iAmShamaah - Consequence Of Being Black Lyrics

God's perfect but I got imperfections
Nowadays they don't talk, they just pull out their weapons
Not guaranteed another day better count up your seconds
The pastors taking all the money, can't even trust the reverend
Sit back, we gotta talk about it, let me know
Kick back, this ain't a party, f*ck the gigolo
I remember niggas on the block saying that never fold
Now all these niggas talking on the line like these bitches tho
Two stray bullets hit 'em in the back
Calling out for Ricky but that man Ricky ain't calling back
Looking at my brother thinking why the f*ck you got a strap
Dead or in these streets, that's where these crackas wanna see us at
Flood the hood with coke, that's why we never had no hope
Put us out to dry, and then the hang us by the ropes
No you can't speak up, they gonna fill your mouth with soap
We just ask for justice and they blatantly say no
What's the issue, I'm just trying to keep it real
For my brothers, I would die for them, I'd kill
They put a knee on George Floyd neck and had him killed
Now how the f*ck I'm gon' cooperate with cops, this shit's surreal
They in our streets and we can't get em back, and when we riot they ain't into that
Watch when you take the gun and badge it and then you seeing how they really act
Im just praying that my brothers, waking up the system been a trapped
Every day I gotta check my back, the Consequence of being Black
You know, people from the outside probably be looking at like
Yeah that man was a criminal, he had a gun
Little did they know he's trying to provide for his family
That man probably got a son at home that he's trying to feed, you know
And the system is just set up to the way where you could never succeed
And that's how we live every day, you know what I'm saying man
But you know some people just can't
Put their feet in somebody else's shoes and understand what they could possibly be going through
And that's just the problem right there
Yeah, uh
Everyday I gotta check my back, the Consequence of being Black
Took us from the motherland and now we don't know where we at
Checked the news up on my phone and seen a brother died again
Little did they know it's time to change this shit is tiring
So I'm back against the wall, don't gotta front, these crackers seeing me
I know I'm a ride for all my people, the streets believe me
Just gotta take a extra step because this shit bigger than you
It's time to get our shit together at the end, it's all about unity
Yeah, I know we got our differences that don't make you enemy
We might be cut from different cloths but on the real you are a friend of me
Starting to feel like a Calboy cause these crackers really "Envy Me"
Tearing up our legacy, don't even know about our history
400 something years that we been waiting on some change
Threw us a couple quarters but put dirt all on our names
We finally waking up cause everything just felt so strange
And yes I'm proud to say that I'm a black man in this age