Z-Ro - It’s A Shame Lyrics
[Z-Ro:]Who else but me can see the state of emergency that we face?’Cause wearin’ of certain clothin’ can get a brother a caseTalkin’ pants, Air Force Ones & a baseball capIt’s casual, but to authorities it mean you sellin’ crackIt’s A Shame I can’t ride on the rich side of townWithout bein’ pulled over, thrown on the hood & patted downSearchin’ my person for weapons & drug paraphernaliaIt’s rough on a thug that’s what I’m tellin’ yaWhen I say thug, I don’t mean I’m supposed to be locked behind bars’Cause my acronym for thug is True Hero Under GodBut still I’m a criminal ’cause I got gold teethAin’t no justice for blacks, just us with no sleepAnd they wonder why I keep a Glock 40 on my hip’Cause Houston police department love to empty full clips.Accidental death? Bullshit! They murdered all my esesChinga tu madre de policina {?} puenteIf they get out of line, I get out of lineI’ll be damn if I don’t fight for my freedom & don’t mind dyin’Already got one foot in the grave, ain’t shit for me to jump inAlmost overdosin’ on codeine, heart barely pumpin’I’m high all the time, straight addictedParanoid, my dog might be a detective, so I don’t wanna kick itEven though I don’t rob banks or sell street rocksI still be callin’ collect to Trae to say, come bail me outThis crooked ass America, I swear they got some gameEvery city I travel to, the situation the sameI can’t even say it’s racial ’cause I got some white friendsThen again, they get patted ’cause I’m not a white friendIt’s A Shame.[Chorus: Z-Ro]Bad enough they wanna follow me around the storeLike I’m a steal somethin’ thinkin’ I ain’t got no doughAnd if I die tonight, they’ll think I did a crime for itOffer me 25, insistin’ that I sign for itWhy I can't drive a fancy ride & rock diamonds & goldWhy every time I shine you wanna crucify my soulUnder investigation ’cause the ghetto on paroleSomething’s wrong, if I’m not flowin’ It’s A Shame.[Z-Ro:]27 years of struggle is all I sawI done lost homies to homies & homies to the lawEverywhere I lay my head, there been homicidesI done seen so many murders since the day my mama died.I ain’t lyin’. Will I remit? Will I survive? Can I breathe?’Cause I don’t see too many Christians just murderers & thievesAnd I never seen a man cry, until I seen a man dieBut he was tryin’ to do me so I had to make that man fly.Will the authorities understand self-defense?All they give a damn about is who did it & evidenceScreamin’ guilty to take another thug off the streetPrejudiced prosecutors can’t keep no blood off the streetI’m one deep, if I gotta use my burner, I’m safeI ain’t gotta go "Rollin’ on the River" like Tina Turner’Cause this crooked ass America, I swear they got some gameInnocent until never found guilty, but still in chainsIt’s A Shame.[Chorus: Z-Ro]Bad enough they wanna follow me around the storeLike I’m a steal somethin’ thinkin’ I ain’t got no doughAnd if I die tonight, they’ll think I did a crime for itOffer me 25, insistin’ that I sign for itWhy I can't drive a fancy ride & rock diamonds & goldWhy every time I shine you wanna crucify my soulUnder investigation ’cause the ghetto on paroleSomething’s wrong, if I’m not flowin’ It’s A Shame.
