Neck Deep

We need talk about this freedom of speech thing Excuse me, as I say some things not pleasing Saw a white rapper at the BET TV scene Dissing trump, and it was played on CNNs screen Now let a black man speak like that He's a terrorist, traitor, degenerate...N*gger And if they see us I know cops will pull the trigger And We supposed to be the ones who act bigger Get harassed at the corner store buying liquor Hear as they insult my intelligence Not knowing facing them is a war trotted veteran Protecting their constitutional right not to be better men What do I tell my son What do I tell my daughter When this country I fought for Wants to slay their father That don't mean I'm not a patriot Just airing inequalities our country is faced with Uh, it ain't even because I'm black To get ahead many women have to lay on their back With powerful men and wait 30 years to take it back How sad is that Children walking around today strapped Afraid of cops knowing that they might shoot them in the back We all neck deep Can't feel the ground that's beneath Drowning in hatred while we struggle to find peace We all bleed red skin color's not a disease U-N-I-T-Y is that something we can't agree How do we as a people Call ourselves hero In the eyes of a child when the love inside's zero Then we ask why did she hang herself Why did he shoot the school up Politicians blow it off like it's just how they grew up I'm so disgusted, most leaders can't be trusted They're not leaders it's self-interest and we suckers Why don't we vote, cuz most people think it's a joke End result that we hang ourselves with our own rope Cuz everybody's too busy following social media Believing everything they read like it's encyclopedias And the president blames all our problems on the media We need to be like Matt Damon book Expedia And take our family away from all the madness they feeding us Why we build barriers when we need bridges We need a different stroke not talking Todd bridges But the hatred in some I think is more an addiction, to power If president's on fire wouldn't give a golden shower to put him out I'm sick of what he touts All you hear is DACA this DACA that Well DACA made my yankee hat DACA makes the engines run on air planes where our babies at In ICU there's DACA too A DACA might be teaching you a DACA may be one your son or daughter thinks is beautiful Could even be your best friend And you don't know But should it matter We all neck deep Can't feel the ground that's beneath Drowning in hatred while we struggle to find peace We all bleed red skin color's not a disease U-N-I-T-Y is that something we can't agree