After We Cry

Praying for these better days Tryna meditate praying for these better days praying for my own Lord please They slam our dreams like its showdown Then spit mo rounds Hear the cries from our mothers When we die in the gutters Another day to how we suffer She tried to give us everything she had because cause she loved us The pain runs deeper in our veins Now its genetic and its stored in our brains Lord we was baptized when will we be saved They kill us and put us on front page They gun us down but do they see the fear in our face You thought the gangsta life suited you but that wasn't the case You got a taste of the real world and that shit was bitter Now your seat always empty during family dinner America don't care they always harming us We dying in the streets so what the f*ck was the marching for We on front page news so ain't no hiding behind They love to see our face after we die After we cry They always hide Lord Lord After we cry What do they see when the pain reach the surface how many caskets do we have to purchase All of this hurting Can't manage streets cut up with no bandage is it worth being alive will we move on After we cry After we cry After We Cry they get gone Media attention don't stay for too long Don't care you killer or the victim Either way they portray you as the villian The thought alone is chillin Lord we need some Healin And a break from all this killin and this blood spilling We selling poison to our own in hopes to reach a million There's constant murder in the streets and this drug dealing How far will we go how far will we fall We walking blind in the streets but I done seen it all Kings and queens of this world done went broke How can we make it out when theres always no hope We killing our own We all carry chromes Little kids die in the streets we couldn't see them turn grown lord Haunted by muderous cries and the media lies They turn their attention when they see the tears fall from eyes Why do we die Can't stay alive Why can't we thrive Why do they lie Lord can we survive can we survive Lord Lord After we cry What do they see when the pain reach the surface how many caskets do we have to purchase All of this hurting Can't manage streets cut up with no bandage is it worth being alive will we move on After we cry After we cry Lord Lord After we cry What do they see when the pain reach the surface how many caskets do we have to purchase All of this hurting Can't manage streets cut up with no bandage is it worth being alive will we move on After we cry After we cry Praying for my own praying for