Change (feat. Rell & Melissa Jay)

Just a child of the ghetto, yeah

Change gon' come

Yeah

Uh-huh

(Change gon' come)

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(Change gon' come)

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(Change gon' come)

(Uh-huh)

Yeah

They say a change gon' come

Well its a long time comin'

My legs tired

Hundred million miles runnin'

On life's treadmill

Runnin' in place

But still I run wit the race

I think back on my wonder years

Food stamps shorts of Wonder Bread

My mom, goose news, roll the packs

Young, wild, loose learned to last

I got my truths from the older heads

You went to church and took a different route

You got ya truths from out the bishop mouth

I drunk the juice that turned bishop out

Them double deuces turned my system out

And the Xanies and the weed too

Fuck it I'm still here

Though its hard in this ghetto

Don't you let go

Cause a change gonna come

Yeah, said a change gon' come

(Change gon' come)

I know you're tired, you been waitin'

Hold your patience

Cause a change gonna come

Yeah, I know it is

(I know it is)

What a life

(What a life)

The big houses

Two cars, a dog, picket fence and

You his wife

(And I'm his wife)

But lets depict his life

You know them Feds

Got them pictures right

(Yeah)

I know you stressed, baby girl

I feel what you goin' through

'Cause if they kick in that door

You know you goin' too

'Cause everything in ya name

From the phone bill to the deed on the house

You tryna find a way to ease out

(I'm tryin'a find a way to ease out)

But you can't, you feel trapped

(Trapped)

You think back

(Back)

Was it really worth it?

This lifestyle, could you really afford it?

You'd a lost four lives

Yours, and the three you aborted

(But it's so)

But it's hard when you settle

With no income

But income ain't steady comin' in, yeah

(Change is gonna come)

I need a change to come

(Change to come)

And though I'm tired of the waitin'

Ain't got no patience

Cause I don't think a change is gonna come

Please tell me, when, oh

Damn

Got you livin' good

And eatin' good

And dressin' good

Why you stressin' cause I'm still hood?

I know you want a little Q-T spent though

But you know I'm O-T

I'm scoopin' that rent though

I put myself in these shoes at night

You huggin' the pillow

I'm huggin' the corner

Your pillow is soft

My corner is hard

But you won't see that

Uh-uh

I bet your selfish ass don't see that

Instead

You think I'm up in the hood

Up to no good

Gotta come home to you

Blastin' El Boogz

When it hurt so bad

(When it hurt so bad)

Why it feel so good?

But you love me like you should

(When it really hurts so bad)

You know I'd change if I could

See I know that I gotta shake it

But sometimes I just can't take it

(A change is gonna come)

Waitin' for a change to come

(Waitin' on a change to come)

(Oh, ho-oh)

(change to come)

And girl I know it gets hard in the struggle

So I gotta stay on top of my hustle, yeah

(Change gon' come)

And I'm waitin' on the same change

(Change to come)

Well I been waitin' a long time for a change to come

(I know)

That change ain't came yet

So now I'm gone, baby

I don't think we on the same page

(Change gon' come)

Mmm-mmm

Mmm-mmm

Mmm-mmm

(Change gon' come)

Mmm-mmm

(Change gon' come)

Mmm, mmm, mmm

(Change gon' come)