So now that's why we need to sit down
Can I tell the truth homes? The truth starts hurtin'"
So now that's why we need to sit down
All I could do was just sit back and listen
Eighty percent of inmates are black and Hispanic
Kill all mayatas in white tee shirts
Dammit, that's why we need to sit down
'Cause all I'm sayin' is the God honest truth of it all
'Cause I was watchin' K. Cal News
Tension is so thick, some are comin' around
They got him good, said he *** near bled to death
Who identify themselves by the colors they wear
I got soldiers from both sides who really don't care
He said, "X, man, I'm just gettin' out
Now it's even in the high schools
If you don't, then no one else
And talk about the black and the brown
Hit with a hammer and the kid died
Your homies got to ride
And talk about the black and the brown
Now I didn't come here to point no fingers
We fightin' the wrong enemy
I know over the years that the pain still lingers
"They killed my cousin over eighty eight bricks
The hate was so deep, I can see in his eyes
He came to scoop me up in his all white Six-Trey
I got hit with a bottle but I'm not dead
Plus I got the scars to prove it
At first, I remind him of what vengeance do
Dammit, that's why we need to sit down
And talk about the black and the brown
They want both of us dead
It's just like the end of that movie 'Saw'
Tension is so thick, some are comin' around
He just turned up the volume, bangin' 50 Cent
I gotta bang on them fools and it don't feel wrong"
That's why I'm gettin' involved
And speak about the black and the brown
Eighty percent of inmates are black and Hispanic
Eighty percent of inmates are black and Hispanic
I don't wanna see no more of us up under the ground
It's tatted big on his neck, y'know?
You're fightin' for your life
He showed me the scar on his gut and his neck
When he described what it feels like to almost die
I don't wanna see no more of us up under the ground
So over the years, built respect and trust
Oh, you must defend yourself
And he don't really *** with nobody outside of the set
You ain't heard a word I said
'Cause the brown and black ratio is five to one
I'm feelin' like a piece to a bigger plan
What vengeance is and who vengeance belongs to
So word came down, we gotta handle that ***
I said, "Think with your heart, homey, not your head", I said
And talk about the black and the brown
Dammit, that's why we need to sit down
And talk about the black and the brown
And the mastermind was layin' there the whole time
Tension is so thick, some are comin' around
They tryna wipe us all off the face of this planet
And now it's a full blown riot
And talk about the black and the brown
When them two chained up guys met with their demise
Remember that? That's why we have to sit down
I don't wanna see no more of us up under the ground
Some black and brown issues, we both discussed
'Bout how he 'bout to send soldiers on missions
So now that's why we need to sit down
Tck, that's when the fists start flyin'
Yo, I got the homey Jose from way back in the day
Yo, I love Los Angeles, you can hear it in my music
I don't wanna see no more of us up under the ground
From doin' eighty eight months, tryna figure things out"
The homey came through to put one in the air
Eighty percent of inmates are black and Hispanic
They tryna wipe us all off the face of this planet
And talk about the black and the brown
You're fightin' for your life
These kids ain't learnin' s*** about math and science, man
That's why we need to sit down
He told me in the pen, you get down to get done
He said, "Homes, it's been goin' down too long
And talk about the black and the brown
They tryna wipe us all off the face of this planet
I can tell somethin' was wrong the way he sat in his chair
*** we all on parole and probation and *** up situations
And man, you won't understand what I understand
They tryna wipe us all off the face of this planet
And everybody lose, from the pen to the neighborhoods
Your homies got to ride
Over past confrontations
When the students squared off and one kid wouldn't choose sides
So now that's why we need to sit down
Dammit, that's why we need to sit down
Tension is so thick, some are comin' around
He wasn't tryna hear that ***
