[Verse 1]
Crack cases, ID them with black faces
Then label it black crime, now them just a few cases
They profit off blacks dying, headlines
White washed, baptized from the plantation to incarceration
[Pre-Chorus]
Y'all made all your money with our bodies whipped and chained up
Now we making money talking 'bout our whips and chains, huh?
I am not a slave to the system that was made
To condition white people to keep coloreds in their place (What?)
[Chorus]
One nation under God but there's two Americas (Hey)
Land of opportunity, the home of iron bars (Yeah, nigga)
Some will go the distance, others won't get very far
Hear the gospel echo through the yard, amen (Amen)
Hear the gospel echo through the yard
[Verse 2]
I ain't even gonna lie, I, I ain't even gonna try
My hand at these games, where we just get played and wagers get placed on life
Why would we take a shot when the barrel's still hot?
From the last brother they stopped then they killed on the spot, ha
[Pre-Chorus]
How you gon' play the victim after you commit the crime?
Is that the way the system was designed? (That's how they built the shit, right?)
How you gon' play the victim after you commit the crime?
'Cause that's the way the system was designed ([?])
Crack cases, ID them with black faces
Then label it black crime, now them just a few cases
They profit off blacks dying, headlines
White washed, baptized from the plantation to incarceration
[Pre-Chorus]
Y'all made all your money with our bodies whipped and chained up
Now we making money talking 'bout our whips and chains, huh?
I am not a slave to the system that was made
To condition white people to keep coloreds in their place (What?)
[Chorus]
One nation under God but there's two Americas (Hey)
Land of opportunity, the home of iron bars (Yeah, nigga)
Some will go the distance, others won't get very far
Hear the gospel echo through the yard, amen (Amen)
Hear the gospel echo through the yard
[Verse 2]
I ain't even gonna lie, I, I ain't even gonna try
My hand at these games, where we just get played and wagers get placed on life
Why would we take a shot when the barrel's still hot?
From the last brother they stopped then they killed on the spot, ha
[Pre-Chorus]
How you gon' play the victim after you commit the crime?
Is that the way the system was designed? (That's how they built the shit, right?)
How you gon' play the victim after you commit the crime?
'Cause that's the way the system was designed ([?])
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