Who Knew (I Gotta Say)

Yah, yah Yah, yah, yah, yah Yea I gotta say yah, yah Yah Look I gotta say I seen a lot of people turning into jokes They steady smoking toting weapons that they never gonna blow A couple bros locked in the box because the witnesses had told That somebody had sent some shots and one had hit a 10 year-old Six years and not a tear think we bout in three and a half So when they out I pray that they don't act too savage When the dawgs unleash ima go head and get em a care package Pay for classes, pray they won't be in the streets still being active I gotta say yah I gotta say, I gotta say, I gotta say yah I gotta say I never knew it'd be this way yah, yah, yah I gotta say yah I gotta say yah I gotta say I gotta say we gotta break out of these chains The cops are killing say that we're the ones to blame I gotta say I think it's time we made some change Let's start today They treating black men like some curses, tryna fill us up in hearses Pray I get these verses out fore I'm in mine All I ask is for reparations to give me peace of mind Don't you see that equality is only viewed in the eyes of the white man That put the pen to the paper and signed our documentation To keep us locked up and confined I gotta say you would've thought we'd have come further with the times But every time we seem to see progression seems that we rewind I gotta say yah I gotta say, I gotta say yah I gotta, I gotta say yah I gotta say I gotta say I never knew it'd be this way yah, yah, yah I gotta say I gotta say we gotta break out of these chains The cops are killing say that we're the ones to blame Yah, Yah Now let me talk about these women Got a shawty out in Las Vegas, family crazy Know I gotta come correct cuz her brother be spraying Shawty out in D.C., she freaky Ain't even one step through the door and she tryna unclothe me A couple shawties in the A-town, they stay down But they be scamming when they hit my line it's straight to voice mail Nother shawty out in Dayton, body bangin' Since day 1 I been attracted to her ebony persuasion Ride or die she out in Memphis she deserve a pendant Wasn't man enough to give her my complete attention When I reminisce I tend to get up in my feelings But never mind I gotta see things in the bigger picture No I will not be perceived as just a sorry nigga Couple homies in that boat I got to get to fishing No I will not let you loose that's not what brothers do How you gon let your family fall and still be comfortable Damn I gotta say yah I gotta say, I gotta say, I gotta say yah I gotta say I never knew it'd be this way yah, yah, yah I gotta say yah I gotta say yah I gotta say I gotta say we gotta break out of these chains The cops are killing say that we're the ones to blame I gotta say I think it's time we made some change Let's start today