Common - A Letter to the Law lyrics

Dem boy wanna talk like dem wanna gon come
But what you gon' do if you got one gun?
I sing a song for the hero unsung
With faces on the mural of the revolution
No looking back
Cause in back is what's done
Tell the preacher God got more than one son
Tell the law my Uzi weighs a ton
I walk like a warrior from them I won't run
On the streets they try to
Beat us like a drum
In Cincinnati, another brother hung
Again he won't see the sun
With his family stung
They want us to hold justice
But you handin' me none
The same they did Kobe and Michael Jackson
Make them the main attraction
Turn around and attack them
Black gem in the rough, you rugged enough
Use your mind and non power
Get the government touch
Them boy chat chat on how him pop gun
I got the black strap to make the cops run
They watching me, I'm watching them
Them dick boys got a lotta cock in them
My people on the block got
A lotta Pac in them
And when we roll together, we be rocking them
To sleep no time for that
Cause there's things to be done
Stay true to what I do
So the youth dream come
From project building
Seen a fiend being hung with that happening
Why they messing with Saddam? Burn a bush
Cause for peace he no push no button
Killing over oil and grease
No weapons of destruction
How can we follow leader when
This a corrupt one?
The government's a G-Unit and
They might buck young
Black people in the urban area one
I hold up a peace sign but I carry a gun
Peace y'all, love