Lyrics
I can walk outside now and get shot down (shot down)
I face the risk of being shot when I go outside.
If you ever wondered why I'm hostile
I might appear hostile, and the reason behind it is explained later.
You can see the chief sending orders from the top down (top down)
The chief (authority figure) is giving orders from the top down.
All the civil leaders looking docile
Civil leaders seem submissive or passive.
Lord forgive him, maybe it's the dark forces in him
The person may be influenced by dark forces or facing challenges like healthcare costs.
Or the Medicaid cost just hit him
Possibly referencing financial difficulties due to Medicaid costs.
Or the evidence that all our history is getting washed out (washed out)
The evidence suggests that our history is being erased or distorted.
But everybody taking our style
Despite challenges, everyone is adopting our style.
Who the new black now?
Raising the question of who represents the new black identity.
And even though they sold drugs
Repeating the question, highlighting that even those who sold drugs once showed love to young brothers.
They showed a young brother love
-Who the new black now?
-And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-Who the new black now?
-And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-Who the new black now?
-And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-Now, now, now
Transition or emphasis on the following lines.
The most feared and most imitated
Describing the conflicted perception of the black community - feared, imitated, loved, and hated.
Granddaughter love it, granddaddy hate it
-Brands pay top dollar to legally take it
-They strip it naked
-We recreate it
The culture is stripped and recreated, emphasizing its basic nature.
Bitch this is basic.
-This came from love
Expressing pride in creating a civilization and culture despite adversity, contrasting with negative influences.
We made a civilization from mud
-We made a culture to break out the hood
-All niggas gave us was pistols and drugs, what
-Who the new black now?
Repeating the question of who represents the new black identity, emphasizing the love shown by those who sold drugs.
And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-Who the new black now?
-And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-Who the new black now?
-And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-Who the new black now?
-And even though they sold drugs
-They showed a young brother love
-College professor gets locked up
Highlighting the unjust incarceration of both a college professor and a student, questioning the difference between them.
Student gets locked up
-What is the difference
-What am I missing
-If we all get looked at as monsters
-The guilty and innocent
-End up in prison
Reflecting on the injustice where both guilty and innocent end up in prison.
Why are we divided
Raising questions about societal divisions and the lack of logic in these divisions.
Why are we divided
-I can't see the logic
-Why are we divided
-And even though they sold drugs
Repeating the idea that even those who sold drugs once showed love to young brothers.
They showed a young brother love
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