Lyrics The World Today (Extended Coverage) - TheAllAmericanKid

Give me the beat boys to free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
Drift away drift away
If I could change the world today and make it a better place
For you and for me
Start with an apology pay your debt to society
Simply by acknowledging all the things you've done wrong
I'm neighbors with Spanish laborers Croatian gangsters
War vactrains and lesbians Koreans and Mexicans
About six of them living in a small condominium
And across from the a kid named Kevin
A weed head that's 27 and never been
To the corner of Glen Haven where the sounds of Miles Davis is playing
And the neighborhood gathers and exchanges in friendly conversations
Gossips about other neighbors and how the hood is changing
Who's having babies who passed away lately
Who made it in entertainment and who graduated
And who knows maybe someday imma make it
Achieve greatness save the day because Marquis is for the babies
And it's simply amazing what makes the world go round never changes
And how a sound defines a generation
My flow it never changes grown folks and teenagers
Both know who this is for
Police are searching for whoever shot
And killed a teenager in Brooklyn
The NYPD released new surveillance video
Of the suspect as he opened fire on Saratoga Ave and Prospect Pl
This happened in Brownsville yesterday
Investigators say that suspect pulled out a gun
And shot 17 year old Craig Bassett in the chest
That victim was taken to Interfaith Medical Center
Where he was pronounced dead
It's the simplest moments so stop and smell the roses
Read the Sunday Post over coffee and doughnuts
At your favorite corner store bright and early on a Sunday morning
But at this same corner a mother is mourning
Because the night before her son was murdered
A month away from graduation as Valedictorian
With a GPA of 4.0 a Georgetown Hoya
On his way to the NBA to play as a power forward
For the Golden State Warriors million dollar endorsements
Fame and fortune more than anyone can ask for
But unfortunately his life was cut short
And the story goes from what I was told
That that night to celebrate his good fortune
His boys and him bought out the bar got drunk off the gin
There was an argument and he jump in he looks out for his friends
Without a doubt he'll be missed so young so why'd it end like this
If I could change the world today and make it a better place
For you and for me
Start with an apology pay your debt to society
Simply by acknowledging all the things you've done wrong
Back from the brink of extinction to complete what was never finished
A mission started in the 60's by hippies who were happy and free
As peaceful as me cause the girls came easy and the drugs was cheap
And the world seemed stressed and it needed some peace
So music was the way to escape for millions of teens
Like Hip-Hop in the 80's in Queens
What the world was witnessing
Was freedom of speech the right to assemble in peace
But when Dr. King died the dream died and know it seems I've
Lost focus heart broken annoyed with the way things are going
But todays my lucky day my day of atonement
Because from the moment I'm moving forward ignoring the less important
Like the salt that these haters are throwing
Like the salt that these haters are throwing
It was a powerful and emotion moment
Celebrating those bands of brothers
Who put everything on the line for our freedom
You are the pride of our nation you are the glory of our republic
And we thank you from the bottom of our hearts
President Trump and world leaders
Joining these humble heroes 75 years after D-Day
Someone once told me a story that way back in 1940
There was a man who was destine for glory
A southern boy who journeyed to New York then Germany
Deployed with the 4th infantry to storm the beaches of Normandy
Performed heroically sacrificed for his country
Recognized for his undying loyalty
Cause after the war back on American soil he was spoiled
And treated like royalty
Awarded by the commander in chief a purple heart and a key to the city
For seeing America to victory dinner with the Kennedys
Appointed to a Senate seat in the state of Kentucky
Living the American dream fucking lucky
But aint it something someone coming from nothing
Over coming and becoming something so wonderful
I solute my uncle and all the other colored youngsters
Sacrificed for our country
Give me the beat boys to free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
Drift away drift away
If I could change the world today and make it a better place
For you and for me
Start with an apology pay your debt to society
Simply by acknowledging all the things you've done wrong
If I could change the world today and make it a better place
For you and for me
Start with an apology pay your debt to society
Simply by acknowledging all the things you've done wrong