Dead Prez - Dont Waste It Lyrics
Rockstar lifestyle ain't gone make it, too many black men locked in cagesIf I get wasted and you get wasted, what we gone do by the next generation x2Capitalism was invented by the white boysEven prison was invented by the white boysSo you better watch out or they might force You to snort white boy, white girl, or white horseUp north racistDown south racistSame government, leaders just change places7 trillion dollars on Wallstreet wastedHow much more they gonna spend on the spaceship?I gotta face itYou gotta face itSoon everybody gone be butt-*****How much longer do you think we gone take it?Still not free and still no 40 acresRockstar lifestyle ain't gone make it, too many black men locked in cagesIf I get wasted and you get wasted, what we gone do by the next generation?I used wake up in the morning, first thing, gotta taste itDrunk out my mind on a everyday basisStay throwin up, Andre by the casesSmoking mad blunts, so much money that I wastedGoing through the stagesGrowing up young, black, male trynna make itCaught up in the MatrixWas it lack of discipline or deep, self-hatred?Supposed it coulda been a form of self-medicationStress on my mind it was a way to escape itWash away the problems when I didn’t wanna face themI told myself it was just recreationI can stop anytime G, its not like I’m base’nBut, deep inside I felt my health deterioratinGout in my leg, a toothache so irratatinWasted mad time, coulda been paper chasinSlippin on my pimpin, catchin all kinda cases.Learnin the hard way, first-hand educationHad to get my body to break and make some changesHad to get back on solid foundationTighten up my diets, workouts, and meditationIt don’t happen in a day, it take patienceStill everyday is a challenge, but I’mma make itA Soldier don’t run from the struggle, he embrace itDon’t worry what another nigga thinkThat’s a liberation
