Lyrics
I'm just a nigga on the block in chains
Feeling confined and restrained as a black individual in society, possibly referring to systemic oppression or societal constraints.
With a price on my head watching the stock exchange
Sense of being undervalued or marginalized while witnessing financial systems thrive despite personal struggles.
Bought and sold with the promise of being locked and caged
Being treated as property, facing the threat of imprisonment or control without regard for personal freedoms.
They're breaking families un-phased, I just watch amazed.
Observing the breakdown of families due to systemic injustices, feeling powerless to intervene.
The black market, I'm branded, considered inventory.
Being dehumanized and commodified in the illegal or underground economy, considered as an object rather than a person.
They don't consider me human and still they're bidding for me. They call this the land of the free? I've seen a different story, pay a figure, buck break a bigger get him to build it for me.
Questioning the concept of freedom in a society where exploitation and forced labor exist, highlighting the hypocrisy.
The pressure seems unreal, I need consent to breathe. They'll whip every slave in the county if I attempt to leave. Probably draw and quarter my family, that's if I just could read or gut me for my ancient religion, that's if I just believe.
Fear of severe consequences for attempting to escape or challenge the oppressive system, facing violence and persecution.
This glass ceiling on my life won't shatter, I'm feeling like my black life don't matter, telling me run. Instead, I go through my trials with survival my number one priority, focused on the intelligence of my son.
Feeling trapped in a situation where progress and breaking barriers seem impossible, especially due to racial discrimination and inequality.
Blood in the water
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing the inevitability of consequences and cycles of injustice.
Go on and choke it down
-Down for your father
-'Cause what goes around comes back around
-Blood in the water
-Go on and choke it down
-Down for your father
-'Cause what goes around comes back around
-Hanging on the block on trees, victims of violence too, and taking drags 'til Emmitt unrecognizable. This strange fruit isn't haze, feel it diving who's riding verses trying to pour gasoline on the problem.
Referencing historical violence against Black people, alluding to lynching and the struggle for identity and justice.
cn escape is what I need, a little drink, a little reefer, but I get stopped and get arrested, I'm thrown in prison for chiefin' it's wild. It may be that the same reason they sent me here gon' make white folks millionaires in like 50 years. Invented rock n roll to cope with injustice, from here to London not surprising how they're stolen it from us. Let us get a little richer then it was Johnny be good, watching Elvis singing records with our sound from the hood for klan members riding shrouded with hoods. I'm trying to grow into a rose and leave the dirt that they watered with fire hoses, I hope I live through the fire survival my number one priority focused on the embetterment of my son.
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing the inevitability of consequences and cycles of injustice.
Blood in the water
-Go on and choke it down
-Down for your father
-'Cause what goes around comes back around
-Blood in the water
-Go on and choke it down
-Down for your father
-'Cause what goes around comes back around
-On the block catching bullets and taking shots we just tryna get drafted instead of clapped by the cops. I used to play 2k online, eventually I had to change, they called me a dirty nigga every time I won a game, I thought we was one in the same, but I watch the television and the president's insane, and his negligence a shame, never gave a damn about us and the evidence is plain, my question is what progression have we made? 'Cause if I'm rockin' a hoody in the rain, I could die for that, if I pull out my wallet and behave, I could die for that, if I'm jogging preparing for my game, I could die for that, imagine if we fight back, how the hell we surviving that? Colin took a knee and couldn't even keep his job intact, coppers take a plea, those kids will never get their fathers back. With all of that, it's enough to give me a heart attack, and changing that is part of my reason for never falling back.
Reflecting on the discrimination faced in daily life, questioning societal progress and the persistence of racial bias and violence.
Blood in the water
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing the inevitability of consequences and cycles of injustice.
Go on and choke it down
-Down for your father
-'Cause what goes around comes back around
-Blood in the water
-Go on and choke it down
-Down for your father
-'Cause what goes around comes back around
-There's blood in the water
-I should be allowed to live
Expressing the desire for equality, safety, and the right to live without fear of discrimination or violence based on race.
There's blood in the water
-Treated equal that's a lie
-I want to live to see my kids
-The sins of our fathers
-Why my people gotta die?
-There's blood in the water
-I should be allowed to live
-There's blood in the water
-Treated equal that's a lie
-I want to live to see my kids
-The sins of our fathers
-Why my people gotta die?
Repetition of the chorus, emphasizing the inevitability of consequences and cycles of injustice.
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