My Peoples (featuring Raheem Devaughn)-DJ Jazzy Jeff

[ti:My Peoples (feat. Raheem DeVaughn)] [ar:DJ Jazzy Jeff] [al:The Magnificent] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Peoples (featuring Raheem Devaughn) - DJ Jazzy Jeff [00:23.04]I've seen streets we're youth [00:25.49]Are forced to take the long way home [00:27.37] [00:28.14]And I've seen mothers mourn [00:30.55]The loss of there only born [00:32.35] [00:33.17]Still I believe we are given nothin' more than we can beg [00:37.67] [00:38.69]A vision is only blurred when life seems unfair [00:42.00]Who am I to judge the man with the needle in his veins [00:47.62] [00:49.31]When he's just chasing freedom to escape the pain [00:52.57] [00:54.73]Of the worlds fast paced pipe dreams and shortcomings [00:58.15] [01:00.03]He's just trying to make do and find a way out of nothing [01:03.91] [01:05.06]It's like we damned if we do and damned if we don't [01:09.31] [01:10.43]And it's a very thin line between respect and being broke [01:14.31]And being one red button away from World War III [01:17.46] [01:18.04]Always called the minority [01:19.52] [01:20.56]And always always pulled over [01:22.76]Facing police brutality [01:23.94]Why is every street a living hell [01:27.07]Probably 'cause they want us to fail [01:29.52]Yeah three strikes and surely back to jail [01:31.99]Like the slave ships when they sail [01:34.77] [01:35.56]Years and years of civil rights chasing to pass that bill [01:41.17] [01:42.63]But ask yourself people have we changed or are we standing still [01:46.42] [01:47.97]Down and out struggling in this concrete jungle [01:51.71] [01:53.21]One check away from starvation poverty [01:56.50] [01:58.55]But they say being free is about speaking your mind [02:02.72] [02:03.75]Prophesies too much and that's where they draw the line [02:07.54] [02:08.74]A line as thin as the line between war and peace [02:14.67]A line as thin as the line between west and east [02:17.83] [02:18.73]One button away from World War III [02:21.25]Being called a minority [02:22.63] [02:23.83]And being pulled always being pulled over [02:26.73]And subject to brutality [02:27.76]Why is every street like a living hell [02:31.63]Probably 'cause they all just want us to fail [02:34.15]And three strikes and surely back to jail [02:36.73]Like the slaves ship when they sail but they don't know that [02:40.01] [02:40.67]My people whose pains are cornered [02:42.33]My peoples all shapes and colors [02:44.23] [02:45.32]My peoples got more peoples with ills [02:47.64]That's more peoples more siesters and brothers [02:49.80] [02:50.32]My people stay strong as an ox [02:53.03]My peoples will never fail [02:54.73] [02:55.99]My peoples will always remain [02:57.73] [02:58.37]Remain with a story to tell [03:01.05]My peoples was paints on the door [03:03.17] [03:03.74]My peoples all shapes and colors [03:05.63] [03:06.26]My peoples got more peoples with ills [03:08.51] [03:09.09]That's more people more sisters and brothers [03:11.08] [03:11.66]My people stay strong as an ox [03:14.32]My peoples will never fail [03:16.01] [03:16.81]My peoples will always remain [03:18.71] [03:19.71]Remain with a story to tell [03:21.77] [03:22.43]My peoples was paints on the door [03:25.01]My peoples all shapes and colors [03:27.05] [03:27.80]My peoples got more peoples in jail [03:30.36]That's more people than sisters and brothers [03:32.45] [03:33.03]My people stay strong as an ox [03:35.67]My peoples will never fail [03:37.41] [03:38.47]My peoples will always remain [03:40.17] [03:41.15]Remain with a story to tell [03:43.09] [03:43.95]My peoples was paints on the door [03:46.42]My peoples all shapes and colors [03:48.43] [03:49.09]My peoples got more peoples with ills [03:51.76]More people more sisters and brothers [03:54.22]My people stay strong as an ox [03:56.99]My peoples will never fail [03:59.10]My peoples will always remain [04:01.16] [04:02.43]Remain with a story to tell