It's A Shame-Z-RO

[00:20.64]Who else but me, can see the state of emergency that we face [00:23.31]Cause wearin of certain clothin can get a brother a case [00:25.90]Talkin pants, Air Force Ones, and a baseball cap [00:28.70]It's casual, but to authorities it mean you sellin crack [00:31.12]It's a shame I can't ride on the rich side of town [00:33.70]Without bein pulled over, thrown on the hood and patted down [00:36.26]Searchin my person for weapons and drug paraphenalia [00:38.72]It's rough on a thug that's what I'm tellin ya [00:41.01]When I say thug, I don't mean I'm 'sposed to be locked behind bars [00:43.92]Cause my acronym for thug is True Hero Under God [00:46.40]But still I'm a criminal cause I got gold teeth [00:48.86]Ain't no justice for blacks, just-us with no sleep [00:51.28]And they wonder why I keep a Glock 40 on my hip [00:54.29]Cause Houston police department love to empty full clips [00:56.96]Accidental death? Bullshit! They murdered all my eses [00:59.52]Chinga tu madre de policina puente [01:01.85]If they get out of line, I get out of line [01:04.45]I'll be damned if I don't fight for my freedom and don't mind dyin [01:07.17]Already got one foot in the grave, ain't sh*t for me to jump in [01:10.00]Almost overdosin on codeine, heart barely pumpin [01:12.73]I'm high all the time, straight addicted [01:14.68]Paranoid, my dog might be a detective, so I don't wanna kick it [01:17.81]Even though I don't rob banks or sell street rocks [01:20.29]I still be callin collect to Trae to say, come bail me out [01:22.22]This crooked-a** America, I swear they got some game [01:25.53]Every city I travel to, the situation the same [01:27.92]I can't even say it's racial cause I got some white friends [01:30.71]Then again, they get patted cause I'm not a white friend [02:34.25][01:33.20]It's a shame [02:36.14][01:34.11]Bad enough they wanna follow me around the sto' [02:38.50][01:36.51]Like I'ma steal somethin, thinkin I ain't got no dough [02:40.67][01:38.94]And if I died tonight, they'll think I did a crime for it [02:43.70][01:41.62]Offer me 25, insistin that I sign for it [02:46.02][01:43.76]Why I can't drive a fancy ride and rock diamonds and gold [02:48.58][01:45.89]Why every time I shine you wanna crucify my soul [02:50.98][01:49.13]Under investigation cause the ghetto on parole [02:53.81][01:51.98]Something's wrong, if I'm not flowin it's a shame [01:54.31]27 years of struggle is all I saw [01:56.41]I done lost homies to homies, and homies to the law [01:59.02]Everywhere I lay my head, dere been homicides [02:01.93]I done seen so many murders since the day my momma died [02:04.00]I ain't lyin, will I remit, will I survive, can I breathe? [02:06.95]Cause I don't see too many Christians as murderers and thieves [02:09.07]And I never seen a man cry, until I seen a man die [02:12.17]But he was tryin to do me so I had to make that man fly [02:14.84]Will the authorities understand self-defense [02:17.17]All they give a damn about is who did it and evidence [02:19.67]Screamin guilty to take another thug off the street [02:22.22]Prejudiced prosecutors can't keep no blood off the street [02:24.75]I'm one deep, if I gotta use my burner, I'm safe [02:26.95]I ain't gotta go "Rollin' on the River" like Tina Turner [02:29.25]Cause this crooked-a** America, I swear they got some game [02:31.88]Innocent until never found guilty, but still in chains