To live and then die in America To live and then die in America To be young and then die in America To be young and be black in America (I'm scared of her) I done seen a lot of things, I done been so many places (places, places) I met the angels, met the demons, I can't keep up with the faces (faces, faces) The ones you think don't mean no harm can't wait for you to trip and fall (fall, yeah) But my sight so fuckin' nice, I swear, I see right through them all (all, yeah) I got my eyes wide, don't try the nice guy Read you like a book, no salt on your mind Better stay woke, embrace the twilight This is our time, I'm a walkin' Zeitgeist Sick and tired of these tired ass niggas tryna scheme on the low Sick and tired of these girls tryna get what they want Sick and tired of these labels, see you tryna stick me for my paper All these snakes are tryna get up underneath the table You lookin' for the truth, I'ma say what they want You can't feed me anything, I refuse if they don't You can't buy what's fuckin' real, I don't need a payroll I'ma put you on the gang, first you got to stay woke, stay woke Stay woke, stay woke, stay woke Stay woke Stay woke Stay woke, stay woke, stay woke Stay woke All I see is evil in my dream, I don't wanna sleep All I see is people tryna scheme the fuck outta me Kinda scared the fuck out of me You can catch a buckshot like: Pop, pop Now you got a scene Got time, gotta dip My nigga said he'd do ten days in Rice Street If a nigga tried to play him like a bitch He said: Fuck jail, fuck twelve, fuck bond, fuck bail Get the money out the mud, let it be I ain't change his mind 'cause he older than me Therefore he Jesus Christ, Buddha, and rosary beads Hold me, hold my D Tell 'em pig fucks I'ma roll my weed I need clarity please They clench they purse, look at me with a squint Dark tint on my skin, I'm John or Willie Lynch Cerebral palsy hit the floor, palms clench Head bow to the God who exists You talk about God like he a myth Y'all gonna be sick, hell darker than the abyss They target a target, mark him, then cross him up off of the list They walkin' a minor marginal struggle, straddlin' fences I gotta repent for me Show 'em who is better, iller with the letter Realest shit I ever wrote Hold up, run it again