2Pac, Talent - Changes(1998)

[00:14.68] Come on come on
[00:15.99] I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself
[00:19.15] Is life worth livin'? Should I blast myself?
[00:21.24] I'm tired of bein' poor and, even worse, I'm black
[00:23.34] My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch
[00:25.54] Cops give a damn about a negro
[00:27.64] Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
[00:29.88] Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?
[00:32.04] One less hungry mouth on the welfare
[00:34.41] First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothers
[00:36.27] Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
[00:38.32] It's time to fight back, that's what Huey said
[00:40.52] Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
[00:42.84] I got love for my brother
[00:44.46] But we can never go nowhere
[00:45.27] Unless we share with each other
[00:46.99] We gotta start makin' changes
[00:48.68] Learn to see me as a brother
[00:49.72] Instead of two distant strangers
[00:51.72] And that's how it's supposed to be
[00:52.98] How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
[00:55.78] I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
[00:57.80] But things change, and that's the way it is
[01:02.30] That's just the way it is
[01:06.66] Things'll never be the same
[01:11.13] That's just the way it is, oh yeah
[01:17.20]
[01:19.66] That's just the way it is (The way it is)
[01:24.02] Things'll never be the same (Never be the same)
[01:28.15] That's just the way it is, oh yeah
[01:33.75] I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
[01:36.48] Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
[01:38.57] We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
[01:40.96] One better place, let's erase the wasted
[01:43.27] Take the evil out the people, they'll be actin' right
[01:45.26] 'Cause both black and white are smokin' crack tonight
[01:47.62] And the only time we chill is when we kill each other
[01:49.71] It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
[01:52.05] And although it seems heaven-sent
[01:53.34] We ain't ready to see a black president
[01:56.18] It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact
[01:57.85] The penitentiary's packed and it's filled with blacks
[02:00.59] But some things will never change
[02:02.12] Try to show another way
[02:03.18] But you stayin' in the dope game
[02:05.03] Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
[02:06.48] Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you
[02:09.05] You gotta operate the easy way
[02:10.74] I made a G today, but you made it in a sleazy way
[02:13.27] Sellin' crack to the kids
[02:14.78] I gotta get paid, well hey, but that's the way it is
[02:20.15] That's just the way it is
[02:24.46] Things'll never be the same
[02:28.76] That's just the way it is, oh yeah
[02:34.96]
[02:37.46] That's just the way it is (The way it is)
[02:41.56] Things'll never be the same (Never be the same)
[02:45.92] That's just the way it is, oh yeah
[02:51.69] We gotta make a change
[02:53.73] It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes
[02:57.35] Let's change the way we eat
[02:59.34] Let's change the way we live
[03:00.78] And let's change the way we treat each other
[03:03.13] You see the old way wasn't workin'
[03:04.92] So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive
[03:08.34] And still I see no changes
[03:09.80] Can't a brother get a little peace?
[03:11.38] It's war on the streets and a war in the Middle East
[03:13.97] Instead of war on poverty
[03:15.52] They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me
[03:18.13] And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
[03:20.42] But now I'm back with the facts, givin' it back to you
[03:22.81] Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
[03:24.99] Crack you up and pimp-smack you up
[03:27.01] You gotta learn to hold your own
[03:28.53] They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
[03:31.17] But tell the cops they can't touch this
[03:32.95] I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this
[03:35.32] That's the sound of my tool
[03:36.92] You say it ain't cool, my mama didn't raise no fool
[03:39.98] And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
[03:42.69] And I never get to lay back
[03:44.20] 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the payback
[03:46.33] Some buck that I roughed up way back
[03:48.46] Comin' back after all these years
[03:50.36] Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat, that's the way it is
[03:55.19] That's just the way it is
[03:59.52] Things'll never be the same
[04:03.88] That's just the way it is, oh yeah
[04:09.68] (You're my brother, you're my sister)
[04:12.56] That's just the way it is
[04:15.53] Things'll never be the same
[04:21.03] That's just the way it is, oh yeah
[04:25.24] Some things'll never change
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