Foolish, ignorant, extremely misguided
Immoral and uneducated and not even trying to hide it
And in this cold white America we stay feelin slighted
but even amongst ourselves we remain socially divided
because when it comes to success through education, we duck it
but see another brother eatin good and (we) turn into crabs in a bucket
It’s fucked up because some of these kids are sharper than a tack
but aren’t supposed to show it because they’re young and they’re black
Too many men have died for protests and defiance
So we could have the opportunity to study math and science.
Instead of being some rich plantation owner’s appliance
But instead we become more of society’s leaches
Say R.I.P. Tupac, but (we) don’t adhere to what he teaches
We’re more entertained by narcotics and ballistics
Because the cool thing to do is become another statistic
