Black man, drop top There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops Is it because of my people? Is it because of my sneakers? Is it because of my jersey? It is because that I'm perfect? Ridin' down 85, three in the morning Why you pull me over saying you smell *********? (smellin' the gas) I said I got a ID I got Glaucoma (I got ID) He said we ain't in Cali ***** get out throw your hands up Runnin' real hard shook the taser, shook the taser Runnin' real hard shook the taser, shook the taser I told he can we split it can we shake 'em ***** hit my phone when you made it (brrp) Out of here, PJ to Jamaica Naw I ain't tell ya wrong, get the paper Been fighting too long against haters My attitude, yeah I'm going for the shaders Live from the cracks of the concrete 12 try to take a ***** off the street Make your gun sound out for Mike Brown Take a ***** life when you face down Hoodie gang strong like Trayvon Gun by the window like Detroit Red Bring that **** by the neck of my woods and bet a ***** ass end up dead Pig in a blanket **** was you thinking? Free that ***** Boosie Running at the police Left him with a slow leak Right outside VC Tryna keep a Phantom like DC Hangout the G like free Meek Kill a ***** reaching for a cell phone Hurt to tell his mama he ain't coming home That's why I stay strapped all summer long You know it Black man, drop top There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops Is it because of my people? Is it because of my sneakers? Is it because of my jersey? It is because that you nervous? (damn) Black man Running from the law like Pac-Man Try and throw the raw all in the trash can Got smoked by a cop on the dash cam Mug shot on the news, he a mad man When all he did was hustle to run the cash in He feeding kids in jail if he wasn't cracking Too many felonies on my jacket All of my brothers turn to assassins We seen too many brothers get put in caskets Too young baby mamas and baby daddies In the graveyard back then I went from sitting on coffin to the cashmere You shoulda seen how I flossed on 'em last year Two Maybachs and I had a bad year Young ***** counting money like a cashier White man wanna pay me like I'm mirnome ****** wanna see me at my funeral Neither of my own homie wanna do me though Laying on my dog crib like I'm Snoopy though You're my *****, I ain't even wanna do it though If I don't do it, **** I know he gon' do me though Cause he broke and he tripping bout stupid hoes But I'ma die just like ************* Julio Black man Black man, drop top There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops Is it because of my people? Is it because of my sneakers? Is it because of my jersey? It is because that I'm perfect? Police see I got my hands up Still wanna kill me, they don't understand us They be looking for a reason just to shoot me And wanna do me how they do us in the movies Or how they do it out in Baton Rouge Or Ferguson, or Florida, or Baltimore, they make excuses Like I did cause I thought he had a pistol Or I did it cause I thought he was a Muslim My message to America, felon or death here The liquor we die, we just substances left here First you put us in a small hood And then you beat us and you treat us like it's all good And then shoot us and you screw us economically, mentally Killing *****, no penalty, they can do that **** legally Bet I can make that ass think 'fore you shoot You kill me, man there gon' be more of some miraloma We say black lives matter, you say all lives But y'all ain't the ones getting hogtied Persecuted, executed, one day it gon' be time for retribution Hope you don't ever see your son in an institution I know karma is constant and God ain't no nonsense You doing wrong just to run **** One day the time gon' run out for the dumb **** Ain't no deception, tryna get in Heaven You getting none bet on your ear And you know what you did for who how much you really caring And what you really felt He gon' deny the opportunity to unify With people who look similar to you and I Cause he don't wanna have a Black man, drop top There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops Is it because of my people? Is it because of my sneakers? Is it because of my jersey? It is because that I'm perfect? Black man, drop top There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops Is it because of my people? Is it because of my sneakers? Is it because of my jersey? It is because that I'm perfect?
[00:00.56]Black man, drop top [00:03.46]There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops [00:09.96]Is it because of my people? [00:12.11]Is it because of my sneakers? [00:14.16]Is it because of my jersey? [00:16.51]It is because that I'm perfect? [00:20.57]Ridin' down 85, three in the morning [00:24.88]Why you pull me over saying you smell *********? (smellin' the gas) [00:29.23]I said I got a ID I got Glaucoma (I got ID) [00:33.53]He said we ain't in Cali ***** get out throw your hands up [00:36.87]Runnin' real hard shook the taser, shook the taser [00:39.07]Runnin' real hard shook the taser, shook the taser [00:41.56]I told he can we split it can we shake 'em [00:43.76]***** hit my phone when you made it (brrp) [00:46.11]Out of here, PJ to Jamaica [00:48.21]Naw I ain't tell ya wrong, get the paper [00:50.25]Been fighting too long against haters [00:52.46]My attitude, yeah I'm going for the shaders [00:54.55]Live from the cracks of the concrete [00:56.50]12 try to take a ***** off the street [00:58.80]Make your gun sound out for Mike Brown [01:01.20]Take a ***** life when you face down [01:03.30]Hoodie gang strong like Trayvon [01:05.55]Gun by the window like Detroit Red [01:07.85]Bring that **** by the neck of my woods and bet a ***** ass end up dead [01:12.30]Pig in a blanket [01:13.45]**** was you thinking? [01:14.50]Free that ***** Boosie [01:15.65]Running at the police [01:16.91]Left him with a slow leak [01:18.05]Right outside VC [01:19.06]Tryna keep a Phantom like DC [01:20.16]Hangout the G like free Meek [01:22.67]Kill a ***** reaching for a cell phone [01:25.38]Hurt to tell his mama he ain't coming home [01:27.58]That's why I stay strapped all summer long [01:29.73]You know it [01:31.18]Black man, drop top [01:34.44]There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops [01:40.28]Is it because of my people? [01:42.29]Is it because of my sneakers? [01:44.34]Is it because of my jersey? [01:46.88]It is because that you nervous? (damn) [01:48.75]Black man [01:50.29]Running from the law like Pac-Man [01:52.44]Try and throw the raw all in the trash can [01:54.64]Got smoked by a cop on the dash cam [01:56.80]Mug shot on the news, he a mad man [01:58.94]When all he did was hustle to run the cash in [02:01.24]He feeding kids in jail if he wasn't cracking [02:03.79]Too many felonies on my jacket [02:06.23]All of my brothers turn to assassins [02:08.13]We seen too many brothers get put in caskets [02:10.23]Too young baby mamas and baby daddies [02:13.18]In the graveyard back then [02:14.73]I went from sitting on coffin to the cashmere [02:16.74]You shoulda seen how I flossed on 'em last year [02:19.49]Two Maybachs and I had a bad year [02:21.64]Young ***** counting money like a cashier [02:23.93]White man wanna pay me like I'm mirnome [02:26.34]****** wanna see me at my funeral [02:28.44]Neither of my own homie wanna do me though [02:30.58]Laying on my dog crib like I'm Snoopy though [02:32.88]You're my *****, I ain't even wanna do it though [02:35.08]If I don't do it, **** I know he gon' do me though [02:37.33]Cause he broke and he tripping bout stupid hoes [02:39.68]But I'ma die just like ************* Julio [02:42.22]Black man [02:43.27]Black man, drop top [02:46.48]There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops [02:52.33]Is it because of my people? [02:54.25]Is it because of my sneakers? [02:56.60]Is it because of my jersey? [02:59.21]It is because that I'm perfect? [03:00.76]Police see I got my hands up [03:02.56]Still wanna kill me, they don't understand us [03:04.87]They be looking for a reason just to shoot me [03:07.06]And wanna do me how they do us in the movies [03:09.27]Or how they do it out in Baton Rouge [03:10.91]Or Ferguson, or Florida, or Baltimore, they make excuses [03:13.37]Like I did cause I thought he had a pistol [03:15.96]Or I did it cause I thought he was a Muslim [03:18.70]My message to America, felon or death here [03:20.85]The liquor we die, we just substances left here [03:23.09]First you put us in a small hood [03:25.28]And then you beat us and you treat us like it's all good [03:27.48]And then shoot us and you screw us economically, mentally [03:29.63]Killing *****, no penalty, they can do that **** legally [03:31.97]Bet I can make that ass think 'fore you shoot [03:33.92]You kill me, man there gon' be more of some miraloma [03:36.46]We say black lives matter, you say all lives [03:38.80]But y'all ain't the ones getting hogtied [03:40.90]Persecuted, executed, one day it gon' be time for retribution [03:43.55]Hope you don't ever see your son in an institution [03:45.80]I know karma is constant and God ain't no nonsense [03:48.01]You doing wrong just to run **** [03:50.41]One day the time gon' run out for the dumb **** [03:52.69]Ain't no deception, tryna get in Heaven [03:54.46]You getting none bet on your ear [03:56.20]And you know what you did for who how much you really caring [03:58.39]And what you really felt [03:59.69]He gon' deny the opportunity to unify [04:01.58]With people who look similar to you and I [04:03.14]Cause he don't wanna have a [04:04.48]Black man, drop top [04:07.91]There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops [04:13.50]Is it because of my people? [04:15.44]Is it because of my sneakers? [04:17.79]Is it because of my jersey? [04:20.13]It is because that I'm perfect? [04:22.28]Black man, drop top [04:25.56]There go the cops, there go the cops, there go the cops [04:31.44]Is it because of my people? [04:33.48]Is it because of my sneakers? [04:35.72]Is it because of my jersey? [04:38.37]It is because that I'm perfect?
