Changes

Come on come on I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself <br>is life worth living should I blast myself? <br>I`m tired of bein` poor and even worse I`m black <br>my stomach hurts so I`m lookin` for a purse to snatch <br>Cops give a damn about a negro pull the trigger kill a nigga he`s a hero <br>Give crack to the kids who the hell cares one less ugly mouth on the welfare <br>First ship `em dope & let `em deal the brothers <br>give `em guns step back watch `em kill each other <br>It`s time to fight back that`s what Huey said <br>2 shots in the dark now Huey`s dead <br>I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere <br>unless we share with each other We gotta start makin` changes <br>learn to see me as a brother instead of 2 distant strangers <br>and that`s how it`s supposed to be <br>How can the Devil take a brother if he`s close to me? <br>I`d love to go back to when we played as kids <br>but things changed, and that`s the way it is <br><br>[Bridge w/ changing ad libs]<br><br>Come on come on That`s just the way it is Things`ll never be the same <br>That`s just the way it is aww yeah <br>[Repeat]<br><br>I see no changes all I see is racist faces <br>misplaced hate makes disgrace to races <br>We under I wonder what it takes to make this <br>one better place, let`s erase the wasted <br>Take the evil out the people they`ll be acting right <br>`cause both black and white is smokin` crack tonight <br>and only time we chill is when we kill each other <br>it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other <br>And although it seems heaven sent We ain`t ready, to see a black President, uhh <br>It ain`t a secret don`t conceal the fact <br>the penitentiary`s packed, and it`s filled with blacks <br>But some things will never change <br>try to show another way but you stayin` in the dope game <br>Now tell me what`s a mother to do bein` real don`t appeal to the brother in you <br>You gotta operate the easy way <br>"I made a G today" But you made it in a sleazy way <br>sellin` crack to the kid. " I gotta get paid," <br>Well hey, well that`s the way it is <br><br>[Bridge]<br>[Talking:]<br><br>We gotta make a change... <br>It`s time for us as a people to start makin` some changes. <br>Let`s change the way we eat, let`s change the way we live <br>and let`s change the way we treat each other. <br>You see the old way wasn`t working so it`s on us to do <br>what we gotta do, to survive. <br>And still I see no changes can`t a brother get a little peace <br>It`s war on the streets & the war in the Middle East <br>Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me <br>And I ain`t never did a crime I ain`t have to do <br>But now I`m back with the blacks givin` it back to you <br>Don`t let `em jack you up, back you up, crack you up and pimp slap you up <br>You gotta learn to hold ya own <br>they get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone <br>But tell the cops they can`t touch this <br>I don`t trust this when they try to rush I bust this <br>That`s the sound of my tool you say it ain`t cool my mama didn`t raise no fool <br>And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped & I never get to lay back <br>`Cause I always got to worry `bout the pay backs <br>some buck that I roughed up way back comin` back after all these years <br>rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat that`s the way it is uhh<br><br>[Bridge `til fade]