[Intro]
Cory Mo
Zaytoven
[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
I've seen joy and pain in this world (This world)
I'm just tryna remain in this world (This world)
I even pray to God for change in this world
I've seen some troubling times in this world
'Cause my Black life matters in this world (This world, this world, this world)
'Til we're equal in this world
Power to the people in this world (This world, this world)
[Verse 1: Bun B]
Been walking down the wicked streets of America, who'd have thought
That the fight for basic civil rights was still left to be fought
Even after we lost Huey, Hampton, Martin, and Malcolm
To racist elite power structures whiter than talcum
See, they've been treatin' my people like they ain't еqual
Since the slave ships and now wе livin' in a sequel
Talkin' 'bout 'em lynchin' us, burnin' us and killin' us
For four-hundred years, and man, they still ain't feelin' us
Systemic racism, economic and judicial
Plus killer cops attacking us daily, pulling they pistol
So now mane it's official, we've gots to take a stand
Every time they kill a Black woman or a Black man
[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
In this world, oh, world
I've seen joy and pain in this world (Cold world)
I'm just tryna remain in this world
I even pray to God for change in this world
I've seen some troubling times in this world
'Cause my Black life matters in this world (This world, this world, this world)
'Til we're equal in this world
Power to the people in this world (This world, this world)
[Verse 2: Big K.R.I.T.]
The blacker the berry, the more weight to carry on these shoulders of ours
While the candles burn dimly on corners, as we mourn the slain with bouquets of flowers
And the killers go free, no matter the footage we see and vivid of pictures
I just pray for the mothers and fathers that bury their babies, find comfort in scriptures
And destroy the fiends and killers
We more kings and queens, than niggas
Ain't no tweets or meme could heal us
Only we could protect the village and bless the children with knowledge and truth
The strength in the roots, the struggle is proof, the cutting the noose
The living the life, the power to fight, the power that be
They point and they shoot
And the cameras gon' point at the looters like we ain't been peacefully protesting
Like we ain't been tired of seeing people dying and they ain't get no justice
Like a building on fire is worth more than lives and a family that's crying feel hopeless
'Cause the system is built off racism we knowing
And that system been broken
[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
Said I paid too much living
I've seen joy and pain in this world (This world)
I'm just tryna remain in this world (This world)
I even pray to God for change in this world
I've seen some troubling times in this world
'Cause my Black life matters in this world (Keep yo' head up in this world)
'Til we're equal in this world (This world)
Power to the people in this world (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 3: Trae Tha Truth]
I done seen too much through the times (Times)
Crazy days going through my mind (Mind)
Same color, same skin folk (Folk)
Murdered, televised, those my kind (Kind)
What about Breonna Taylor? (Yeah)
Killed in her home, no one to save her (Damn)
From the same people that's supposed to protect us
They let 'em walk free like it ain't that major
Cold world, big Floyd shook the whole globe up
Front line, be damned if I fold up
This pressure season can't hold up (Can't hold up)
They know it's real when I roll up (When I roll up)
I'll take this fight, any day, any time (Yeah)
All this anger that I got on my mind (Yeah)
Endangered species, ain't nothing here fine
No open racists like we out here blind
Say they name, say they name (Name)
All these days, I'm sick of pain (Pain)
Can't find a light, I'm sick of rain (Rain)
Until this right, I'm gon' complain ('Plain)
It's hard but I've got to make it better
Even with the odds against me, it's whatever
Go hard, it ain't nothing I would rather
This us, we gon' do this shit together
[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]
Said I paid too much living
I've seen joy and pain in this world (This world)
I'm just tryna remain in this world (Living)
I even pray to God for change in this world (See, I)
I've seen some troubling times in this world
'Cause my Black life matters in this world (Keep yo' head up in this world)
'Til we're equal in this world (This world)
Power to the people in this world (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
[Outro: Raheem DeVaughn]
This world (This world)
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