Knock The Hustle (Remix)

[Verse 1]
Let me paint you a picture, in high definition /
As we take flight in my mind and embark on an expedition/
Where our fathers aren't locked in a cage confined by the system/
And where people aren't dying due to their skin and its pigment/
And where mothers don't cry over their children on the news/
Where when things seem bleak people don't tie up a noose/
See all the things I ponder allow my mind to wander/
Into distant utopias way down yonder/
Where blood doesn't spill just like milk up in the streets/
Where you can walk the block and make it back in one piece/
And where you can chill with your friends and play ball in the park/
Without your mom saying "be careful honey make it home before dark"/
The world is full of dangers some of which are too prevalent/
While they're all a part of life and they can also be the end of it/
But I'm not scared to die because I know that death is definite/
To me living a hard life seems to be far more desolate/
So anyone in my way is getting stretched on a gurney/
I'm tryna get my cash to pay for the attorney/
I'm tryna make a living out here doing something that's real/
I'm tryna pay off the house and just help out with the bills /
[Hook 1]
Because I been in the hood dawg for way too long/
My mom's been working 3 jobs for way too long/
My pop's been in the pen dawg for way too long/
Way too long/
[Verse 2]
Life is a very precious thing/
More so than a diamond ring/
But it could be over in a flash over some glistening bling/
Stay on point. better look quick and duck fast/
You can lose your whole shit the second the gun blasts /
And it's sad how society put a target on our back/
You don't have no chance if you're hispanic or if you're black/
Just walking down the street I can get killed by police/
Talking about "protect and serve"but who's out here protecting me?/
Damn I'm under the impression that oppression will never lessen/
Constant victims of the service weapon strictly due to our complexion/
Racism is a plague like the most infectious infection/
Pigs got us on death row hollow tips be our injection/
So I write songs to uplift the people hoping this will be a lesson/
Fuck all the violence my brother intelligence is our protection/
Unite as one to become strong and then move in the right direction/
And pray to the lord Bc our people are in desperate need of some blessings/
[Hook 2]
Because we've been the bad guys for way too long/
They been wanting us dead dawg for way too long/
We won't let them oppress us we're way too strong/
Way too strong/
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