Changes

Mmmm, hmmmm, hmmmm
Yeah, ooh!
C'mon, c'mon

I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
I'm tired of being poor and even worse, I'm black
My stomach hurts, so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?
One less hungry mouth on the welfare
First ship 'em dope, let 'em deal with brothers
Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
It's time to fight back, that's what Huey said
Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
I got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere
Unless we share with each other
We gotta start making changes
Learn to see me as your brother instead of two distant strangers
And that's how it's supposed to be
How can you dare to take a brother if he's close to me?
I'd love to go back to when you played as kids
But things change, that's the way it is

C'mon, c'mon, that's just the way it is
Change, things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is, that's the way it is
Ahh yeah, hear me, yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, that's just the way it is
The way it is, things'll never be the same
Never be the same, that's just the way it is
Ahh yeah, the way it is, ahh yeah

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
One better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people, they be acting right
'Cause both black and white are smoking crack tonight
And the only time we chill is when we kill each other
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
And although it seems heaven sent
We ain't right, to see a black president
It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact
The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
But some things will never change
Try to show another way, but they staying in the dope game
Now tell me what's a mother to do?
Being real don't appeal to the brother in you
You gotta operate the easy way
I made a G today, but you made it in a sleazy way
Selling crack to the kids, I gotta get paid
But hey, that's the way it is

C'mon, c'mon, that's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same, change
That's just the way it is, that's the way it is
Ahh yeah, hear me, yeah
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, that's just the way it is
The way it is, things'll never be the same, change
Never be the same, that's just the way it is
Ahh yeah, that's the way it is, the way it is
Ahh yeah, yeah

You gotta make a change
It's time for us as a people to start making some changes
Let's change the way we eat
Let's change the way we live
And let's change the way we treat each other
You see, the old way wasn't working
So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive

And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?
There's war in the streets, and a war in the Middle East
Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs
So the police can bother me
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
But now I'm back with the facts, giving 'em back to you
Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
Crack you up, and pimp slap you up
You gotta learn to hold your own
They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
But tell the cops they can't touch this, I don't trust this
When they try to rush, I bust this
That's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool
My mama didn't raise no fool
And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
And I never get to lay back
'Cause I always gotta worry about the payback
Some buck that I roughed up way back
Coming back after all these years, rat-a-tat-tat-tat
That's the way it is

The way it is, yeah, that's just the way it is
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, talk about it with these people
Things'll never be the same, we so changing, we so changing
That's just the way it is, the way it is, the way it is
Ahh yeah, the way it is, ahh yeah, change
Change, change, you're my brother, you're my sister, yeah
That's just the way it is, the way it is, the way it is
Change, change, some things never change, things'll never be the same
Change, change, you're my brother, you're my sister
That's just the way it is, change, change, ahh yeah
Some things never change