Ain't Nothing Changed

Uh, check, uh, I kind of miss my student loan Uh, I miss sitting in the student home Sharing stories now I simmer, sipping sorta wrong Walking like I've been talking the talk but can't afford a phone Trust, I'm all alone panicking to play it safe This talk of paper chase is forcing me to stay awake Living in sake of cake, yeah, others will say you're straight Say they got my back and that they're praying Imma pave the way Like it's the great escape brothers doing better than me I'm in a hurry worry what if they forget about me? I'm just another number nothing when the check will bounce See now we're moving for money, but there's nothing but debt around me So when the rest have found me buggin' in the brain And I'm somewhere between the stricken and the strained They ask why every fucking song the fucking same And I tell them it's 'cause ain't nothing changed, saying ain't nothing changed Check, I'm saying ain't nothing changed Trust, 'cause ain't nothing changed Saying, ain't nothing changed No, 'cause ain't nothing changed I'm saying ain't nothing changed Uh, uh, I'm saying ain't nothing changed Brother, 'cause ain't nothing changed Saying, ain't nothing changed No, 'cause ain't nothing changed Trust, 'cause ain't nothing changed 'Cause this is for the men of the house who we're far too young See your friends are growing up before you can't do nothing You're raising funds for your mother and your can't-do sons Up in the rubble raising trouble, what you can't do is run And trust I feel it, I feel it, but can't conceal it, see This inner city responsibility's killing me I start to shiver when I think of all the shit I need Seeing my brothers burning paper on that sticky greed Picking the thickest leaves stuck in a mitt Taking a shit, I should have quit but couldn't fucking resist Now they sit with a narc, a little luck a wish Trust they still blow their mother a kiss They're living up in the bits And slip, stagger through the puddles and the pain Somewhere beneath the rubbles and the rain uh They ask why every fucking song the fucking same And I tell them it's 'cause ain't nothing changed, saying ain't nothing changed Check, I'm saying ain't nothing changed Trust, 'cause ain't nothing changed Saying, ain't nothing changed No, 'cause ain't nothing changed I'm saying ain't nothing changed Uh, uh, I'm saying ain't nothing changed Brother, 'cause ain't nothing changed Saying, ain't nothing changed No, 'cause ain't nothing changed Trust, 'cause ain't nothing changed Uh, I'm saying ain't nothing changed uh Uh, I'm saying ain't nothing changed Ain't nothing changed Trust, 'cause ain't nothing changed Uh, 'cause ain't nothing changed Saying ain't nothing changed uh Uh, 'cause ain't nothing changed Ain't nothing changed Saying ain't nothing changed uh Uh, 'cause ain't nothing changed Trust, 'cause ain't nothing changed