Don't Shoot

Not your business but I’ve seen some shit
Got snatched up by my mom when I was six
I can still smell the smoke as the bullet missed
That’s a lot for a kid
Had enough when I was fourteen
I ran away so I can force down my dreams
But I didn’t have the knowledge
The streets was too much
Mama just taught me I wasn’t enough
You’re safe so you live it up
Hard days, you’ve never seen them love
I’m not saying I’m the only one
But damn some days don’t it feel like it
Hands up, please don’t shoot
They say that you’ll love it if your mouth stay mute
They say they don’t see color but the blood stain show the proof
Hands up, please don’t shoot
We’ll living in a world but it can’t take truth
They say they don’t see color but the blood stain show the proof
Lock me up when I was nineteen
There goes my twenties and there goes my dreams
Put me on the yard and said sacrifice the queen
That’s a lot for a teen
Cried so much when I was released
Kissed the grass under my feet
Modern slavery tried to get the best of me
That’s a lot for anybody
You’re safe so you live it up
Hard days, you’ve never seen them love
I’m not saying I’m the only one
But damn some days don’t it feel like it
Hands up, please don’t shoot
They say that you’ll love it if your mouth stay mute
They say they don’t see color but the blood stain show the proof
Hands up, please don’t shoot
We’ll living in a world but it can’t take truth
They say they don’t see color but the blood stain show the proof
Now I’m sitting in my fourties
What I need I can afford it
Butterflies on the red carpet
That’s a whole lot for me
That’s a whole lot for me