Peace Piece

[Chorus]

I tried to take the high road

Let bygones be bygones

I tried to take the high road

But now another life's gone

What you expect from me?

To turn the other cheek?

All you bring is war, asking me for peace

What you expect from me, when all you bring is greed

All you bring is war, asking me for peace

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 1: B.o.B.]

Yeah, they say let's make America great again

Except for the slavery and genocide

When we killed all the natives and steal their tribes

And the time we denied the women's rights, huh

Talkin' 'bout great, like the AIDS outbreak

Like when they brought crack cocaine to the hood

Like when they brought heroin to the states

Look, justice is not on the internet

Equality don't have a Twitter account

The last words that a man should ever hear

Should never be, "Get on the ground"

Our culture so misunderstood, it's cloudy up over the hood

I'm thinkin' about packin' my bags and leavin' this country for good

Glock, Glock in my car for your probable cause

'Cause even the law don't follow the law

Guess it's my fault for being black

A country built on my people backs

Up in first class, yeah, my seat is back

Even when I'm bored and I'm tryna see my past

Tell me, if you had a chance, would you go back in time to see the past?

Waitin', waitin', waitin' for reparation

For the end of segregation

All we got was a month and a television station

All they teach is slavery and we celebrate it

They turn the cheek if we should perish, huh

But just remember you can't spell America without Eric, Bandz

[Chorus]

I tried to take the high road

Let bygones be bygones

I tried to take the high road

But now another life's gone

What you expect from me?

To turn the other cheek?

All you bring is war, asking me for peace

What you expect from me, when all you bring is greed

All you bring is war, asking me for peace

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: Big K.R.I.T.]

By any means necessary

Lately too many mommas out here bearin' babies

Really ain't safe 'round here no more

Scared of the law when they head outdoors

And will we ever be at  peace, man? I ain't sure

But for now I'm like Malcolm out the window, it's simple altercation

Got these motherfuckers blazin'

And I ain't tryna say bye to my kinfolk

They choke us out like what they need a noose for?

Gentrify like fuck wherever you go

Prison walls nowadays big biz

Give us dope then lock us up to get riches

Then send us out to a job we can't get

You had that nigga flipped now you back in the system

That's a cold game, man, aww dog

If there's a God pray she listenin'

The president don't give a fuck about us

The government don't give a fuck either

They talkin' make America great again

I just wanna save my people

I just want that 40 acres and a mule

Another promise didn't fall through

Just a whole lot of propaganda and lyin' to me and you

I tried to take the high road

[Chorus]

I tried to take the high road

Let bygones be bygones

I tried to take the high road

But now another life's gone

What you expect from me?

To turn the other cheek?

All you bring is war, asking me for peace

What you expect from me, when all you bring is greed

All you bring is war, asking me for peace

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

But now I gotta piece piece piece

Yeah, yeah