you re not usin your brain
That s what the white man wants you to do
Look at you! What makes you ashamed of bein black" Nuttin but love for you my sister Might even know how hard it is no doubt Bein a woman
a black woman at that no doubt Shit in this white man s world Sometimes we overlook the fact that we be ridin hard on our sisters we don t be knowin the pain we be causin in this white man s world In this white man s world
I ain t sayin I m innocent in all this I m just sayin in this white man s world This song is for y all For all those times that I messed up or we messed up 2Pac Dear sister
got me twisted up in prison I miss ya Cryin lookin at my niece s and my newphew s picture They say don t let this cruel world get ya
kinda suspicious Swearin one day you might leave me
for somebody that s richer Twist the cap off the bottle
I take a sip and see tomorrow Gotta make if I have to beg or borrow Readin love letters; late night
locked down and quiet If brothers don t recieve they mail best believe we riot Eatin Jack Mack
starin at walls of silence inside this cage where they captured all my rage and violence In time I learned a few lessons
never fall for riches Aplogizies to my TRUE sisters; far from bitches Help me raise my black nation reperations are due
it s true Caught up in this world I took advantage of you So tell the babies how I love them
precious boys and girls Born black in this white man s world and all I heard was Chorus sung Who
knows what tomorrow brings In this world
where everyone s blind And where to go
no matter how far I ll find To let you know
that you re not alone 2Pac over Chorus Only thing they ever did wrong YES
YES was bein born black
in this white man s world NO DOUBT All my ghetto mother ers be proud to be black and be PROUD All my little black seeds
born black in this white man s world to have like this
cause ain t NOBODY got it like this All these mother ers wanna be like us
they all wanna be like us To be the have nots
all hail God bless the child that can hold his own
no mother in doubt 2Pac Bein born with less I must confess only adds on to the stress Two gunshots to my homie s head
dyed in his vest Shot him to death and left him bleedin for his family to see I pass his casket gently askin
is there heaven for G s My homeboy s doin life
his baby momma be stressin Sheddin tears when her son
finally ask that questions Where my daddy at Mama why we live so poor Why you cryin Heard you late night through my bedroom door Now do you love me mama Whitey keep on callin me nigga Get my weight up with my hate and pay em back when I m bigger And still thuggin in this jail cell
missin my block Hearin brothers screamin all night
wishin they d stop Proud to be black but why we act like we don t love ourselves Don t look around busta you sucka check yourselves Know what it MEANS to be black
whether a man or girl We still strugglin
in this white man s world Chorus megaphone over Chorus We must fight
for brother Mumia We must fight
for brother Mutulu And we must fight
for brother We must fight
for brother Geronimo Pratt We must fight
for
Zulu
We must fight
for the government s political prisoners They are locked up falsely by this white man 2Pac So tell me why you changed to choose a new direction
in the blink of an eye My time away just made perfection
did you think I d die Not gon cry
why should I care Like we holdin on to lost love that s no longer there Can you please help me
God bless me please keep my seeds healthy Makin all my enemies bleed while my G s wealthy Hopin they bury me with ammunitions
weed
and shells Just in case they trip in heaven ain t no G s hell Sister sorry for the pain that I caused your heart I know I ll change if you help me
but don t fall apart Rest in peace to Latasha
Lil Yummy
and Kato Too much for this cold world to take ended up bein fatal Every women in America
especially black Bear with me
can t you see
that we under attack I never meant to cause drama
to my sister and mama Hope we make it
to better times
in this white man s world Chorus 3X Dialogue over Chorus "You re out of touch with reality! There are a few of you in a few smoke filled rooms that the mainstream wound up masses of the people White and black
red yellow
and
and brown invulnerable are suffering
in this nation" 2Pac over Chorus Remember that
in this white man s world
they can t stop us We ve been here all this time they ain t took us out They can never take us out No matter what they say
about us bein extinct about us being endangered species
we ain t NEVER gon leave this We ain t NEVER gon walk off this planet
unless Y ALL choose to Use your brain
use your brain It ain t THEM that s killin us it s US that s killin us It ain t THEM that s knockin us off
it s US that s knockin us off I m tellin you better watch it
or be a victim Be a victim
in this white man s world
born black
in this white man s world
no doubt And it s dedicated to my mother in teachers Mutulu Shakur
Geronimo Pratt
Mumia Abu Jamal Sekou Odinga
all the real OG
s
we out Malcolm X The seal
and the constitution
reflect the thinking of the founding fathers
that this was
to be a nation by white people
and for white people
Native americans
blacks
and all other non white people
were to be the burden bearers
for the real citizens of this nation
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