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Fake, fraud, I see it in your eyesKeep putting up that facadeAnd it's probably gon' be your surpriseActing tough until the wheels fall offAnd you can protest. YetIgnore the heart of the issue and you know thisI done seen so many folks call themselves pro-blackReady to march at the drop of a hatBut they won't dare criticize the folks in their own townRunning their city into the ground'Cause they terrorize, tooThe only difference is they look just like youThey're your uncleThey're your brotherThey're your cousinBut you sit back and say nothingWhat, you're scared?How many more kids gotta get filled up with lead?The killer was the same colorBut he offed somebody's baby brotherWhat stares back at you when you look into the mirror?Do you recognize the person you've become?We represent the 13% of the U.S. PopulationBut we represent like half the homicides since like '75SongtexteKilling our own kind at a faster rateThan every other race and that's a disgraceWe can stop police brutalityBut these problems ain't going awayA gangsta, and you boast and bragKilling people over territory and flags, you're sadRobbing grandmommas, you're a bonafide dimwitIt's like you're on a mission to be another statisticWhat stares back at you when you look into the mirror?Do you recognize the person you've become?This doesn't have to be your destiny, you can find your wayoutYou are not real. You're a cowardMost of our problems are in-houseBut you're silent like a mouseAnd you want to cry, yet poutIt is too easy to point the fingerIt's convenient to point the blameBut it takes courage to realize what you ain't boutUnfortunately that's something that you ain't gotYou're fakeYour activism is not the truthIt's nothing more than an ego boostYou're fakeSo you can shout and poutSo you go ahead, take the easy route Aus Songtexte Mania