2Pac - White Man'z World lyrics

"You go bustin' your fist
Against a stone wall
You're not usin' your brain that's what the
White man wants you to do look at you!
What makes you ashamed of bein' black?"

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 capture
All my rage and violence
In time I learned a few lessons
Never fall for riches
Apologies 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

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

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's world) all these
Motherfuckers wanna be like us they all wanna
Be like us, to be the have nots: all hail
God bless the child that can hold his own
No motherfuckin' doubt

Bein' born with less, I must confess
Only adds on to the stress
Two gunshots to my homie's head
Died in his vest
Shot him to death and left him
Bleedin' for his family to see
I pass his casket, gently askin'
Is there a heaven for G's?
My homeboy's doin' life
His baby mama be stressin'
Sheddin' tears when her son
Finally ask that questions
Where my daddy at? Mama, why we live so poor?
Why you cryin'? Heard you late
Night through my bedroom door
Now, do you love me
Mama? Why they keep on callin' me nigga?
Get my weight up with my hate and
Pay 'em back when I'm bigger
And still thuggin' in this jail cell
Missin' my block
Hearin' brothers screamin' all night
Wishin' they'd stop proud to be black
But why we act like we don't love ourselves?
Don't look around, busta
(You sucka) check yourselves
Know what it means to be black
Whether a man or girl
We still strugglin' in this white man's world

Who knows what tomorrow brings
(Born black in this white man's world)
In this world where everyone's blind?
(In this white man's world)
And where to go, no matter how far, I'll find
(In this white man's world)
To let you know that you're not alone

We must fight for brother Mumia
We must fight for brother Mutulu
And we must fight for brother Ruchell Magee
We must fight for brother Geronimo Pratt
We must fight for, Zulu
We must fight for the
Countless political prisoners
Who are locked up falsely by this white man

So, tell me why you changed
To choose a new direction
In the blink of an eye?
My time away just made perfection
Did you think I'd die?
Not gon' cry, why should I care?
Like we holdin' onto lost love
That's no longer there
Can you please help me?
God bless me, please keep my seeds healthy
Makin' all my enemies bleed
While my G's wealthy
Hopin' they bury me with ammunitions
Weed and shells
Just in case they trip in Heaven
Ain't no G's in Hell
Sister, sorry for the pain that
I caused your heart
I know I'll change if you help me
But don't fall apart
Rest in peace to Latasha, Lil' Yummy
And Kato
Too much for this cold world to take
Ended up bein' fatal
Every woman in America, especially black
Bear with me
Can't you see that we under attack?
I never meant to cause drama
To my sister and mama
Hope we make it to better times
In this white man's world

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

"You're out of touch with reality!
There are a few
Of you in a few smoke-filled rooms calling
That the mainstream
While the masses of the people
White and black, red, yellow and brown
Poor and vulnerable are suffering
In this nation"

Never that, in this white man's world
They can't stop us
We've been here all this time
They ain't took us out
They can never take us out
No matter what they say
About us bein' extinct
About us bein' endangered species
We ain't never gon' leave this
We ain't never gon' walk off this planet
Unless y'all choose to
Use your brain, use your brain
It ain't them that's killin' us
It's us that's killin' us
It ain't them that's knockin' us off
It's us that's knockin' us off
I'm tellin' you better watch it
Or be a victim
Be a victim, in this white man's world
Born black, in this white man's world
No doubt and it's dedicated to
My motherfuckin' teachers
Mutulu Shakur, Geronimo Pratt
Mumia Abu Jamal
Sekou Odinga, all the real OG's, we out

"The seal, and the constitution, reflect the
Thinking of the founding fathers
That this was to be a nation by white
People and for white people
Native Americans, Blacks, and all
Other non-white people were to
Be the burden bearers
For the real citizens of this nation"