People
(专辑: Instant Vintage - 2002)
[Verse 1:] The
streets are paved with fallen souls (I don't know what I've been told) Cause I
ain't never been down that road The
ghetto got a
dirty name (the media pursued their flame) But tell me who are they to really say? It's not about the
residents (damn what people think of them) Bush is sitting cozy on the
hill So don't look down, look up high (don't let these people steal your pride) Use that ghetto bullshit as a
shield [Hook:] And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth (I don't think they heard you) And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth [Verse 2:] Here we go another year (niggas juggling hate and fear) Time is moving like the
twelve-hand It ain't all so political (black-on-black or physical) But everybody's got to understand See life ain't what it used to be (death is sowing many seeds) Removing like we'll never see pain I
usually run through life but now (I act too quickly, slow it down) But I
never, ever compromised myself [Hook:] And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth (I don't think they heard you) And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth [Verse 3:] The
government's the
biggest pimp (they take their cut and leave you with) Nothing at the
end of the
day I'm searching for a
solitude (but all I
find is niggas who) Smile and tell me lies to my face The
industry's no better cause (they only show you mad love) When you're life and soul is living on the
charts But when you're luck is facing down (those ones, they are not around) Will take your heart and put it in the
ground [Hook:] And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth (I don't think they heard you) And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth (I don't think they heard you) And people, people... somebody's got to tell the
truth