let's go back when time was simple the only thing youngsters was busting was pimples now runners in gunners wanna be stunners this concrete jungle turned em into hunters now they praying on their own like Jeffrey Dahmer what happened to the youth just enjoying the summer now they filled with drama no respect for their mama's what happened to the youth can someone tell me the truth now you got me in the booth so I got to speak truth I'm a pimp my words like the a prostitute you in Hot pursuit out here chasing this loot killing your own instead of finding your Roots yea da darker The flesh yep the deeper The Roots in blacker the berry yea sweater da juice we salute all our people who done traded their boots we salute all our people who been deprived robbed of their lives when they was trying survive you had swallow pride just to stay alive out of respect i raise my fists to the skies is that black pride we keep our heads held high in on the streets you know it's do or die all that disrespect in down talk that s*** won't fly you take one of my guys it's an eye for an eye Man the devil's a lie I'ma tell you why the same thing thata makes u smile makes u cry that same hole you dig is where you lye can I get a amen I'm here to testify yeah we all did dirt I won't deny as i get older i had to question why some of the things I did I can't justify I hit a bump in the road and it light my load let the story be told everything glitter ain't gold you can plant a seed it started out as a Rose as it slowly unfolds you not watching it grow now its 12 year old and its outta control you gonna reap what you sold I let the truth be told in at the end of the rainbow its just your casket close ain't no pot of gold when the devil comes to collect what he's owed its that life you choose you know you pay as you go