Lyrics My People - Dwele

If poppa could sing this song He would speak
Of a time of picked lines the days this long
Segregated history but he would also speak of a people in love
With unity but just how can this be that 1963 seems much better
I got me a new ride this time with insurance but gas is way too high
His right before our eyes ironically I can't
Drive my new sedan without my new black friend
Sometimes it rains and what is the Sun without a rainy day but
Sometimes I wish this rain would wash the reigns away and this
Man in power is rumoured to have taken many jobs away from us...
A young man finds family in a local
Gang and it ain't no good no no no...
And sometimes I feel safer riding a 5 ton
Piece of metal in the arrow looking in the hood
My brothers can't get out,
The hood is on lock down and cats is moving the keys
Homicide as if we don't loose
Enough from the battles going on overseas
Tonight my eyes will burn and pray
That we will learn to love our people
Let momma sing this song there's never been
A worst time to be living young and black.
And let it be a fact sometimes I feel the good outweighing the bad
And if I had the chance I would crush this feeling.
For all our people.