The block
(Drea d’Nur)Walking the block, yeahI can see clearlyOh Lord, oh LordAnother body droppedSomebody just got shotOh Lord, oh LordTell me, can you hear me? I need to know!Can you hear me?Oh Lord, oh Lord
(Akua Naru)Another block caughtCool cat copsGunshots, another body droppedCrippled waking at the bus stopCan't let you hit the mailboxHow should you sweat socks?He should braid their heads on the porch to get that extra guap'Cause ?eviction? facing rock bottomPray she bounds back on topAmerican dream, a nightmare, pleaseMake it stop, neighbors watching, hellModern day dress cost slinging rocksBlack royal white ting top baggy jeansDreadlocks streaming at that drop topNon-stop Chinese spotAnd let me get the black in my ????Navigate liquor stores, projects lords and bacon lotsWe’d be the have-notsWhen we have we become what we’ve gotAnother car ride bySister, I’m not that new shit pedestrian shopHip hop corner stay at track in the flawThe pain that back in the ????Single mothers hussel to push the time clockTrauma, cash crobSomebody wanted a dime drops??? masks and kind hardAs time talksFathers are hologramsSons waiting for the day that they snuff Uncle SamWipe not, no sympathy for that manHe get what he deserve, damnI said he get what he deserve, yoHe get what he deserve, yoThey keep telling me
(Drea d’Nur)Walking the block, yeahI can see clearlyThrough inside what’s in screams, oh LordCan you hear me? Oh
(Akua Naru)Another woman raped, yo, batteredBody found in the alleyContents of her purse scattered, left over, re-shatteredClothes tattered, lipstick smeared, broken glassNo news reports on the matter, ohNobody gathered, nothing change, ask around ‘bout her nameSome said to me 'cause some claim Loraine to tag on the foot-said chainI wonder who she wasDid she give and receive love?Did she fight back?Or just gave up?She laid dead.Lets cold, he had goPraying in the child’s polesBruised noseSeemed as stain pandy-hoseShot day on the radioShover singing through the windowI wonder if pain have the tempoHow bad!It is slow!Streets survive, never live, then we dieDreamed of full glass, ceiling highPoured on the wrong sideIs there a right side classifiedNow labour's souls for nickel and dimeAnd who decides?Our lives by a son in order to dive the lineThey seemed to ????Pushes us outside the city lineSirens scream in the eveningProfiled for being not whiteAnd, we’ve been walking the streetsPoor cops, they're thinin', probable reasonNo Donuts shops are teasing, roll up!Worn a couple cast ???? speakingMexicans, what they’re screaming?Puerto Ricans, they thinking they’re all the same.Fuck’em!Blow out their brains!Killing season!It’s war hour!Wish they could take us all ??Let the dogs outNigger should be hanging from trees!Auction off now!Roll them up!Bless’em ‘till they’re all downFire shot to four-four snap!They never see the court house, yoThey never see the court house, yoThey never see the court house, ohThey never see the court house, oh ohThey never see it.
(Drea d’Nur)Walking the block, yeahI can see clearlyThrough inside what’s in screams, oh LordCan you hear me? OhCan you hear the block, yeah?I can see clearlyThrough inside what’s in screams, oh LordCan you, can you, can you really? Tell me!
(Akua Naru)Another body dropped today on the block.Somebody just got shot today on the bock.Look, yo, watched it today on the block.Today on the block.Today on the block.Another body dropped.Somebody just got shot today on the block.Look, yo, watched it today on the block.Today on the block.Today, oh ohAnother body dropped.Somebody just got shot.Look, yo, watched it today.Another body dropped.Somebody just got shot.Look, yo, watched it today on the block.Today on the block.Today on the block.