talent
ooh yeah ooh
come on come on
pac
i see no changes wake up in the morning and i ask myself
is life worth livin’ should i blast myself
i’m tired of bein’ poor and even worse i’m black
my stomach hurts so i’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch
cops give a damn about a negro
pull the trigger kill a nigga he’s a hero
give the crack to the kids who the hell cares
one less hungry mouth on the welfare
first ship ’em dope and let ’em deal to brothers
give ’em guns step back watch ’em kill each other
it’s time to fight back that’s what huey said
two shots in the dark now huey’s dead
i got love for my brother
but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other
we gotta start makin’ changes
learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
and that’s how it’s supposed to be
how can the devil take a brother if he’s close to me uh
i’d love to go back to when we played as kids
but things change and that’s the way it is
talent
come on come on
that’s just the way it is changes
things’ll never be the same
that’s just the way it is that’s the way it is what
aww yeahyeah hear me
oh my oh my come on come on
that’s just the way it is that’s just the way it is the way it is
things’ll never be the same
never be the same yeah yeah yeah aww yeah
that’s just the way it is way it is
aww yeah come on come on
pac talent
i see no changes all i see is racist faces
misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
we under i wonder what it takes to make this
one better place let’s erase the wasted
take the evil out the people they’ll be actin’ right
’cause both black and white are smokin’ crack tonight
and the only time we chill is when we kill each other kill each other
it takes skill to be real time to heal each other
and although it seems heavensent
we ain’t ready to see a black president uh ohooh
it ain’t a secret don’t conceal the fact
the penitentiary’s packed and it’s filled with blacks
but some things will never change never change
try to show another way but you stayin’ in the dope game ooh
now tell me what’s a mother to do
bein’ real don’t appeal to the brother in you yeah
you gotta operate the easy way
i made a g today but you made it in a sleazy way
sellin’ crack to the kids ohoh i gotta get paid oh
well hey well that’s the way it is
talent
come on come on
that’s just the way it is changes
things’ll never be the same
that’s just the way it is that’s the way it is what
aww yeah hear me
oh my oh my come on come on
that’s just the way it is that’s just the way it is the way it is
things’ll never be the same
never be the same yeah yeah yeah aww yeah
that’s just the way it is way it is
aww yeah aww yeah aww yeah
interlude pac
we gotta make a change
it’s time for us as a people to start makin’ some changes
let’s change the way we eat
let’s change the way we live
and let’s change the way we treat each other
you see the old way wasn’t workin’
so it’s on us to do what we gotta do to survive
pac talent
and still i see no changes can’t a brother get a little peace
it’s war on the streets and the war in the middle east ooh yeah
instead of war on poverty
they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me
and i ain’t never did a crime i ain’t have to do
but now i’m back with the facts givin’ it back to you ooh
don’t let ’em jack you up back you up
crack you up and pimpsmack you up
you gotta learn to hold your own
they get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
but tell the cops they can’t touch this
i don’t trust this when they try to rush i bust this
that’s the sound of my tool you say it ain’t cool
my mama didn’t raise no fool oh
and as long as i stay black i gotta stay strapped
and i never get to lay back
’cause i always got to worry ’bout the payback
some buck that i roughed up way back
comin’ back after all these years
ratatattattattat that’s the way it is
talent pac
uh
that’s just the way it is just the way it is yeah yeah yeah
things’ll never be the same yeah
that’s just the way it is the way it is
aww yeah some things will never change oh my
i’m tryna make a change
you’re my brother you’re my sister yeah
that’s just the way it is the way it is the way it is
things’ll never be the same you’re my brother you’re my sister
that’s just the way it is aww yeah
some things’ll never change
Artist: 2Pac
Year: 1999
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 464