Beat/Mixed: @dethrone 🙏🤜🤛 🎧 #808 #ei8ht #goodnews #news8 #contestentry #syla #supportyourlocalartist #rapfamebeast #moderator_en #bmbest #bmvideo #2k21 #2021fire #bmgrind #featurematerial #rap #bars #bmhiphop #rapfame #writernotrapper @rapfamebeast @moderator_en @bmbest Looking at the world Dont like what I see Riots racism Every channel on TV Global pandemic Poverty systemic Conquering through division Is the oldest weapon   I'm white and I rap I dont need to be black Not everythings black and white But that's we act So many variables feelings vs facts Right verse left Republican Democrat   Colin Kaepernick Taking a knee Didnt bother me any Cause I though we were free Hes as free to pray As we are to complain As free as the wind And the flag that it waves   But that same knee And the weight that it leans Can press down on a neck screaming I cant breath I was once a dope fiend Wilden on the streets Dont mean that he deserved it Cause that could have been me   Now not all police Are as bad as we see Not every drug addict Will OD before clean not every situation Clear cut as it seems And not every human being Is as easy to read The Good news Is we aint insane only as perfect As our last mistake All the hate from pain Translates to rage if you're feeding into it whos really to blame   Some people get left In the rights we claim Judge a book by its cover Or we turn the page Use more of our hearts And less of our brains Cause the only thing That really stays the same is change Now if you ask me Opinions dont mean truth 2 sides to a story Both bias in veiw With us as the reciever Judgement askew So I focus it on you And use it as an excuse I make mistakes Then I make them again But when others seem to make them Feel a right to condemn Ask for forgiveness Hoping you understand So maybe when you do me wrong I'll let you make an amends See I got beliefs Taken seriously So many lines in the sand Made a moat on the beach So out of love So out of reach So out of touch So heres the key I lock everyone out While locking myself in Watching life from afar Living in the what ifs What if We saw life as a wish Our parents made on a star Now here we are as the gift what if When we were gone we were missed livin on through the lessons That we give to our kids what if the world was filled with what ifs and what if we didnt change would we even exist The Good news Is we aint insane only as perfect As our last mistake All the hate from pain Translates to rage if you're feeding into it whos really at blame   Some people get left In the rights we claim Judge a book by its cover Or we turn the page Use more of our hearts And less of our brains Cause the only thing That really stays the same is change The only thing that stays The same is Change