Temptation (feat. Jarvis Cocker)

I come here today to talk about how I feel

And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people

And I don't like how we're treated

Just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me

This just the way I feel

Mind's been racing so long, yeah

It's just no way to deal

With these problems alone

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm young and I'm restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

Now everybody got problems, yeah

But wouldn't know what way to solve 'em

I really came up from the bottom

Strugglin', my momma on her last dollar

Hustlin' and I've been puttin' in these hours

The government been tryna take away what's ours

It's really all about the money and the power

I just wanna see my people empowered

Uh, uh, tell me how we gon' shape this vision

Complainin' all day, but in the same condition

If you wanna make change, it's gon' take commitment

Some people enslaved by they religion

Can't emancipate them from the mental prisons

What I seen through optics transform to wisdom

Watch me use my prophets, get 'em all to listen

I've been on a mission, ah

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm making them restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

Now everybody got vices, yeah

But wouldn't know what good advice is

Until they leave 'em lifeless

Another mama cryin', it's another crisis

Lord knows we just tryna live righteous

Are you willin' just to make the sacrifices?

I know we can't continue livin' like this

And I'll never sell my soul 'cause that's priceless, uh, uh

Tell me how we gon' make a livin'

Hustle on the block, who gon' save the children?

Man it's all a plot and I'm just revealin'

The media just tryna make a villain

I just take the pain and a paint a picture

Voices in my head, I hear the whispers

When I feel this way, inhale the swisher

Or I sip the liquor, ah

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm making them restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

This just the way I feel

Mind's been racing so long, yeah

It's just no way to deal

With these problems alone

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm making them restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)