Akon, OG Boo Dirty - System Ain't For Us lyrics

Mama hold her head and cry
'Cause her son had been shot
Down in the streets and died
"Oh why? Oh why?", is what she cry, she cry

The biggest problems in the city
Is them daddies ain't there
And if it ain't about the money
Then nobody don't care
And then spoke to an OG
He tried to mentor me, he said:
"Boy, these streets will suck the
Love right out your heart
So don't believe that bullshit"

You know goddamn well this
System ain't for us (Oh, no no no)
And you know goddamn well the
President don't love us (Oh, no no no)
Sinking down to the ground on the ghettos
And we can't get no lower
So I'm askin' God how do we dig ourselves
Out if when we can't afford the shovel

If there's a problem in the hood
Everybody come together just to
Solve that problem
But that's the problem in the hood
Nobody comes together unless
You involve violence
'Cause we was taught to be the tough guys
And was told to just remain silent
But then you got them niggas
Telling on the next guy
Instead of tellin' 'em what it
Takes to solve it
Is there a problem that I don't know about?
(Oh, no no no) is there a problem that
I haven't heard about? (Oh, no no no)
'Cause, I speak of kids
Robbing each other, pimps
Prostitutes and drug dealers
We won't get much further unless
We start helping each other
But them non believers will sink

You know goddamn well this
System ain't for us (Oh, no no no)
And you know goddamn well the
President don't love us (Oh, no no no)
We're sinking down to the ground on the
Ghettos and we can't get no lower
So I'm askin' God how do we dig ourselves
Out if when we can't afford the shovel

We were 16 brothers with no father around
I was 16, 14 robbers now
Two went to school and got a degree
One went to jail
The other one's stuck in the streets
Damn, so nobody really made it out
Errbody sellin' bricks just to build a house
Momma working two jobs while babysitting hard
And I ain't even seen my dad
When we was in a drought
Life crazy, can't dig success with a shovel
And now the hoes around digging
Me with no shovel no Rihanna in the rain
Somebody grab my umbrella, yeah

Mama hold her head and cry
'Cause her son had been shot
Down by police and died
"Oh why? Oh why?", is what she cry, she cry
Mama hold her head and cry
'Cause her son had been shot
Down by police and died