They Say

They say Tell God your plans he may laugh about it On the same token They say pray about it Life feels what it is still go and plan your future You can be all you can be As long as we recruit you BU be different yet they laugh about it You got to stand out and you need some followers All these guidelines rules they get hard to follow So on the highway of life I rely on my throttle Response Don't get caught up with nonsense As I hold up my head And I pray for the dead See I hope your sacrifice don't go in vain I seen another brother get locked up. It's hard to see a change. Miseducation of the Negro still got us chained It's a slavery mentality they still got us trained They say We crabs in the barrel No, we birds in the cage Fighting overseas that you left us You only want us entertain you Cooking and clean for you Raise your kids for you Plow your land for you Take the blame for you We've been your experiment You put us in projects You tell me it's nonsense You paint us as monsters When you be the Loch Ness I get it The winner of war write the content Your hand on my life see the thumbprint Don't make you rich then it's nonsense Put crack on my streets Stealing the land Gentrification your profit Please Lord help it make cent As I get on my knees to give two cents I'm wondering, would he grant this But they say They say Tell God your plans he may laugh about it On the same token They say pray about it Life feels what it is still go and plan your future You can be all you can be As long as we recruit you Be you be different yet they laugh about it You got to stand out and you need some followers All these guidelines rules they get hard to follow So on the highway of life I rely on my throttle