The population divided over multiple topics
We go through the process hopin' that votin' can stop it
Systemic poverty economics holdin' us hostage
The rich controllin' n' watchin' while they choke us for profits
Deflection is the tool they use to alter the movement
False conclusions like racism is just an illusion
The American flag- blacks don't believe in that hype
Cuz we see stars every time we get beat with them stripes*
You plottin' like hell every time we try to prevail
Now you scared cuz people wakin' up outta the spell
They tell a black man forget what was done to him
They say that just to hide the fact what was done to blacks was done up under them
See we been picked to be the victims
So beggin' the system to treat us equal with them is a contradiction
Go n' listen to John Ehrlichman who worked for Nixon,
said the War on Drugs was meant to lock blacks up n' restrict them
Lets make America Great again
A coded phrase by racist hateful men who blame the poor citizens for the state it's in
But we on top of that, got 'em covered like calamine
Holdin' up a power fist, yellin' "Free Palestine!"
We focus on shinin' and chase showbiz
We know every rapper and actor but don't know what Jim Crow is
And black people, why you praisin' the Clintons,
when they responsible for jailin' you n' raisin' your sentence
But you sellin' ya lil' dope cuz you live in the slums
But even in the drug industry they give you the crumbs
The government decided it
Then they created this environment,
supplyin' it then punish you for sellin' it or buyin' it
And I admit that we don't help our situation when we contribute knowingly through voluntary participation
Some of us still chase integration,
but that's what caused the evisceration- you racist but say you a Christian nation
You lost and you don't see that what you backin' is false
How many blacks been bucked off under the flag and the cross
For years we been advised about the prison business enterprise
In Michigan they lied 'bout the water committed Flinticide
We fight the beast and the ratchet police
From slavery up to now we get attacked in the streets
You can't compare the Holocaust to the blacks you mistreat,
because in no time the Jews was right back on they feet
But see in our case justice wasn't properly handled
Opportunities blocked even when we go through the channels
Got some rotten politicians who pretended to help
40 million blacks ownin' 1% of the wealth
You made 'em rich and as long as they above you you trapped
You think they love you cuz you can dunk or cuz you can rap
So we stay connected to those who deceived and betrayed us
I wish we loved us the way we love the people who hate us
I don't think there's these amount of great lyrical performances by anybody else this year. Consistently great lyrics throughout the albums.