Gained materials and lost values
We value cars more than sons and clothes more than daughters
We devalue morals, placing them in the category of least important
And when they flash that screen everybody’s up close
attention fully paid to the jaws of confusion
using us as the gas to fuel them
those outlets pose more of a threat to us
than ever did some music
We value guns more than family and gold more than humanity
We devalue legacy
we leave behind red trails, sweat, and tears in the community
and when they blast through the waves the perpetual motion of stereotypes
We promote competition but call it “beef”
We promote dysfunctional families but call it “drama”
We value fame over honor and ego over karma
We value vice more than virtue
But time is money and we ain’t giving up a dime, right
So in the meantime while the time is not cooperating
We are stagnated searching for the gas to fuel us
but we’ve been siphoned out of even the fumes that would lead us to the station of moral salvation
instead we are driven by the few to the situation room of nothing new
It ain’t no new thing
Black man shot down 50 bullets sound
and they blame 50 making the crime go round
It ain’t no new thing
They blame music for keeping the crime on the block
in Texas a cop got shot and they blamed Tupac
It ain’t no new thing
it’s just more of the same in different ways
Indeed we got some things to straighten out amongst ourselves
like like re-evaluating our morals, placing them in the category of most important
like valuing family more than guns and humanity more than gold
by re-evaluating our view on legacy and the greatness which we hold
Where we came from is certainly not where we are going
times change and with time we adapt
but f*&$ that some things gotta be maintained
that tradition of progressing through the pain
that mission to raise these kids so they don’t breed the same
that perseverance through the pressure that tried to put us to shame
rise as a flame ignited by the passion for change
when we lose materials and values are gained.
