Buckski Banutski - JUST LIKE ME (feat. YD, MIKE SMIFF & KEITH WALLACE) [Radio Edit] Lyrics

Look what I conquered, studied my conscience Went through the punches, looking for sponsors
I was a monster, traveled the compass Mr. Columbus, thought it was common
I was a farmer, nothing was normal Went through the trauma, searching for commas
Nothing was promised, I was a scholar It was an honor, life was amazing, yeah

Look at this shit and I'm blazing Could've been locked up in cages
Minimum wages, different occasions Watch for the preacher, you praising
Before I was resurrected, I was intersecting with the reaper
I was just trying to do it for my people I saw my daddy do it with a beaker

Look who invented laws for the system Listen to the politicians and the teachers
We got a problem representing flags But we got no problem with the plagiarism
Long as it's fettuccine and a lot of chicken With a lot of letters for a vegan
He just did a deal with Adidas They trying to crucify him like he Jesus

Open your eyes and ears Letters been signed and sealed
It's been a thousand years Only the time can heal
Convicted, denied appeals They got my cousin locked up in a cell
Most of these niggas rattin', they gon' tear It ain't no freedom when you live in hell

But I won't give my outlook, I don't pay up
Me, you're a criminal just like me We're educated just like me
Individuals just like me Me, you're a criminal just like me
We're educated just like me Individuals just like me

You don't see it, we still fighting for our freedom
A lot of preaching, too much talking, ain't no leaders
Got my hands up, where's justice when we need it
Yeah, Mike Smith, uh, yeah

Just like me, ain't no love In 1971, they declared a war on drugs
They snatched our father figures out the household and they locked him up
But just surviving, they got 10, 20, 30 plus They built America off our pain, tears, sweat, and blood
They rob, rape, steal, and kill But they call us thugs

I wish we woke up I seen police harassment
The other day, I should've spoke up Gotta be the change I wanna see
I dropped the ball, that one on me But for him, for it, I'm here for it
I'm hard-bodied, I'm built for it I know a lot of my ancestors got hung, whipped

Then killed for it I died knowing I stood for something
If you gon' rep your block, then own something Your hood is something
Go get that money and spend that black dollar with a black man
Put a blue face in the black hand That's ecosystem building

Black millions, black billions Spread through all this black business
The black dollar got power We all got the same 24 hours
You can make a difference Just like me
You a criminal just like me Real attention just like me

Individual just like me Me
You a criminal just like me Real attention just like me
Individual just like me You don't see it, we still fighting for our freedom
A lot of preaching, too much talking, ain't no leaders

Got my hands up, we as justice when we need it
You play on my mind and poison my food You in my house, take off your shoes
The real king of Wakanda is Killmonger Take off your jewels
I ain't marching or holding signs Cops slip on my Lord and mine

Clock ticks, so I go with time Never lose focus, never going blind
I'm in real form, Farrakhan, King David, and Marcus Garvey
The white man hit the black man with the crack plan
Now we all are starving, wanna live the good life

Tell my son and tell him good night But we all living on the death row
Like we all signed under Suge Knight If you front of hood, make it the little C-25
Little n***a, bless you, 18 With a whole head full of greyhound
Little n***a, you stressed Who you praying to

Do you believe in meditation? Do you believe in the most high
Or do you believe in this legislation? Tell me what's all of the fuss for
One, two, three, I'mma bust four That's a headshot
For every president sitting up on Mount Rushmore Give him a round of applause

You a criminal just like me Real attention just like me
Individual just like me Me
You a criminal just like me Real attention just like me
Individual just like me You don't see it, we still fighting for our freedom

A lot of preaching, too much talking, ain't no leaders
Got my hands up, where's justice when we need it
Just like me