Pinned To The Cross

I say to young black men

We're now living in a state of public emergency

Middle class and poor people be targeted every day

Dealing with so much hostility

Negative socialism

I refuse to be petrified

And there's no mercy for the rivals

They want the rich niggas to live in total silence

Exiled, flee the country, more assassinations

Let's go

Where you're forced to be feeling

Strangers consider you careless

Detrimental to my upbringing I felt so abandoned

I was lost in confusion therefore had nothing to lose

Now I'm running the rack, a nigga got cut from the noose

I just wanna be free, another black man on the run

We was pinned to the cross since our birth under the Sun

Ain't no hate in my heart, I've adapted the rage

Step off the stage, pussy nigga right back in the cage

Now we burning the streets, Christ to the cross (cross)

Our position is blatant (blatant), rightfully lost

Let's empower the people, no need for signing petitions

Thieves and Revelations, scriptures keep on blinding these Christians

I'm in search of the truth (truth), we each have a flaw (flaw)

Soon as Dre at the roof, she file for divorce

Van Jones go get a groom, never making no loss

Terry Crews is another coon who was basically bought

Some say white eyes are like white diamonds buried in the snow

But I see a thing we have in common, it's not all beautiful

So if I cry and these white diamonds wash along the shore

It's 'cause I know the shit you've been through and you made it beautiful

You made it (made it, made it, made it)

You made it beautiful

You made it (made it, made it)

Made it beautiful

Racists killing for cotton, niggas fighting for honor

In the South you've forgotten call my city the bottom

Kilos get to deposits, living like it's the lotto

This my moment of glory, grandiose is the dollar

Always postin' your sneakers, you're the one that they follow

I'm a born-to-be leader, such a collection of knowledge

Are we dead or alive? Unforgettable highs

Know the Lord lookin' down for the day that we rise

Got my pistols all on me, niggas might Christopher zone me

Black on black issues over, principles peep your opponent

Who got the most money? Well it's yet to be seen?

'Cause I'm still counting mine, such an incredible thing

And seek a true wealth (wealth), great example for niggas (niggas)

You decided yourself, I considered it business

We still in the trenches where they made us relentless

Where the reward is little but the hate is tremendous

Some say white eyes are like white diamonds buried in the snow

But I see a thing we have in common, it's not all beautiful

So if I cry and these white diamonds wash along the shore

It's 'cause I know the shit you've been through and you made it beautiful

You made it (made it, made it, made it)

You made it beautiful

You made it (made it, made it)

Made it beautiful

Now I'm in the McLaren, still racin' them commas

I'm watchin' for Karen, she watchin' bird watchers

Still I wish her the best, Ray Charles in the flesh

Pavarotti to some, Quincy Jones to the rest

Muddy waters the marble, set my city aflame

Turn my back on them, the fact that they would rattle my cage

I don't wanna argue but I wanted a raise

Got me pinned to the cross, as the sinners would wave

Judge your body of work, my debut was a classic

Hov gave me a verse, so that kept it a attractive

My old crew is submerge, DEA wanted the address

Make her play with her pussy, with a few million in the mattress

My life needed a balance, didn't come for the status

But my mother responsible, she raised me so lavish

Look, son, you're a king, were the words that she recited

And they kept me excited till the day I'm indicted