The System
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Mama moved em out the hood to get a education Wanna show these white kids her baby ain't basic But she moved to a town where they really racist No verbal conjunctions the actions showing on they faces Walk around the school honkies give him dirty looks Not saying a sentence he kept his head in them books But when he spoke proper left these white people shook Because they thought he was a dealer hanging with them crooks They choose sides and switched roles they ain't playing fair Addressed it to his teacher she said she don't really care Confused face so he went to sit back in his chair She said you to black for this school why you here Offended by this question rising up out his seat He said I got a 4.0 lady can't you see She tried to talk but he told his teacher let me speak I'm as smart as these white kids could really ever be She told him go to office and stop that gibberish talking She told em you gon be in jail or prolly dead in a coffin His Principal called his momma she trynna talk to him cautious Cause She don't want him in the hood back where they had already started But it's to late one mistake and now you back to the trenches Gun shots in the night and now ducking and flenching Wish that he could start over and not get in that position Say the blacks have the freedom but never value opinions Momma back in the streets she gold digging for money Had a strange feeling In his mind something was funny Ran outside stayed still like the movies with dummy's Seen his momma shot dead laying flat on her tummy While he at the funeral he couldn't hold back the tears To see his momma in a casket it was one of his fears He watched his momma struggle everyday through all of them years His life about to take a U-Turn get ready to stir Gang banging in streets tattoos on his face Went to jail several times homie facing a case Gave that young boy some crud and it prolly was laced Scholarships from all his colleges was taken away They Let the glock squeeze up and put that boy to the test Chilling on his grandmas porch he was shot in the chest Planned the pieces so smooth like they playing some chess Once a 4.0 student then they put em to rest Didn't accept him In school because the brother was black Momma wanted better for him but you sent him right back Look at what you have caused because yo prejudice ways And I'm exposing the system I know they want us as slaves
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