Uh
No one man above the crew
No one man above the crew
Who got the juice?

Uh
tryna be that one, man above the crew
tryna be that one, man above the crew
Never watch the news

Groups of kids in classrooms nationwide been
poisoned by, inferior circumstances attention been
directed away from our issues to large missiles
that's why youngins takin' bullets to they heart tissue
n every time I see a death up on the news,
I'm waitin' for follow ups 'cause murder always comes in twos
the homeless, destitute ain't got no avenues
so women up on the corner blowin' pipes like the blues
it's a bad time indeed, these ain't anomalies
seems like around the world we got the same kinda needs
workin' for common peace, but
when they callin' Jesus up he never seems to answer
so instead they blazin' trees up
police busy arrestin' niggas for weed when it's
really not the problem infectin' our seeds
they blame it on the games, rap music and Mickey D's
when they pumpin' distorted reality through they TVs
uh... no diggity, tell me what's the missin' piece
foreclosures, wit families up in the streets
stories always about a foreign killer
when our government, hits em in threes like Reggie Miller
(don't shoot me) am I talkin' truth, absolutely
inner cities more dangerous than where the troops be
a Bruce Lee impressionist, when I kick my messages
I'm just a reporter, y'all decide what the lesson is

this lyricism is my weapon bitch

they can't take away my words, never
and now I'm better than ever

Some of these cops is pussy
and cats be chasin, after rats from basic
instinct, or is it how they trained 'em
wear a bandanna, hang up on the wrong corner
regularly, and they just assumin' niggas is bangin'
and the story ranges, from illegal raids in,
the projects to drug heists actually makin' sense
if you close to law enforcement, don't take offense
this is just some revolutionary talkin' from the fence
uh... if you read the signs, you would realize
that you ingestin' some real lies wit yo real eyes
yes, our President is black, but its bigger than that
we still got WorldStar settin' niggas back
a good fifty, years pass, we cryin' no tear gas
'cause our sons dyin' in the streets
and no amount of, rhetoric is gonna fix it,
if I'm soundin' pessimistic,
hold up nigga let's refer to statistics
'cause it's been, what, 60 years almost
since Jim Crow ended, we still sheddin' tears for votes
but you can, hear the notes of victory when I be spittin'
'cause my skin color probably feared the most
and no doubt that I'm, and exception wit me n mine
'cause I got a college degree, around some freer minds
but I consider, to be our duty as spitters
to be philosophical beyond the bullshit on Twitter
stop the boastin' son, we know ya 9 iron knocks a hole in one
but life is bigger than you might consider from behind the trigger
wit all the street cred prison for life'll get ya
you could start rappin', just don't expect me to trifle wit ya
nahh

'cause I'm tryna be that one, man above the crew
I'm tryna be that one, man above the crew
the devil always lookin' for recruits
but I'm spendin' all my free time slippin' up out the noose,
word up