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  • 作曲 : Jason Petty/Lecrae Moore/Larry Griffin Jr./Luis Manuel Martinez Jr.
    Gangland -Lecrae /Propaganda
    We not playin'out here it's for real
    We livin'out here for life we tryna to get it
    Ain't nobody finna take our life
    I keep my young homies out here with these things my big homies out keep handlin'me
    And we keep it crackin'
    My other name should've been Jesse James cause I stay with my cannon
    I didn't have no choice I was raised right around the corner from where we stand
    Hollow points in it and all of that I'm ready
    We gang bangin'
    My cousin beep was a killer
    He done pulled a lot of triggers
    He done made a lot of mothers drop
    And if you ask him why he do it he'd just say I'm young and foolish
    Bang only right before he made them bullets fly
    He ain't have no sense of dignity his daddy was a mystery
    He'll probably end up dead or sittin'in a penitentary
    And tell the judge he can go to hell for the sentence
    And it probably make no sense if you would listen to the history
    The new Jim Crow or the old one
    People out here fightin'for equality and honestly I think they owe some
    Back and forth some
    Cleaver got a message for the people
    Bunch you with 'em and they tryna stop the evil
    And they cliqued up with they fist up
    The whole neighborhood feelin'like they meant somethin'
    Then it was a mix-up fair's got 'em fixed up
    End of the movement back to the bricks bruh
    And Raymond Washington about to start the Crips up
    They gettin'bigger every day and tryna fix stuff
    They saw Geronimo Pratt dodgin'bullets from attacks
    Guess they figure
    We don't really want it this much
    You know originally the gangs were created to protect everybody in the community
    There was lynching and bombing going on and the gangs were there to protect
    What people don't understand is that a lot of the leaders died
    Medgar Evers (been shot)Bunchy Carter (been shot)Fred Hampton (been shot)
    MLK (been shot in Memphis Tennessee)
    These youngsters didn't have any direction
    No leaders to look up to so they went rogue on 'em
    They say that Crip stands for Community
    Revolutionary and Interparty Service
    Way before the genocide and the murders
    A little after integration was the verdict
    When bombs might go off at the Sunday service (
    They protectin'they community
    Then it turn into diplomatic immunity
    Then a fight against oppression was the pressin'
    Now they keep on losin'battles and they started losin'unity
    Now they beat each other blue-black
    Force fed self hate 'till the truth crack
    Got they own folks hidin'on the rooftops
    They ain't finna take no more they finna shoot back (
    Now they bond like a family they all bloods
    From the concrete jungle to the small hoods
    Throwin'signs up now the crime's up
    We was meant to kill oppression now we loadin'9's up
    But never mind us grind us
    Factory the clothes now a lot of people jobless
    Now they got the drugs comin'in from Nicaragua
    Government done turned a blind eye or they liars
    It was a perfect storm
    I mean we're talkin'post-segregation
    And what are you gonna do
    The factories have closed and no one's hiring anybody from the urban community
    Because of what you look like
    And now there's a war going on in Nicaragua and drugs are being imported into your community
    Are you gonna to sell drugs or are you gonna be homeless
    Cause the government's not paying attention
    Huh man you tell me
    What's a reasonable man to say
    There's a high school in Alabama named after Robert E Lee And it's 89%black
    You don't see the irony
    What it do to a psyche it's simple you don't like me
    What I'm 'posed to do now
    Delusional calling that system criminal justice
    Where the rich and the guilty are safer than the poor and the innocent
    Why would we listen
    When American churches scuff they Toms on our brother's dead bodies
    As they march to stop gay marriage
    We had issues with Planned Parenthood too
    We just cared about black lives outside the womb just as much as in
    Young man gon'find purpose somehow
    And a nation was at least around
    And when them vice lords told him he was of royal decent
    And that war on drugs felt much more like war on the poor
    He figured forget it
    So why don't you come stay a while
    Tell us that the son of man walked on Egyptian
    And Eastern soil and wasn't just a Western construct
    Or master used to control us
    But what the master used to free us
    And it was a crooked system just like this that left the King of Kings bloodless
    Yeah we are truly a descendant of a King
    Only his reign is infinite
    And being right is a distant second to the joy or compassion
    Why don't you come stay a while
  • [00:00.000] 作曲 : Jason Petty/Lecrae Moore/Larry Griffin Jr./Luis Manuel Martinez Jr.
    [00:00.00]Gangland -Lecrae /Propaganda
    [00:00.330]We not playin'out here it's for real
    [00:02.910]We livin'out here for life we tryna to get it
    [00:05.400]Ain't nobody finna take our life
    [00:07.20]I keep my young homies out here with these things my big homies out keep handlin'me
    [00:10.577]And we keep it crackin'
    [00:13.677]My other name should've been Jesse James cause I stay with my cannon
    [00:17.597]I didn't have no choice I was raised right around the corner from where we stand
    [00:21.925]Hollow points in it and all of that I'm ready
    [00:24.205]We gang bangin'
    [00:25.135]My cousin beep was a killer
    [00:26.345]He done pulled a lot of triggers
    [00:27.445]He done made a lot of mothers drop
    [00:29.325]And if you ask him why he do it he'd just say I'm young and foolish
    [00:31.695]Bang only right before he made them bullets fly
    [00:33.345]He ain't have no sense of dignity his daddy was a mystery
    [00:35.45]He'll probably end up dead or sittin'in a penitentary
    [00:36.705]And tell the judge he can go to hell for the sentence
    [00:39.625]And it probably make no sense if you would listen to the history
    [00:41.735]The new Jim Crow or the old one
    [00:43.525]People out here fightin'for equality and honestly I think they owe some
    [00:45.975]Back and forth some
    [00:46.935]Cleaver got a message for the people
    [00:48.655]Bunch you with 'em and they tryna stop the evil
    [00:50.384]And they cliqued up with they fist up
    [00:52.444]The whole neighborhood feelin'like they meant somethin'
    [00:54.353]Then it was a mix-up fair's got 'em fixed up
    [00:56.173]End of the movement back to the bricks bruh
    [00:58.553]And Raymond Washington about to start the Crips up
    [01:00.862]They gettin'bigger every day and tryna fix stuff
    [01:02.852]They saw Geronimo Pratt dodgin'bullets from attacks
    [01:05.270]Guess they figure
    [01:06.60]We don't really want it this much
    [01:11.239]You know originally the gangs were created to protect everybody in the community
    [01:14.799]There was lynching and bombing going on and the gangs were there to protect
    [01:18.219]What people don't understand is that a lot of the leaders died
    [01:20.549]Medgar Evers (been shot)Bunchy Carter (been shot)Fred Hampton (been shot)
    [01:25.179]MLK (been shot in Memphis Tennessee)
    [01:28.18]These youngsters didn't have any direction
    [01:30.48]No leaders to look up to so they went rogue on 'em
    [01:31.626]They say that Crip stands for Community
    [01:33.376]Revolutionary and Interparty Service
    [01:35.136]Way before the genocide and the murders
    [01:37.386]A little after integration was the verdict
    [01:39.556]When bombs might go off at the Sunday service (
    [01:42.06]They protectin'they community
    [01:43.406]Then it turn into diplomatic immunity
    [01:45.696]Then a fight against oppression was the pressin'
    [01:47.356]Now they keep on losin'battles and they started losin'unity
    [01:49.896]Now they beat each other blue-black
    [01:51.646]Force fed self hate 'till the truth crack
    [01:53.666]Got they own folks hidin'on the rooftops
    [01:55.706]They ain't finna take no more they finna shoot back (
    [01:58.476]Now they bond like a family they all bloods
    [02:00.406]From the concrete jungle to the small hoods
    [02:02.506]Throwin'signs up now the crime's up
    [02:04.206]We was meant to kill oppression now we loadin'9's up
    [02:06.366]But never mind us grind us
    [02:08.145]Factory the clothes now a lot of people jobless
    [02:10.135]Now they got the drugs comin'in from Nicaragua
    [02:12.255]Government done turned a blind eye or they liars
    [02:15.25]It was a perfect storm
    [02:16.255]I mean we're talkin'post-segregation
    [02:17.284]And what are you gonna do
    [02:18.734]The factories have closed and no one's hiring anybody from the urban community
    [02:21.804]Because of what you look like
    [02:23.694]And now there's a war going on in Nicaragua and drugs are being imported into your community
    [02:27.934]Are you gonna to sell drugs or are you gonna be homeless
    [02:30.574]Cause the government's not paying attention
    [02:32.264]Huh man you tell me
    [02:33.584]What's a reasonable man to say
    [02:35.434]There's a high school in Alabama named after Robert E Lee And it's 89%black
    [02:39.953]You don't see the irony
    [02:41.373]What it do to a psyche it's simple you don't like me
    [02:44.283]What I'm 'posed to do now
    [02:46.63]Delusional calling that system criminal justice
    [02:48.572]Where the rich and the guilty are safer than the poor and the innocent
    [02:52.122]Why would we listen
    [02:53.682]When American churches scuff they Toms on our brother's dead bodies
    [02:57.182]As they march to stop gay marriage
    [02:59.372]We had issues with Planned Parenthood too
    [03:01.992]We just cared about black lives outside the womb just as much as in
    [03:06.792]Young man gon'find purpose somehow
    [03:08.942]And a nation was at least around
    [03:10.882]And when them vice lords told him he was of royal decent
    [03:13.472]And that war on drugs felt much more like war on the poor
    [03:16.562]He figured forget it
    [03:17.731]So why don't you come stay a while
    [03:20.161]Tell us that the son of man walked on Egyptian
    [03:22.561]And Eastern soil and wasn't just a Western construct
    [03:25.391]Or master used to control us
    [03:27.541]But what the master used to free us
    [03:30.121]And it was a crooked system just like this that left the King of Kings bloodless
    [03:34.651]Yeah we are truly a descendant of a King
    [03:37.441]Only his reign is infinite
    [03:39.380]And being right is a distant second to the joy or compassion
    [03:42.499]Why don't you come stay a while