Week In Review

They think we're savages, like, "Do they even bleed?"/
When's the last time you'd though you'd seen/
People treated like they were not allowed to dream?/
Was it the scene, where Martin Luther King got shot/
Was it not that far back, but somewhere that you've been?/
Like kids acting grown at the age of nineteen/
With their eyes wide shut and their minds wiped clean/

Because, they think we're blind, like, "Do they even see?"/
Past the here and now, how short-sighted can we be?/
We spit, sunflower seeds in the street/
Many minds can't fly cuz they high on trees/
I try to make smart moves like wise guys on skis/
A chess prodigy with his eyes on a queen/
Or Prince Akeem with his eye on Queens/

Knowledge must be power..
'Cuz they think we dumb, "Do they even perceive?"/
The alliance between our oppression and compliance/
The way we mix the sex with the violence/
Or maybe that too is just a dream/
Where in the end we don't have to justify what it means/
Just put the parts together like A-D-D/
Watch the minutes roll over like A-T-T/
Cuz 'get rich or die trying' you will not see me/
Maybe 'get free first' like Ayiti/