Promised Land

They promised land to our people we got lied to The system ain't broke it's working how it's designed to So they labeled us black then they made it a crime too Then they gave us some crack And they gave us the time too They promised land to our people well we was lied to The system ain't broke it's working how it's designed to So they labeled us black then they made it a crime too Then they gave us some crack And they gave us the time too When a slave gets freedom what does it really mean The playing field ain't level equality don't mean anything Equity what we fighting for Recklessly we been driving directions that's looking cyclical The message that it's time to grow It's time to show us who we are and where we come from Our lineage is unsung, watch history get undone With truth spilled that they concealed they tried to make us run from The truth is that you mirror the God of which we come from It's so egregious they stole our leaders we left for dead The children needed they fathers threw em in special ed Then gave them ritalin fiddling with they special edge We don't consider the trauma that's messing with they head Our whole history in this country we lied to Hard to believe in the government when u tried to They made promises the fruit of which has yet gleaned And never followed thru on Special Order number 15 They promised land to our people well we was lied to The system ain't broke it's working how it's designed to So they labeled us black then they made it a crime too Then they gave us some crack And they gave us the time too They promised land to our people well we was lied to The system ain't broke it's working how it's designed to So they labeled us black then they made it a crime too Then they gave us some crack And they gave us the time too That's times 2 if ya skin brown nigga I knew That black boys an endangered species and that wasn't no haiku My momma told me but I believed it cuz I observed My skin color define me sometimes more than my words That never sat well but I have tales As a black man it's a coin toss Get pulled over get ya cap peeled It might sound sick but that's real It's a sad truth that we gotta face If you know you know and you have to feel It's so unfortunate my soul scorching how could it be Our fall from greatness relates to us marching in the streets It's all connected we disrespected because we great Fathers get put in a box mothers on section 8 I see a plan you might see a conspiracy Reverse engineer it's apparent they biggest fear is me They'll probably try to convince you that this is heresy The truth ain't black and white my finding is that it's clear to see They promised land to our people but we was lied to The system ain't broke it's working how it's designed to So they labeled us black then they made it a crime too Then they gave us some crack and they gave us the time too