Keeping My Head

Growing up black is some shit Don't know the R word but you sense that ish Tightly clutched purse out the blue Most of us don't fit your distorted view Matter fact plenty of us do anything we can do To not fit in the boxes you procreate socially Angry black woman, Violent black man two used openly Yet here we are Karen with you tryna to tell me about my life Like how is it so bad if I'm at whole foods right See my boss has an unchecked racial biased This keeps her from giving everyone a fair shot Told my superiors time and time again But they care not See they praise me in front of corporate it makes em look good But really they would fuck me any chance that they could But I still just keep my head Level my anger with a blunt instead Too poor too black the story of my life That's why they told me take the program No faith in the system to do right Though evidence suggest my charge a scam I can't pay someone to care enough to fight Heart heavy with a hopeless disbelief I got white friends who paid to get theirs wiped Their emotional support was brief 10K for a withheld disposition Judge said convicted by accident laughed it off Your joke turns to my act of sedition Get the rona have that smug face get a wet cough Jax system is lost When my mom go to jail over a drunk that's pale America's system is lost When cops knee you to death with charges unmet Racism here everyday My fro get a oh my we touch it it's so We are tired of being tired And never ever feeling safe Nah I swear to god I never feel safe Not at my home or job There's not a single fucking place But I still just keep my head Level my anger With a blunt instead We as a people must know Let the hate stew and we can't grow I think how can you sleep at night Knowing you toke an innocent life King said to turn the other cheek But my face is bleeding and I can't see There's only red before me Every time I hurt the pain run deep Oh What if next up is me What if next up is me What if next up is me What if next up is