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Breaking news from Baltimore, a city on edge since the death of a suspect while in police custody, his spine nearly severed. Tonight those tensions fueling violent protests now. Dramatic images coming in at this hour. You can see some people there on the streets throwing rocks and bricks at police officers Lil homies livin' like it's no tomorrow Caught a charge smokin' large in a stolen car He called his mom, guess he figured she would post his bond Times have changed and she really runnin' low on funds Hung up the phone, in the cell still in his Foams Reekin' of the weed, that's all his money blown Now it's time to tell yourself, nigga, "We gon' make it" And 15 hundred cash, nigga, we gon' make it A free felon on their ass, nigga, we gon' make it Homie steppin' on the gas, nigga, we gon' make it I told myself so many times, nigga, we gon' make it Cryin' in the dark, nigga, we gon' make it Countin' cash 6 days, nigga, we gon' make it Let them haters be the haters, nigga we gon' make it Put your back against the wall, nigga we gon' make it And if you black, this for us all, nigga we gon' make it They say we just a bunch of thugs, don't stand for nothin' Disgrace to our race, don't belong in public It was us against the world from the first day Let us bow our heads, may we all pray Throwin' bricks at the man, we gon' make it Genocide not in the plans, we gon' make it Pray my son understands, we gon' make it SongtexteKnow God holdin' our hands, we gon' make it No power in December, nigga we gon' make it Stove open, I remember, nigga we gon' make it These the words mama whispered, we gon' make it Still holdin' on my pistol, nigga we gon' make it I seen a lot of niggas fall, still standin' tall And a lot of people talk you've never seen talk When your man testify, that's a coin toss Never trust niggas, hit 'em with a moonwalk Billy Jean, Billy Jean, oh Billy Jean Say a prayer for my team, we gon' make it Hold your head to the sky, we gon' make it All my niggas gettin' high, we gon' make it They say we just a bunch of thugs, don't stand for nothin' Disgrace to our race, don't belong in public It was us against the world from the first day Let us bow our heads, may we all pray Throwin' bricks at the man, we gon' make it Genocide not in the plans, we gon' make it Pray my son understands, we gon' make it Know God holdin' our hands, we gon' make it Demonstrators jumping on police cars, setting some on fire, the city in rubbles, rubber bullet shooting chaos. Looters robbing stores in broad daylight They sayin' we animals and we actin' like we ready to go 'head If you don't bring him to justice, if you don't bring him to town square, you're gonna see all these people in your motherfuckin' neighborhood Aus Songtexte Mania