the man told the lady the lady told the news so it s no surprise by the time it gets to you you could look to the sky and still won t find the clues cause the truth lies somewhere deep inside the blues the building told the block the block told the hood the hood told the world and the world made me the world knows the truth even when they can t see see they try to tell you lies but that just ain t me yeah yeah yeah public housing on it i got a metro card with ten thousand on it before it runs empty i gotta become matter of fact curtis matter of fact jimmy spend every penny on pennies mics shot while waiting on limes yikes but we share the same vice wings and fried rice had and haves clean and no fights aftermath grandma said stay in they are not playin the president s chocolate but that ain t gon stop shit a flavor can t save you make your own options grand old party is hardly concerned when my man s on the partly because in our mind ain t nobody starving but us every man for his own we swept under the rug the man told the lady the lady told the news so it s no surprise by the time it gets to you you could look to the sky and still won t find the clues cause the truth lies somewhere deep inside the blues the building told the block the block told the hood the hood told the world and the world made me the world knows the truth even when they can t see see they try to tell you lies but that just ain t me yo kings runnin it impeach the government they pulled the troops out what about the tenements cause it s a battle here welfare healthcare we tryin get our wheelchair up that crystal stairs stare too long you d prolly find the beauty in it rose is lookin at a life sentence it all feel familiar no matter what city it is i been to fifty different and always find my niggas on mlk and trailer parks trippin race is not existent when you poverty stricken from babies bodies missing to prescription addictions it s awful attention just fucking what we living we don t control it but they say we do make change without a dollar what the fuck we supposed to do how m i supposed to feel empowered when they flunk us out of school even worse shot us down with the budget cuts too check the deficit instead of reading forbes lists check to check is an awful way to exist huh at least you got a job you don t want it give it back and hit the back of the line demanding handouts ain t no way to stand out and a college grant ain t usually a planned route man don t push me i m on the edge already and falling is flying when you dead already  the man told the lady the lady told the news so it s no surprise by the time it gets to you you could look to the sky and still won t find the clues cause the truth lies somewhere deep inside the blues the building told the block the block told the hood the hood told the world and the world made me the world knows the truth even when they can t see see they try to tell you lies but that just ain t me 