Stone Wall

[Verse] You throw punches But you ain't knockin' down Ain't usin' your brain Just playin' a clown The man's smilin' He's got you in his grip Look at you Fallin' for his dirty tricks [Verse 2] Blinded by anger You can't see the truth Stuck in a cycle Ain't nothin' new He wants you divided He wants you weak But it's time to rise up Turn the other cheek [Chorus] Bust through that stone wall Break free from the chains Don't play their game Don't let 'em drive you insane Stand up Speak out Give it all you got It's time to show 'em We ain't gonna be caught Nothin' but love for you my sister Might even know how hard it is, no doubt Bein' a woman, a black woman at that, no doubt Shit, in this white man's world Sometimes we overlook the fact that we be ridin' hard on our sisters We don't be knowin' the pain we be causin' In this white man's world In this white man's world I ain't sayin I'm innocent in all this I'm just sayin' In this white man's world This song is for y'all For all those times that I messed up or we messed up Dear sister, got me twisted up in prison I miss ya Cryin' lookin' at my niece's and my nephew picture They say don't let this cruel world get ya, kinda suspicious Swearin' one day you might leave me, for somebody that's richer Twist the cap off the bottle, I take a sip and see tomorrow Gotta make it if I have to beg or borrow Readin' love letters; late night, locked down and quiet If brothers don't receive they mail best believe we riot Eatin' Jack-Mack, starin' at the walls of silence Inside this cage where they captured all my rage and violence In time I learned a few lessons, never fall for riches Apologizes to my true sisters, far from bitches Help me raise my Black Nation, reparations are due It's true, caught up in this world I took advantage of you So tell the babies how I love them, precious boys and girls Born black in this white man's world - and all I heard was Born black in this white man's world - and all I heard was Who, knows what tomorrow brings In this world, where everyone's blind? And where to go, no matter how far I'll find To let you know, that you're not alone [2Pac:] Only thing they ever did wrong (yes!, yes!) was bein' born black (no doubt), in this white man’s world. All my ghetto motherfuckers be proud to be black if you proud to have this shit like this, cause ain't nobody got it like this (all my little Black seeds, born Black in the White man'z world). All these motherfuckers wanna be like us. They all wanna be like us, to be the have naughts: all hail. God bless the child that can hold his own, no motherfuckin' doubt