Ain't no way that I would let a viral threat make me forget That in which I suspect is the reason that I can check All media outlets, see the globe in a panic I wonder how we under but never go over standing A day before Corona hit, I read an article that read 200 shootings in Chicago predicted for tomorrow But what I didn't see was politicians all over the screen Talking 'bout a vaccine, stopping kids from getting hit with them hollow But are bodies in Baltimore less important 'cause they poor? They don't call for an uproar? It's not an emergency when your could count more People that die from guns without going off to war If we added up the numbers from ghettos across America There's more deaths than the virus, and where is all the hysteria? Niggas is social distancing, we playing our part But when it's over, I hope my kids can go play in the park You know why? You know why? Tell 'em
Our children shouldn't have to run from bullets Our children shouldn't have to run from bullets
They've seen too many mamas cry on the south side So many nanas lose their grandsons to handguns I know we get a forced pride from saying "We outside" But from the speed of a bullet, homie, you can't run Just imagine it We don't get a grip on the establishment Your kid will never get to be a graduate Someone put a gun to your son' head and splattered it You up in the hospital asking doctors "How bad is it? " That was the incentive of using this poetry as power It's preventive, shout me out in your mentions I ain't try'na get deep I just got with other dimensions Music is the cure, mind's pure is my intention These rappers use it as a damn gimmick Us killing each other is worse than the pandemic Some hurt you just can't mimic My condolences go to everybody that lost one So why you loading that gun listening to my song, son?
Our children shouldn't have to run from bullets Our children shouldn't have to run from bullets We gotta change