Stay strong, stay brave
Cradle to the grave, I be
(Strettin like a runaway slave)
Since back in the days, been trapped in a maze
Now I'm
(Strettin like a runaway slave)
I come from the future where the people ain't free
Brainwaves get programmed quicker than circuitry
Certainly, this'll make for the perfect story
My microchip emits a blip when they're searching for me
They'll probably shoot me in the head but won't hurt my shorty
Cause that's one less person could be working for free
If I go out in a blaze, is it worth the glory?
Is this Heaven or Hell or just purgatory?
I got a number, not a name, and my mother is the same
No free thoughts, I'm taught to keep nothing in my brain
But the people as a whole know me, only we
And it's deep within my soul, so I'll never be free
When I fight it, they don't like it, so they send a psychic
To dismantle my mind and rewrite it
It backfired cause they ain't as clever as me
I fight to the death even though I'll never be free
Cause the police police run my brain
Hear 'em talking in my head and I'm going insane
Things are so fucked up, it'll never be the same
So welcome to the future, ain't you glad you came?
I'm ashamed that my ancestors got so afraid of shit
They let the government rise and form a dictatorship
Working to make the rich richer really make me sick
Economically they got the poor on a slave ship
You see I come from the past where I'm paid for with cash
Slave master whooped my ass at work, not done fast
Now how the fuck I end up like this?
From living life in my hut with my wife and my kids
Now I'm stuck, chained up from my legs to my wrists
On a trip, on a ship in the ocean getting motion sick
Praying at the same place I eat and piss
Fuck the saying, I'm really knee deep in shit
Now I'm on a foreign land, no longer considered a man
My life stands in any plans the white man commands
We're so damned, our minds programmed
It ain't no if, buts, or I can't, or force their hand
Cause of my race I'm deeply hated for living
But got a lot of love when they taking and raping our women
My life crazy, it really feel like Christ hate me
If I stare at a white lady too long they might hang me
Treated so harsh cause my skin so dark
Everything so hard, I'm protected by no laws
Life full of bullshit, if I try to flip
I'll probably get lynched or body ripped by a bullwhip
My people's faced with the same shit for generations
So people breed they seeds off deep hatred
