The Cycle
Slim Prophet
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Stop moving, I think we got a problem Here's the solution, first I need my restitution Too many people spend their days in institution Because of charges that just gives us the illusion That they deserve it when sometimes that really ain't the case But it creates the cycle of repeat incarcerates Unless you snitch on your squad and cooperate Which is a death sentence cause the streets don't tolerate Rats and mice then they get into exterminating All the fake ones in the city circulating That's the cycle caused from redlines and section eighting Cause even nowadays the country loves us separated And it's been tolerated by every generation Since "The Declaration" when Blacks were three-fifths of Whites That's why they built the tunnels and ran away at night To get a better life up under the 'Stars and Stripes' I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all... Or so they tell us Ain't nothing change naw its hidden under different names That's why we play the games, chase the money, get the fame Because we trying to get out of the same ole cycle That saw our parents struggle, working 9 to 5 To barely pay the taxes required by middle brackets Forget that stuff my homie toss it here, yea pass the ratchet Put on a ski mask with my all-black bomber jacket Hit a couple licks and see some cars and get to jacking Got that 40 loaded just in case we get to blasting That's the reality of many people tryna make it Taking the routes that those who came before had gone and taken That got em caught in the cycle of mass incarceration The only way to make it is to get an education Cause after you attain it there's no way that they can drain it But you can get the money, get the power, change the world You can get the money, get the power, change the world
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