Hood Politics

Wow, it’s gettin’ real crazy out here
Everywhere we look we see crime, poverty, drug-sellin’ and drug-usin’, prostitution, homelessness
We caught up in some true hood politics

[Chorus]
Just because they smile and laughin' when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Who orchestrates these hood politics?

[Verse 1]
How long will we continue to live in this condition?
Most of us are livin' in a place where love is missin'
Negligence and dependin' on government assistance
Wishin' for a lick that we can hit, it’s nothing different
Hard to get some money so you almost out of luck now
Had to pull a stunt and got a felony, you stuck now
Did some time in prison, it was rough when you got busted
Couldn’t find no work when you got out, went back to hustlin'
You was still on paper so right back in jail you landed
You followed the formula exactly how they planned it
Locked you in a cell and then they held you like a hostage
‘cause prison is a industry and niggas are the profit
Actin' like they care but secretly, we gettin’ laughed at
How did our hood get tore up? We don’t even ask that
Lookin' for a way to make people open their eyes up
Others makin' laws to guarantee we never rise up

[Chorus]
Just because they smile and laughin' when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Hey trill, sing it with me, baby, c'mon
Just because they smile and laughin' when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Who orchestrates these hood politics?

[Verse 2]
We be buyin' [?] when we can’t even afford it
Money runnin' through our hands but somehow we the poorest
Consumin' and not dealin', the cycle’s never-endin'
Not focused on businesses or land, too busy spendin'
How did we become this unproductive is the question
Tennis shoes and jewelry more important than investin’
Took your human rights away, run in your house and blast you
Now we out here beggin’ for somethin’ that should be natural
We don’t own no property so gradually they come slow
Buyin' up the hood and buildin' high-rises and condos
You’ve been out here all your life but this is not your own crib
Too expensive for your ass to stay so where you gon’ live?
Everywhere we seem to look it ain’t nothin' but bad news
Every corner, every block, they poison us with fast food
Always in a bad mood, hate and pressure runs us
That’s why we on dope and every night we hearin’ guns bust

[Chorus]
Just because they smile and laughin' when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Hey trill, sing it with me, baby, c'mon
Just because they smile and laughin' when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Who orchestrates these hood politics?

[Verse 3]
Politicians seeking office off of selfish reasons
They only come around the hood when it’s election season
Show up at your church looking for votes because they leeching
Soon as they get in, they disappear and you can’t reach ‘em
They legislating every law, they make this like a trap though
Black ones sell us off for higher status on some cash flow
Rewired, I think it’s so that wrong is made to feel right
Silly videos that take our focus off of real life
Broke our manhood, now they shoot us and arrest us
Living off our women, now our women don’t respect us
No one to protect us, ain’t no hope around me
How can he feed his family when he locked up in the county?
Baby mama, baby daddy fightin’ on a daily
Prescription drugs got the people out here going crazy
Purposely they keep us broke and always under stress, man
All because they treating us like pieces in a chess game

[Chorus]
Just because they smile and laughin' when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Hey trill, sing it with me, baby, c'mon
Just because they smile and laughing when they passin’ through
What’s up?
It don’t mean that they won’t kill you
Who created hood politics?
Who orchestrates these hood politics?