CHANGE IS COMING

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YOU DON’T WORRY I KNOW IT’S HARD AND UM

TO ALL THE SINGLE MOTHERS OUT THERE WHO ARE STRUGGLING

TO MY BROTHERS TRYING TO KEEP FROM RUNNING WITH THE THUGS AND EM

CHANGE IS COMING YOU DON’T WORRY

IS THERE A BETTER WAY FROM DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS FROM DAY TO DAY

I DON’T WANT TO GIVE UP SO LORD CAN YOU PLEASE HURRY

CHANGE IS COMING

VERSE 1

ON MAY SEVENTEENTH IN THE YEAR OF NINETEEN SEVENTY SIX

A SIX POUND TEN OUNCE BROTHER WAS BORN AN HE WAS MIXED

FATHER WHITE COMPLECTED HAD A YOUNG BLACK MOTHER

WAS THE PRODUCT OF LOVERS NEXT YEAR SHE BIRTHED HIS BROTHER

GROWING UP WAS TOUGH WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH BUT WE HAD ENOUGH

AND THE SACRIFICE MADE US RUGGED AND ROUGH

BUT WE’D HAVE FUN WE WOULD BANG ON WINDOWS AND RUN

TO BEAT THE HEAT TAGGING EACH OTHER WITH A WATER GUN

THEN WE WOULD COME INTO A HOUSE OF HOSTILITY

PARENTS ARGUING AND SCREAMING MOM AND DAD COULD YOU STOP IT PLEASE

RUN TO OUR ROOMS CRY JUMP INTO BED

WE’D GRAB A PILLOW FOR OUR HEAD JUST WISH TO BE DEAD

CUZ TO OUR PROBLEMS THOUGHT WE WERE RELATED

DAD SAYS ABOUT ME AND YOUR MOM SON I DON’T THINK WE GONNA MAKE IT

BUT HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT WASN’T HIS DECISION

FOR TWO SNOTTY NOSE KIDS THE ALMIGHTY HAD A MISSION

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BREAKDOWN

I KNOW A CHANGE A CHANGE A CHANGE (REPEAT 1X)

VERSE 2

LOOK AT THE SITUATION YOU IN AGAIN

YOUR FATHERS LEFT HOME, FEELING ALL ALONE CUZ YOU DON’T HAVE A FRIEND

THE MAN YOU THOUGHT LOVED YOU BACK THE ONE YOU GAVE YOURSELF TO

FOUND OUT YOU CARRY HIS HE BROKE OUT AND LEFT YOU

WITH NO SUPPORT FROM YOUR MOTHER NO EDUCATION

IT AIN’T HARD FOR ME TO GUESS WHAT YOU WILL BE FACING

HARD TIMES, TRIALS, AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT

TO EVERY MAN THAT SAYS HE LOVES YOU, YOU LAY DOWN ON YOUR BACK

BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR SON WITH NO FATHER FIGURE

WILL HE WALK DOWN THE RIGHT PATH OR TURN TO THE TRIGGER

AS YOU TUCK HIM IN HIS BED YOU CRY BALL UP YOUR FIST

CONSUMED YOUR GUILT HE DESERVES BETTER THAN THIS

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VERSE 3

IT’S A BATTLE EVERYDAY TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER

THROUGH THE GOOD WEATHER ESPECIALLY THE BAD WEATHER

LET ME CUT TO THE POINT SHARP SEVER

YOU GO TO WORK EVERYDAY IT’S TOUGH LIKE LEATHER AND YAH

WORK HARD WITH YOUR HANDS

CUZ YOU’RE A YOUNG STRONG CHRISTIAN DOING WHAT YOU CAN

TO GIVE EVERY WANT AND NEED TO YOUR WIFE AND YOUR LITTLE

CUZ YOU KNOW SHE’S YOUR LITTLE PEARL

SHE’S YOUR EVERYTHING

BUT SHE DIDN’T ASK FOR NOTHING THAT THIS NEW DAYS GONNA BRING

SO YOU GO TO WORK YOUR SWEAT DRIPPING SUNS BEAMING

LOOKING DOWN AT THE BLACKBERRY IT’S BEEPING

YOU GOT A VOICEMAIL FROM YOUR WIFE

SAYING IS IT ALRIGHT IF WE TALK WHEN YOU GET HOME TO NIGHT,

YOU SAY ALRIGHT THEN YOU GO ABOUT YOUR WORK DAY

WORK HARD SO YOU GET HOME EARLY

JUST TO FIND OUT THE CLOSET’S EMPTY THE DRAWERS ARE EMPTY THERE’S A NOTE ON THE TV

SAYING I NEED SOME TIME TO THINK SO I’M OUT THIS DOOR

I CAN’T TAKE IT NO MORE

BEING ON THE ROCKS ARGUING EVERYDAY

ME AND YOUR DAUGHTER WE NEEDED SOME TIME AWAY

IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS YOU GOT A LITTLE GIRL NO DOUBT

THINKING TO YOURSELF WHAT’S YOUR WIFE NEED TO THINK ABOUT

YOU BALL UP THE NOTE IN YOUR FIST ANGER INSIDE

LOOK UP AT THE SKY AND ASK GOD WHY

WHY YOUR TWO GIRLS JUST LEFT YOUR SIDE YOUR LIFE

I’M READY FOR YOUR KINGDOM PLEASE TAKE ME TONIGHT

BREAKDOWN

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