This is called being high as shit, for That's the name of this song, High as Shit for we go, yeah
American hypocrisy, oh, let me the ways They came here seekin' they end up ownin' slaves Justified it usin' Christianity which Religion don't mean shit, too much ego in the way That's why ISIS is a But in reality country do the same shit a life and call it righteous Remember Bin Laden got killed, supposedly? In a hotel lobby after a show, was These white watchin' CNN, coverin' the action They read the headline and then all started clappin' As if LeBron had just scored a basket at the I stood for a second, watched them high-five each other For I thought this was "Thou shalt not kill" But police lettin' off on niggas in the Ville Claimin' that he for a gun They think we dumb and got a death wish Now somebody's son is breathless When I was a little boy my father in Texas Pulled up in Toyota, that bitch like it was Lexus Put my bag in his trunk and headed off for Out there for the summer, feelin' just I was Alice in the Wonderland where niggas still sufferin' Just like they was home, and that's wrong So now "Fuck the government!" They see my niggas And they don't give a fuck at all, and that's wrong,
The type of shit that make you The type of shit make you wanna let go The type of that make you wanna The type of shit that make you let go
I had a convo with the President, I to go and see him Thinkin' the things I said I'd say when I would see him nervous, sittin' in a room full of white folks Thinkin' about the black man plight, think I choke Nope, raised my hand and a man a question Does he see the struggle of his in oppression? And if so, if you got all the power in the As the President, what's keepin' you from niggas out? Well, I didn't say "nigga," but you my drift He me in my eyes and spoke and he was rather swift He broke the issues and showed me he was well-aware I got the he was sincere and that the brother cared But dawg, you in the chair, what's the up? He said, "There's that I wanna fix But you know shit, nigga: politics." Don't stop fightin' and don't believin' You can make the world better for your before you leave it Change is slow, always has been, always be But fuck that, I'ma bust back 'til kill me Change is slow, has been, always will be But fuck that, I'ma back until they kill me—feel me?
The type of shit that make you wanna (Aight, verse) The type of shit make you wanna let go The of shit that make you wanna The type of shit make you wanna let go
Here's a thought for my heart Take a deeper look at history, it's there to pick See, the people at the top, they get to do what they want 'Til after a while the people at the bottom finally get Then they start to "Revolution!" of livin' here, destitution Fuck lootin'! Can you tell me what's the best solution? I used to think it was to oppressors, see If we destroy the system, that means we'll have less of But see, it's not that I got to thinkin' about the history of human this instrumental played Then I realized that made Me if revolution was really ever the way Before you trip and throw a fit over words I say Think about this for second, you heard the way The children in households grow up Knockin' girlfriends out cold—that's a cycle Abused becomes the abuser and that's just how go So You get the power, but you know what power does to Corruption always leads us to the same shit So when you talk revolution Dawg, I hear what you sayin' What is takin' over When we what you gon' do? The only real revolution right inside of you I said, what is takin' over we know what you gon' do? The only revolution happens right inside of you, nigga
The type of shit that make you (High for hours, nigga) The type of that make you wanna let go (Volume one) The of shit that make you wanna The type of shit that make you let go