Chains - Single Video (MV)

When he was a kid he was fitted with a bib
By a momma on the daily had a Nigga well fed
All she ever did, tell him, "Use your head"
Think before you speak and pray before you go to bed
While his old man stayed true, tyin' up his shoes
Young nigga learnin how to ball and swim in a pool
Always went to school cuz his friend group was full
Niggas in shit together they got nothin to prove
The problem his skin considered scriptural sin
Always taught he was born a little less than
The darker the skin the more of a wicked man
Gettin banned from the plan made by the Great Almighty Hand
Frame the lane, a nigga walk it in shame
Self blame, pain flame, don't know how pain came
Only idols on screen playin for big teams
Inner vitals unseen maybe he a rhyme fiend
Finds his worth relies on a feed of lies
Eatin' up supplies like they chicken 'n fries
Hit fit, load clip, f*ck up shit quick
Get rich, chain thick, whip on a lift
Dreams, schemes, pant sag, walk with a lean
Doing everything "I'm a real nigga" well seen
His mind a f*ckin' mess he busy flex what they expect
He wont be pegged as nothin less
Black man, black man, where's a black man
He grew up in a rich-ass winter wonder land
Pressure to be hood nigga none around
A Stressor no one understand
Called land of middle ground
People always tellin' him
"Man, we don't see color, no we don't see color not one bit"
The problem is they just don't see how they see color, shit
Sometimes I can't think the same
Like my mind wrapped in chains
Supplied by all these brand names
Tellin' me I'm a certain way
Happiness, I'll never obtain
Gotta buy shit in vain
You vettin through the spam, finger sold to the scroll
Your bets are to the gram, not know it's fools gold
Wrapped in a flow, trapped a puppet show
A master? nah, the wire sewn to your soul
Spent to the hour people shower in power
Look down 'n scour from their tall, white, ivory tower
Teach Klan fam holds all season time and rain
Preach Sam man one reason for the deepest pain
Treason with slaves, you know the choices he made
Affect the way we gon' live and operate
Buried niggas in pride brain laid in a grave
Born to systems never create ways to equally educate
Or step up to the plate and work to allocate
Wealth that whipped humans were forced to create
Fake apology might make it right
Fate for the ebony this an unfair fight
Take the height, fake wind, fly a kite
Might outta sight, right outta light, tight til we bite
I ain't a fool, well invested in school
Well of knowledge based on how cruel men move
Neglect for respect is the move that fits the groove
The fair in the chair won't repair or change the rules
Oppression and mind tricks his number one tools
We addin' piles of gold bricks to his bold, cold pool
While you kick back, smoke and pass the blame
Dreamin' cash stack, toke won't bring the change
Even after a black man was top of the game
Shit still same all those promises were made in vain
President answers to some kind of hidden name
Bigger players duckin' large from the blood fame
Stress with the rest justice never be claimed
This quest rests in our hands but they wrapped in chains
Sometimes I can't think the same
Like my mind is wrapped in chains
Supplied by all these brand names
Tellin' me I'm a certain way
Happiness, I'll never obtain
Gotta buy shit in vain
America keep gettin away with shit
Never clean out the pot you piss
Wanna know why we spit and diss
Why all night niggas ride and lift the fist
You blind to poverty in your nation
You blind to its origins your plantations
You blind to the weak ass cheap foundation
You blind to the black discrimination
You blind to the lack of education
You blind to the lives of all these children
Yeah, but you sit on your throne
Looking down like they all just peasants in Rome
Nothin can please ya, cocaine seizure
Distracted while us real niggas gather your foes
Supreme leader Julius Caesar
Back full of knives
Blood soakin your clothes