How It Feels 2 Be Black (feat. Natazab & Lost Tribez)

They said, free the Palestinians, then celebrate the death of Native Indians How these other races gon' take us serious They don't, it's silly thinkin' you can fight oppression with a vote I'm so woke, I got sleep deprivation, belly of the beast, givin' birth to a nation You know how it feel to have culture and they take it, it'll never be peace, tell em, free The reservation Till it's backwards, they don't know that they exist no more Ever try reachin' out for help and you just get ignored Pick up vices like drugs, your child fill a void They get a youth life sentence for killin, he was just a boy Niggas poor, what we livin' for Lifes a gamble was like ten to four, Police hands around your neck, they just hit record We in war, man, this ain't the norm, but you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know Momma on the stage cryin, she just lost her only son to gang violence Pop's level four yard, talkin' through the fence Have you ever tried to hug your loved ones through a fence Have you ever been hated just because your skin Have you ever worked all week and couldn't pay your rent Life a trip, I'm tryin' to catch my balance Every step, I'm like I'm walkin' backwards Credit card, but gotta check the balance I come from where it's rough, that's why my heart callous They want you to fall weak, that's a war tactic Look how we live, what's scarier than that What you know about crossin' a Darian and gap Risk your life to live in hell or bury your kids Either way, we gotta suffer and they just get rich Life a bitch, why I waste time tellin' you that Cuz if you ain't a nigga like me, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know how it feel to be black Yeah, you don't know