When people look at me, I know it’s plain to see
That I am not the problem, yet they blaming me
It’s bad enough the homies wanna squeeze my blood
But I gotta watch these cops ‘cause they’ve been killing us
I see it in the news, on every other day
Another brother dead but they look the other way
Or blame on the time that he spent
Locked down for a crime he ain’t commit—was innocent
Can’t wait to lock you up and throw away the key
Or kill you like a dog off in these fuckin’ streets
I wonder why they fearing our black planet
But I’m still standing here ‘cause I am that planted
Rooted in these muthafuckin’ streets
You may have scared my mom but you ain’t scaring me
We the people stand as one, white or black
Or Mexican-American, that’s fact, just where I’m at
That I am not the problem, yet they blaming me
It’s bad enough the homies wanna squeeze my blood
But I gotta watch these cops ‘cause they’ve been killing us
I see it in the news, on every other day
Another brother dead but they look the other way
Or blame on the time that he spent
Locked down for a crime he ain’t commit—was innocent
Can’t wait to lock you up and throw away the key
Or kill you like a dog off in these fuckin’ streets
I wonder why they fearing our black planet
But I’m still standing here ‘cause I am that planted
Rooted in these muthafuckin’ streets
You may have scared my mom but you ain’t scaring me
We the people stand as one, white or black
Or Mexican-American, that’s fact, just where I’m at