I've seen streets where youth is forced to take the long way home And I've seen mothers mourn the loss of their only one Still I believe we've given more than we can give A visions only blur when live seems unfair Who am I to just a man with a needle in his vain? When he's just chasin' freedom to escape the pain Of the worlds fast pace, pipe dreams, and short comings He's just tryin' to make due find a way out of nothin' It's like we're damned if we do and damned if we don't And there's a very think line Between respect and bein' broke And bein' one red button from World War 3 Always is called the minority And always, always pulled over Facin' police mentality Why is every street a livin' hell? Probably 'cause they want us to fail Yeah 3 strike and shorty pack for jail Like the slave ships when they sail Wowoowow Years and years of civil rights chasin' to pass that bill Ask yourself people are we changin' or standin' still Down and out strugglin' In this concrete jungle One check away from starvation Poverty But they say bein' free Is about speakin' your mind Proposize too much Where they draw the line A line as thin as the line between war and peace A line as thin as the line between West and East One button away from World War 3 Bein' called the minority And bein' pulled, always bein' pulled over and subject to brutality Why is every street like a livin' hell? Probably 'cause they all just want us to fail And 3 strikes and shorty pack for jail Like the slave ships when they sail They don't know My people was made to endure My people are all shapes and colors My people got more people with them That's more people, more sisters and brothers My people stay strong as an Ox My people will never fail My people will always remain Remain with a story to tell My people was made to endure My people are all shapes and colors My people got more people with them That's more people, more sisters and brothers My people stay strong as an Ox My people will never fail My people will always remain Remain with a story to tell My people was made to endure My people are all shapes and colors My people got more people with them That's more people, more sisters and brothers My people stay strong as an Ox My people will never fail My people will always remain Remain with a story to tell My people was made to endure My people are all shapes and colors My people got more people with them That's more people, more sisters and brothers My people stay strong as an Ox My people will never fail My people will always remain Remain with a story to tell