Reparations

[Verse 1]
Noah Jones
Teleport me to a different state
Yeah, I'm saying place me in a different place
The light is shining on me
Maybe I'm inside his grace
Despite my fate, the mind is terrible thing to waste
Feeling unappreciated by my peers though
It's probably 'cause they know I'm right up on their heels though
It's like a drive by, I'm come up on them real slow
Them niggas aight but we know that they ain't real low
Living a facade and I'ma rise call it karma-sutra
We're at an age where we think that Future is the future
Pac is spinning in his grave
Biggy's feeling he was played
There's talent out there but it's limitedly displayed
Got me feeling like a fence
I'm overlooked every time that I vent
Like I ain't even earn every cent
And I've been feeling truly disconnected ever since
They on the edge
I guess I been killing 'em with suspense, yeah

[Hook]
I think it's time you paid what you owe
And I don't mean the monetary gain or the dough
Been harbouring some feelings that are too painful to show
Reparations, reparations
And I'm tired of being treated like a slave
In the media the negativity portrayed
Y'all just wanna send a nigga quick into his grave
All I want's my reparations, reparations

[Verse 2]
Yo, it was all good just a week ago
Before these fake rappers started creeping slow
Before the block side started reaching out
Paparazzi make niggas not wanna leave the house
Back and forth to court, my kids caught
In the middle of a nightmares
Another child lost
No rights for the father
So they silencing our voice
Women use kids like leverage like we ain't got a choice
I been reduced to
A case number, mental state slumber
So I guess whips and chains is what I'm used to
Feeling deranged
Even though I feel success coursing through my veins
I can't escape the winds of change
And the fame even made some of my truest friends change
This clouded my judgement towards the goals that I aim
With anger in my pistol as I point at who's to blame
Living life as a merry round so don't forget to train
I got body armour
For the back stabbers and the whack rappers
Who be hash-tagging life drama
Dude, dirt should get dirt, it comes twice, karma
Singled out by police
Plant a device on ya
Anything to ruin your rep
You doing the stretch, newer regrets
Now your credit score's covered in debt
And that's how they halt abilities to progress
The only other option is to pray for success, yeah

[Hook]
I think it's time you paid what you owe
And I don't mean the monetary gain or the dough
Been harbouring some feelings that are too painful to show
Reparations, reparations
And I'm tired of being treated like a slave
In the media the negativity portrayed
Y'all just wanna send a nigga quick into his grave
All I want's my reparations, reparations

I think it's time you paid what you owe
And I don't mean the monetary gain or the dough
Been harbouring some feelings that are too painful to show
Reparations, reparations
And I'm tired of being treated like a slave
In the media the negativity portrayed
Y'all just wanna send a nigga quick into his grave
All I want's my reparations, reparations