The Hate U Give

And the hate that you give Is the hate that you get Hood niggas don't know what love is So by the book of the streets we live And the hate that you give Is the hate that you get Hood niggas don't know what love is So by the book of the streets we live I see my momma cry I know they want me dead My momma looking in my hand baby what is dat This world is dangerous My Life a game of risk so imma play dis game until I fucking win These ops are oppositions I know you think I'm tripping How we have the same color but you always switch That's not the only issue we gotta worry bout these badges and these nigga in blue Put us in a cage like some animal Couple years they let us go to a world we never know Some people get the worst and get killing on the spot Now his face on a shirt and the blocking is getting hot The block is chanting and screaming they got a meaning no freedom we take they people it's even I'm aint preaching to the choir division don't make us higher The law we undermine it We hate it but can't fight it A victim I can't deny it The pain I live in silence I live and die trying Cuz violence I can't abide in I'm losing em call me Biden This my declaration I'm fighting for betta day I'm striving for betta change I'm moving can't stay in place My history ain't die in vein Our hands are all stained I'm screaming yeah f*ck hate Cuz hatred don't show changes See hearts but not faces See people but not races And the hate that you give Is the hate that you get Hood niggas don't know what love is So by the book of the streets we live And the hate that you give Is the hate that you get Hood niggas don't know what love is So by the book of the streets we live