If Asheru (Ft. Kenn Starr & Talib Kweli)

[This is Insomnia]

[Hook]
If it wasn't for this and it wasn't for that
Oh, this would be a better world [x2]

[Talib Kweli]
Yes, ladies and gentlemen
You do have Ken Starr in the house, and Asheru
Talib Kweli

[Ken Starr]
If it wasn't for the way that we live
Too many single mothers raisin' our kids
Too many brothers caged in the pen
Engaged in the bid, enslaved by the pigs
If it wasn't for crooked cops that pop shots raisin' our wig
That send slugs reckless
Plus these thugs with a death wish
That take your life for that ice that flooded your necklace
The blood of the helpless and innocent
If it wasn't for so-called friends that turn Benedict
Snakes in the grass and crabs in the lake
Cause I'm black and it's late, get harassed by the jake
And blasted with eight times five plus one
Lethal deposit, reach for your wallet, they bust guns
That why I trust none and I keep to myself
I can't blame cats that pack heat in they belt
And quick to clap, never givin' in
If it wasn't for this and that
It'd be a better world that we livin' in