Safe (feat. Devans Verse)

I’m just tryna make it home safe Look a nigga got no room for Mistakes You tell me that you don’t see color But you need to see my skin carries Weight I’m just tryna make it home safe I know 12 gon run a nigga plates I just bought a burner in my name Now You ain’t gotta worry yo brain now Speak of the devil and he shall Appear Wit a blue squad car in ya rear view Mirror Now I don’t fear much but I know the Facts That they’ll pull me over just for living While black That’s why my heart racing bout to Jump up out my chest You know a traffic stop for me can Mean certain death Either for my flesh or either for my Character Cause they’ll plant some dope in my Car and say I’m sellin it Another melanated man in the prison Pipeline Mass incarceration is the slavery in Our lifetime Private prisons squeezing out millions Like a python The plotters stay plottin Word to Louis Farrakhan Yeah I went and bought a gun, and I Got the papers If 12 try me I’ll put the piggy in the Blanket I gotta have a fighting chance up Against these racists You say you color blind then this 9 is Ya lasik Blaooohh I’m just tryna make it home safe Look a nigga got no room for Mistakes You tell me that you don’t see color But you need to see my skin carries Weight I’m just tryna make it home safe I know 12 gon run a nigga plates I just bought a burner in my name Now You ain’t gotta worry yo brain now This is dedicated to my only nephew It’s been a couple months since your Uncle left you We spoke on the phone and your Voice is getting deeper I heard you gettin taller Mustache gettin darker I know you wanna grow up fast but Listen It’s some people out there that won’t Know the difference Between a grown ass man and a Teenage kid And because you brown skinned they Gon view you different Like a thug and a criminal Creepin through they livin room You’ve become intimidating They gon try to limit you And box you in like 2 cars Remember who you are We are Kings and queens Diaspora is so broad You ain’t gotta be hard it’s okay to be Smart It’s okay to be gifted Ya uncle made it livin Oppression now is systemic I hate the world is so frigid If you acquire a billion They still gon call you a nigga I’m just tryna make it home safe I know a lot of my brothers can relate You tell me that you don’t see color But you need to see my skin carries Weight I’m just tryna make it home safe I know 12 gon run a nigga plates I just bought a burner in my name Now You ain’t gotta worry yo brain now I can see the way the that you terrorize But tear gas won’t shut my eyes I can see the way that you terrorize But tear gas won’t shut my eyes I can see the way that you terrorize But tear gas won’t close my eyes I can see the way that you terrorize But no lives matter until black lives I can see the way that you terrorize But no lives matter until black lives I can see the way that you terrorize But no lives matter until black lives I can see the way that you terrorize But no lives matter until black lives Nooo No lives matter until black lives Ya ay No lives matter until black lives Ya ay No lives matter until black lives Ay ay, ay ay, ay ay