Equals

You and I

Were just different colors

Different people got different mothers

Dodging bullets, yeah

They missed another

No one's safe better run for cover

To love yourself gotta love another

You can't get lightning without the thunder

The one you shot probably got a brother

They all say truth has been on the surface

I think they're scared to show us what's under

And if we knew would it all be worth it?

Can't do much when we're just a number

You or me could be pointing the muzzle of a gun

Far away at a distant cousin

And we won't know cause they told us nothing

Ain't thinking bout lives while they pressing buttons

I ain't above 'em but truthfully I ain't on either side neither

What's with the leaking of emails

Then turn right around expect us to believe her

Dividing the people by building a wall

As we all stand aside in the bleachers

I guess I grew up with a different belief

Of what I would define as a leader

Killing each other is killing our kind

Live in a prison that's greater than time

Hatred and greed are consuming our minds

Are we at fault for not reading the signs?

Turning a shoulder while little kids die

You be the judge if the morals apply

The rate we are going we will not survive

Are you prepared to look death in the eyes?

Too much sin to get absolution

Everyday in the world there's a massive shooting

Teenage girls stuck in prostitution

Been the victim of a war

Causing mass confusion

How do we come together as a race?

If god could speak to us then what would he say?

Make no mistake, ain't no escape

When the infinite comes and determines our fate

Wait, I'm about to break

I been feeling pressure man I never been a saint

Can you envision the picture that I'm trying to paint

Then maybe take a second and listen to what I say

Damn, I just got to pray, I just got to pray

How we gonna fly if we been stuck inside a cage?

All that we can do is try to live another day

Come together as a group and find a way to make a change

Everybody working hard just trying to make a wage up on pay day

In the same game

Calling may day

Ain't nobody tell me they would treat me like a villain

As soon as I started building my music and all my fame came

I don't do this to be hot shit

I don't make raps for the profits

I'm making music for all of the kids

That been killing themselves over gossip

I'm standing up for our people

For every religion that's peaceful

Whether Islamic, a Buddhist, a Jewish or you pray inside a cathedral

I believe we can all make a difference

I believe we can fight off this evil

But the only way we'll survive

Is if we start treating each other as equals