Don't Shoot

Not your business, but I seen some shit

Got snatched up by my mom when I was six

I can still smell the smoke as the bullet missed

That's a lot for a kid

Had enough when I was fourteen

I ran away so I could foster my dreams

But I didn't have the knowledge, the streets was too much

Mama just taught me I wasn't enough

You're a slave, so you live it up

Hard days, you never seen 'em love

I'm not saying Im the only one

But damn, some days don't it feel like it

Hands up, please don't shoot

They'll say that you love it if your mouth stay mute

They say they don't see color, but the bloodstains show the proof

Hands up, please don't shoot

We're living in a world where they can't take truth

They say they don't see color, but the bloodstains show the proof

Locked me up when I was nineteen

There goes my twenties and there goes my dreams

Put me on the yard and said, "Sacrifice the queen!"

That's a lot for a teen

Cried so much when I was released

Kissed the grass up under my feet

Modern slavery tried to get the best of me

That's a lot for anybody

You're a slave, so you live it up

Hard days, you never seen 'em love

I'm not saying Im the only one

But damn, some days don't it feel like it

Hands up, please don't shoot

They'll say that you love it if your mouth stay mute

They say they don't see color, but the bloodstains show the proof

Hands up, please don't shoot

We're living in a world where they can't take truth

They say they don't see color, but the bloodstains show the proof

Yeah

Please don't shoot

Yeah

Yeah

Hey

Now I'm sitting in my forties

What I need, I can't afford it

Butterflies on the red carpet

That's a whole lot for me

That's a whole lot for me

Yeah