Livin' in the slums with the bums, the rats and the stray cats Dogs with the rabies, little babies are having babies Juveniles act wild every footstep you take On every corner there's a crack vial
Pushers, dealers, crack heads are buying Now the dealer's in jail, all the crack heads are dying My man got AIDS, he was hit hard To get laid, he paid a crack head for a five dollar quick job
In the ghettos this stuff you have to find A beer will relax my mind but I still pack my nine 'Cause I'm aware of all evil and devilishment Because I'm living in a rat like settlement Sometimes it's hard to manage I grab a forty take a sip and let the mental do the damage
Yeah, I'm woozy and my eyes are red But it's better than a Uzi and a brother man is dead See nine out of ten are black on black crimes Four out of nine were killed before their prime
The other five wanted vengeance So now five out of five are doin' a jail sentence Ask the Giant, I've been through it So when I reach to the top, I say the ghetto made me do it And I know how to strive, huh Born and raised in the ghetto so you know I can survive
I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave) I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave)
I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave) I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave)
Chapter two of every black man's diary Drugs and diseases, put in our society Kill another brother and it's bravery Come on that's one step backwards into mental slavery
Yeah, you best believe that's reality You got black on black then there's police brutality Yeah, it's bad but what makes it sad Is that I'm being harassed by a black man with a badge
He's sellin' out because he's two-faced But you only got one race, you only got a nigga's face He's sellin' out because times is hard And old ladies are gettin' robbed 'cause I can't find a job
Fight to the top and the other man will drop And gettin' treated like savages will stop You got the right plan, but goin' about it the wrong way Divided is the long way united is the strong way
Too many died for us to take a pause So let's all get ours and stop tryin' to get yours Walk a straight path but it's so easy to stumble So weak minds crumble in the concrete jungle
Get your chance to sell drugs, you don't pass up But a fast buck will wind up to be your last buck It's a damn shame, you're deaf dumb and blind Did it ever cross your mind, you're killin' off your own kind?
And pretty soon even you will be a goner Easy access to guns, liquor stores on every corner Street knowledge is a must, you never learn enough You're physically rough but mentally you gotta be tough We shall overcome with no doubt The runaway slave is sayin' peace and I'm out
We gotta get away, we gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave) I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave)
I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Runaway, runaway slave) I gotta get away, I gotta do it now (Runaway, runaway slave) I found a better way, so how that sound? (Run