White Man's World

"You goin' bustin' your fist against a stone wall.
You're not using your brain. That's what the white
man wants you to do. Look at you. What makes you
ashamed of bein' black?"

"I now how hard it is being a woman, a black woman at that
in this white man's world.
Sometimes we overlook the fact that we can ride hard in
our situation and not be knowing the pain we be causing.
In this white man's world. 
I ain't saying I'm innocent of all this
I'm just saying this song is for y'all.
For all the times I mess up or we mess up."
 
Dear sister, Got me twisted up in prison, I miss you.
Crying, looking at my nieces' and newphews' picture.
They say "Don't let this cruel world get you."
Kinda suspicious.
Swearing one day you might leave me for someone that's richer.
Twist the cap off the bottle,
I take a sip and see tommorrow.
Got to make it if I have to beg and borrow
Reading love letters late night, locked down and quiet.
If brothers don't recieve their mail, best believe we riot.
Eating Jack, mat, staring at the walls in silence.
Inside this cage where they captured all my rage and violence.
In time I learned a few lessons. Never fall for riches.
Apologies to my true sisters, far from bitches.
Help me raise my black nation repairations are due.
It's true. Caught up in this world, I took advantage of you.
So tell the babies how I love them, precious boys and girls.
Born black in this white man's world.
And all I heard was,
 
Who knows what tommorrow brings
in this world where everyone lies?
Where to go? No matter how far I find.
To let you know that you're not alone.
 
Being born with less, I must confess, only adds on to the stress.
Two gunshots to my homie's head. Died in his rest.
Shot him to death and left him bleeding for his family to see.
I pass his casket gently asking "Is there heaven for G's?"
My homeboy's doing life. His baby's mama be stressing.
Shedding tears when her son finally ask the questions.
"Where my daddy at? Mama, why we live so poor?
Why you crying? Heard you late night through my bedroom door.
Now do you love me mama? Why they keep on calling me nigger?"
Get my weight up, with my hate and pay 'em back when I'm bigger.
Still thugging in this jail cell, missing my block.
Hearing brothers screaming all night, wishing they'd stop.
Proud to be black, but why do we act like we don't love oursleves.
Don't look around bustah (you sucka). Check yourselves.
Know what it means to be black, whether a man or girl.
We're still struggling in this white man's world.

Who knows what tommorrow brings
in this world where everyone lies?
Where to go? No matter how far I find.
To let you know that you're not alone.

So tell me why you change and choose a new direction.
In the blink of an eye.
My time away just made perfection. Did you think I'd die?
Not gonna cry. Why should I care?
Like we holding on to lost love thats no longer there.
Can you please help me?
God bless me, please keep my seeds healthy.
Banging on my enemies. Bleed while my G's wealthy.
Hoping they bury me with ammunition, weed, and shells.
Just in case they trip in heaven, ain't no G's hell.
Sister, sorry for the pain that I caused your heart.
I know I'll change If you help me, but don't fall apart.
Rest In Peace to Latasha, Little Yummy, and Kato.
To much for this cold world to take, ended up being fatal.
Every women in America especially black,
bear with me, can't you see that we under attack.
I never meant to cause drama to my sister and mama.
Hope we make it to better times in this white man's world.

Who knows what tommorrow brings
in this world where everyone lies?
Where to go? No matter how far I find.
To let you know that you're not alone.
(Repeat and fade)



Transcription 1997 by Jim Moore for Relativity Labs.
Written by Makaveli.
1996 Death Row/Interscope Records. All Rights Reserved.
Used without permisson.