Broken Rose Window - Ka.mp3

[00:00.135][Intro: Sample]
[00:00.221]The church participated vigorously in the underground railroad
[00:04.330]Former slaves, who would assemble in the borough of Brooklyn, were provided food, clothing, and refuge
[00:11.597][Verse 1]
[00:12.852]Thought I'd be finished in the gutter sooner
[00:14.912]Every other corner was crack spots
[00:17.677]Auntie spent a pretty penny
[00:19.438]Got really skinny from them fat rocks
[00:21.702]She clocked me at the bus, but never rushed
[00:23.988]Was touched, just sat, watched
[00:25.742]Before you air the gun, don't forget where you from
[00:28.436]Message to the black cops
[00:29.942]Lie, plot, steal, or drive Hot Wheels
[00:31.979]Still living in the matchbox
[00:34.485]When you're bred brown, stay on defense
[00:36.496]Head down till the tax stops
[00:38.503]These are dark back blocks, shortie
[00:40.439]How I wore these mismatched socks
[00:42.761]Still avoid chocolate sprinkles
[00:44.768]Looks too similar to what the rat drops
[00:47.022]Man, they condemned his home
[00:48.531]To get the only coat he owned he broke the padlocks
[00:51.040]Few prostitutes on this toxic route
[00:53.302]Late night, this where your dad shops
[00:55.311]Not to complicate I'm what you get when consummating:
[00:57.830]"Slick cat" and "bad fox"
[00:59.614]In beef, kept calm speech
[01:01.405]'til in arm reach, then the jab pops
[01:03.419][Hook]
[01:03.678]Said it adamant: was never having it
[01:06.441]We the have-nots
[01:09.818][Verse 2]
[01:15.797]Praise the Lord, born wretched
[01:18.089]Crazy, long-drawn epic
[01:20.096]Made the boy a sworn-skeptic
[01:22.354]Phrase is poised on record
[01:25.707](We the have-nots)
[01:28.216]All I heard was "No, can't have that"
[01:31.228]"Put it back", "next time"
[01:33.235]Shit was often insufficient portion
[01:35.532]Not until it call for less dime
[01:37.538]Feel it's true, they wanna kill a few
[01:39.797]And keep the rest blind
[01:41.564]Was tough, so jumped on fire trucks
[01:43.649]Hoping higher-ups bless mine
[01:45.660]I share the story and effects
[01:47.441]Was vexed, swore that we was hexed
[01:49.744]The cost of living in this awful prison
[01:51.750]Never afforded me the rest
[01:53.773]From stock that's poor, as you saw
[01:56.109]There's a lot to endure to see success
[01:58.108]Afraid there's only scenes of failure in my trailer
[02:00.637]Just wanted to be the best
[02:02.390]This road long and arduous
[02:04.176]Either froze or exposed a stronger part of us
[02:06.686]From a section where weapons
[02:08.234]Is definitely etched into closing arguments
[02:11.264]In these dirty seeds
[02:12.840]Can't see who's supposed to be here guarding us
[02:15.598]This is more like a death sentence
[02:17.360]If the intention was to harden us
[02:19.367]Too young, having a starving lust
[02:21.387]All it did was make it hard to trust
[02:23.925]Been doomed to hatred
[02:24.944]Human nature ain't changing
[02:26.451]Hope the Gods adjust
[02:27.703][Hook]
[02:27.953]Said it adamant: was never having it
[02:30.462]We the have-nots
[02:40.501]Said it adamant: was never having it
[02:43.028]We the have-nots
[02:46.079][Outro: Sample]
[02:48.551]...cuz like, I'm sayin' like, it don't matter how much you
[02:51.059]You, tryna, tryna, uh, pray to God, or nothin' like that
[02:53.569]Niggas still be in the same predicament, right?
[02:56.663]I,I,I could've prayed the other day
[02:58.423]But we ain't have no food in the house
[02:59.736]Bruh, I woke up, wasn't nothing in the house
[03:02.245]See, bruh, what I'm sayin', ain't no point of it