Cas Metah, Ruffian (Scribbling Idiots), Blueprint - Can't Understand lyrics

Ayo my homie called the other day
He said "what up bruh
We gotta find another way
Folks dyin out here from all da drug decay"
Fam I feel what you sayin'
We done dug enough graves
"This gutters a maze
Where good people plummet in faith
'Cause no matter where they run
They never escape"
I'm wonderin if it's because
They never equate
The weight of their own worth with
The worth of the weight
"I think boredoms the gate
Toward explorin' foreign-
Exchanges with dangerous portions of pain
I wish that it was all
So simple but it ain't"
I wish that I could understand
Man but I can't
Nobody even sleeps, the whole worlds awake
Some are up on speed, some are up to pray
"So are some gonna heal?
Are some gonna tame?"
As soon as summers here I can say
It's a cold climate we reside in
Why ya think the needle users
Pullin sleeves over they veins?
Is it shame that they hidin'?
Or just too broke for a coat
They rather shiver than change

Yo why my man struggling for free
Instead of trying
A little harder? Sold his life for cheap
You understand why his daughter choked and
Couldn’t breathe? She inhaled
The scent of hell and she couldn’t sleep
You understand why the pastor forgot how to
Preach? And his wife toss
And turn awake in the sheets?
Can’t duck his hands
So she bruised from her heart and cheek
Can’t understand
Won’t you stand in this place
For me and understand

I met this lady from around the way
I run into her everytime I'm
Running to the bank
She always sitting on the
Same cracked sidewalk, beggin' for change
I told her change ain't gon' come
'til she settles her pain
She said "you don't know me and
You don't owe me a thang
What makes you my judge
You ain't been in my place"
I said I've seen enough ghosts
To recognize the face
Of those being chased by
The killah that await's
By the gates of your soul
Ready to take control of your physical
And make it cold seis below
I can tell you make no goals
Haven't slept one wink for one week
Or even ate for a day or so
She felt the truth as I spoke
But didn't hate it though
Unphased one gaze made it plain
She's in a haze, content with her shade
She don't see the son
So she don't feel the rays
Addicted to the high life of fixin' the crave
Livin' a slave without the
Whips and the chains
So it took me by surprise when
She looked me in my eyes
And said "honey, you're right
But can you please, give me some change"

Yo why my man struggling for free
Instead of trying
A little harder? Sold his life for cheap
You understand why his daughter choked and
Couldn’t breathe? She inhaled
The scent of hell and she couldn’t sleep
You understand why the pastor forgot how to
Preach? And his wife toss
And turn awake in the sheets?
Can’t duck his hands
So she bruised from her heart and cheek
Can’t understand
Won’t you stand in this place
For me and understand

Uh, huh
Too many questions and not enough answers
Make a brother want to throw his hands up
And maybe throw in a towel
I’m dawning a scowl
Thinking it’s wild how diseases
Like cancer still killing
If everybody and they mama
Rocking pink ribbons
And the company that makes
Them receives millions
Why we never see results
On anything we’ve given?
I bet their exec’s are somewhere
On a beach chilling
We all notice it but nobody speaks about it
‘Cause we think showing solidarity
Means being silent instead we’re mislead
Obedient sheep that never keep the
Hair on they heads
Being force fed opinions and
Views from television
Maybe that’s why they call it the tube
Few choices in what we consume
But just because we eat it up
Doesn’t mean that it’s food
You want change? Then start
Thinking long range
Tomorrows happiness is built on
What you do today
Get committed to improving your days
And be prepared for them to look
At you strange when you change

Yo why my man struggling for free
Instead of trying
A little harder? Sold his life for cheap
You understand why his daughter choked and
Couldn’t breathe? She inhaled
The scent of hell and she couldn’t sleep
You understand why the pastor forgot how to
Preach? And his wife toss
And turn awake in the sheets?
Can’t duck his hands
So she bruised from her heart and cheek
Can’t understand
Won’t you stand in this place
For me and understand