Come on, come onI see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myselfIs life worth living, should I blast myself?I'm tired of bein' poor, and even worse, I'm blackMy stomach hurts, so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatchCops give a damn about a negroPull the trigger, kill a n-, he's a hero
Give the cr- to the kids who the hell caresOne less hungry mouth on the welfareFirst ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothersGive 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each otherIt's time to fight back that's what Huey saidTwo shots in the dark, now Huey's deadI got love for my brother, but we can never go nowhere
Unless we share with each otherWe gotta start makin' changesLearn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangersAnd that's how it's supposed to beHow can the devil take a brother, if he's close to me?I'd love to go back to when we played as kidsBut things changed, that's the way it is
(Come on, come on)That's just the way it is (change)Things will never be the sameThat's just the way it is (that's just the way it is for us)Aww, yeah (hear me)
(Oh no, oh, no) (come on, come on, come on)That's just the way it is (that's just the way it is) (the way it is)(Somethings) things will never be the same(Never be the same yeah, yeah, yeah, aww yeah)That's just the way it is (the way it is)Aww, yeah (come on, come on)
I see no changes, all I see is racist facesMisplaced hate makes disgrace to racesWe under, I wonder what it takes to make thisOne better place, let's erase the wastedTake the evil out the people they'll be acting right'Cause mo' black and white is smokin' cr- tonightAnd only time we chill is when we kill each otherIt takes skill to be real, time to heal each other (kill each other)And although it seems heaven sentWe ain't ready, to see a black President
It ain't a secret don't conceal the factThe penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacksBut some things will never changeTry to show another way but you stayin' in the dope gameNow tell me, what's a mother to do?Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you (yeah)You gotta operate the easy way(I made a G today) but you made it in a sleazy waySellin' cr- to the kid (I gotta get paid)Well hey, well, that's the way it is
(Come on, come on)That's just the way it is (change)Things will never be the sameThat's just the way it is (that's just the way it is for us)Aww, yeah
(Oh no, oh no) (come on, come on, come on)That's just the way it is (that's just the way it is) (the way it is)(Somethings) things will never be the same(Never be the same yeah, yeah, yeah, aww yeah)That's just the way it is (the way it is)Aww, yeah (aww, yeah, aww, yeah)
We gotta make a changeIt's time for us as a people to start makin' some changesLet's change the way we eat, let's change the way we liveAnd let's change the way we treat each otherYou see, the old way wasn't workingSo it's on us to do what we gotta do, to survive
And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?There's war in the streets and war in the Middle EastInstead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugsSo the police can bother meAnd I ain't never did a crime, I ain't have to doBut now, I'm back with the facts givin' 'em back to youDon't let 'em jack you up, back you upCrack you up and pimps smack you upYou gotta learn to hold ya ownThey get jealous when they see ya, with ya mobile phone
But tell the cops, they can't touch thisI don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust thisThat's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool?My mama didn't raise no foolAnd as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strappedAnd I never get to lay back'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the paybacksSome buck that I roughed up way backComin' back after all these yearsRat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat, that's the way it is
That's just the way it is (the way it is, yeah, yeah, yeah)Things will never be the sameThat's just the way it is (the way it is)Aww, yeah (somethings will never change) (oh my)
(You're my brother, you're my sister)That's just the way it is (the way it is, the way it is)Things will never be the same(You're my brother, you're my sister)That's just the way it isAww, yeah (somethings will never change)