to be black in America And it's a crime to be black in America, on now
Keep on now, yeah It's a crime to be Rican It's a crime to be Crime to be native A crime to be Asian, Hatian, a