Things Must Change - Somethin' For The People

I'm trying to figure out

Trying to understand why

We look up to those spreading genocide

Bragging you're a dealer

Saying it with pride

While baby's born on ***

Don't have a chance to survive

I apologize if I offended you

Not trying to be a hater

I've got friends that hustle too

And I'm trying to figure out

While we call out your name

I know that I am guilty

I did it on some game

But you're so conditioned

It doesn't bother you

And I was just a name

That you and your friends used

If I offended you

You've got to let me know

I didn't know it was acceptable

To call someone a ho

Things have got to change

They can't go on this way

It's got to start with me and you

Why can't we do

And I'm trying to figure out

And I tried to understand

Why the color of the clothes

Will make you kill another man

And what about the children

We've got to educate

They won't grow with prejudice

We've taught them how to hate

I'm not trying to put you down

Just tell you how I feel

Now tell me can you handle

When I keep it real

Things have got to change

They can't go on this way

It's got to start with me and you

Why can't we do Can't we do

You know things have got to change

They can't go on this way

It's got to start with me and you

Why can't we do Why can't we do

Trying to figure out

Trying to understand

What's going on