they say nothing wrong a change is gonna come you know and i know you know that i know i know that you know that a gotta change is gonna come first you clean his hands from top to bottom grab the fabrics then wash em then you go pick the cotton listen y all i m tired man i swear for so long tryin to be strong but yo i m exhausted my feet hurt wanna run no more wanna run no more they said when when ain t nothin changed cept the chains they re restrainin our physical frame mentally we re still livin the same it s lockdown they knocked down the towers to raise tax anything they borrow we pay back i live in the hood you ll never bump into pat sajack but we spin the wheel every time we chill cops hate blacks and hispanics they draw gats and just blam it before they ask where your hand is i don t see how a wallet can be mistaken for a cannon so please don t let em play us no more in every way i m ready willin and able to war like any day now it could pop i ll be in the front like please may the force be with me and this pump housing want me to work cause i m still on my mom s lease threatenin to raise the rent if i don t pick up them park leaves ain t nothin in this world for free but somehow they got us fooled like this world is free this is modern day slavery you see carry id water is a fee this ain t how it s supposed to be man for so long tryin to be strong but yo i m exhausted my feet hurt wanna run no more wanna run no more they said when when  our people are the product of genocide and slavery everything in the ghetto was how it was made to be designed in a process prison industrial complex niggas transformed into numbers and objects we pay the devil rent for livin in hell cause the projects was built on the spot where lucifer fell incarcerated knowledge heavy weight every black man should read deuteronomy chapter 28 cursed in the city like we re cursed in the field cursed on the border and cursed by the new world order our sons and daughters were stolen by another people yoke of iron end of the earth land of the eagle this is the sequel to the prophecy freedom whether peaceful or violent is my philosophy i built an army now i m gonna build a nation the foundation of a new civilization and overthrow the plantation this is modern day slavery see it was designed to be patriot act 3 just wait young nigga you ll see for so long my people been so strong but yo i m exhausted my heart hurts gunning them all i m gunning them all i said we gotta make a we gotta make a quick motherfucker lock and load immortal technique joell ortiz harlem brooklyn you know what it is nigga the rebirth of the young lords coming soon motherfucka you sleep and you die nigga good night motherfucka 