Progressive III
Vince Staples
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Yeah, back and blacker than ever Got sick of waiting for these Actors to get it together Still in them gutters All my brothers is birds of a feather Tried to get this money cause My people done struggled forever Son of my father, gunning for stardom It's worth a shot They hate me like I'm fucking their mama That's why I serve 'em hot Shells they burning As long as hell is burning I’ll murder God If he was trying to f*ck up my paper, nigga That's all I got the black and brown been Going through a holocaust You see Obama just a house nigga to me They locked the children up in prison And they ditching the key It's empty plates in this estate so Shorty shit where he eat He got a clip, he got a K He ‘bout to light up the street They catch him slipping Now they trip him knock him Right off his feet His mama crying on the news like ''that boy was so smart Wish he never start chilling with Them niggas at the park'' Been swimming with the sharks Since the kiddy pool Breaking all the written rules Breaking the tradition of that Inner-city raising fools a raisin in the sun They let the monkey out the cage He got a gun He got a book, he got a brain, you better run Was the one that they shun Baptized in the tears of the Slaves as a young A penny saved is a penny earned So I'll be stacking up this Copper as the city burn cold chain, nigga Yeah, just sit and look at Where they raised us at Seen blacks ain't crack, so they gave us that Give us hope then take us back To the 1800's with these rap contracts And they wonder why niggas get shot Coke sit in the pot He can't get no job so he hitting the block And if that nigga getting money While them niggas sitting hungry Ten times out of ten bet Them niggas gon' plot We just struggle with survival trying To rise to the top When your life is on the line F*ck what's right and what's not You got a right to the dream Whether it's triple beam or Martin Luther's My chain heavy Is you ready for that revolution?
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Written by: VINCE STAPLES, MICHAEL PERRETTA, COMPOSER AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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