Dead prez - When Mama Cries (Real) (feat. Jamila, UMI) lyrics

Dead prez ft jamila and Umi
- "When Mama Cries"

Why do babies cry?
‘Cause they knew they were born in
The eye of the storm and my mama cried
On the day I was born ‘cause
She knew I would die

Aww shit another young brother hit
They got me doing my dips
And loading my clips
Bloomberg name taste like shit on our lips
Projects flipping, niggas is shitting on pigs
It ain’t a war where we live
No more it’s a massacre
Brothers ain’t trying to ride we’re
In the passenger seat
And everybody just trying to eat
But, I’m trying to eat, then live, get high
And get free
Don’t tell me I’m deceiving myself
If that’s the case
I’d rather meet reality now, a gun to my face
Than play-fight with police and get
Shot in the back so they could dirty my name
And sprinkle some crack
Tell me that’s not how we’re getting
Down we had some principles
I guess some things is
Different now broken promises
We made to my homie’s mom
They killed her only son
And now she crying in my arms be strong

Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry no more
‘Cause it won’t be long we will survive
Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry no more
‘Cause it won’t be long we’re gonna ride

I cried when 2Pac died it was a Friday
We sat up that whole night, bumping "Shawtay"
I felt the same way when
I lost my cousin Padre
Why so many niggas had to
Go out the hard way?
Nobody knows the reason we’re
Here we’re just surviving from day to day
Caught up in a game you got to pay to play
Life is just a series of days that fade away
Every day, the sun rises, but nothing changes

I feel the sadness i’m trying
To console his family
And tell his mama that her
Son is still standing i know he left you and
Life is full of pressure
But, in me, you’ll find a piece of his spirit
And, as children, the block was our prison
We couldn’t escape the bid that we was given
Learning lessons, searching for directions
Clinging to the truth
Poverty kept us desperate
Was steady grinding with our
Minds on survival had plans to build a fam
Without dope or violence
But, in a second, niggas is left breathless
We was caught in a storm
Being born as black men
And life is tragic my nigga’s in his casket
It got me loading clips
Ready to bust a cracker i can’t replace him
But I’m here to help you face it
Consider me your son ‘til it’s
My time to face death

Don’t cry, don’t cry (Don’t, mama)
Don’t cry no more (Don’t you cry)
‘Cause it won’t be long
(You know that) We will
Survive (We will survive)
Don’t cry, don’t cry (Don’t, mama)
Don’t cry no more (Don’t you cry)
‘Cause it won’t be long
(You know that) We’re gonna
Ride (We’re gonna ride)

Mama, hold your head up high
(Hold your head up high)
‘Cause it won’t be long
(You’ve got to be strong) we’re gonna ride
Mama, hold your head up high
(Hold your head up high)
‘Cause it won’t be long
(It won’t be long) we’re gonna ride

Bang for change
Make the change that’s on everything
It’s on for life