Heavy D - Letter to the Future lyrics

People the world today is in
A very difficult situation
And we all know it
Because we're the ones who created it

What's wrong with our future?

Bust this

How long will this last?
A friend to the end, a memory in the past
You think you're big
Cause you walk with a shotgun
I got new for you, your days are numbered
Son why don't you get yourself a job?
When your kid grows up
Do you want him to rob?
Look at your mother, teardrops
She just received a phone-call from the cops
"Your son will do life
Cause he wigged a man's wife
Shot her with a gun and
Stabbed her with a knife", or
Take a look at your mother's heart torn
She just received a phone-call
From the morgue "Your son is dead from three
Shots to the head
The killer left a note and this
Is what the note said:
"Never be bigger than you are
Never try to pose like you're a superstar
Next time you rob somebody
And you give him the death-wish
When you pull the trigger, nigga, don't miss"
Is this how you wanna be
Dead on the street or
Locked in a penetentiary?
It's cool to be free
And it's alright for you to be you
And for me to be me
Look at you, 15 years old
Coolin on the corner with a can of Old Gold
Whatever happened to school?
Yeah, sure you go to school
But you go to be cool
To sport sneakers that you took from somebody
To talk about the kid that
You bucked at some party
Life is a gamble, and you're losin
Before it's too late, brother
You better start choosin
Left from right, right from wrong
Or you'll be singin that old blues song
(Yo, you gotta buck em, or else you're soft)
Some I knew thought the same
Now they're way up North
You ain't soft, cause you didn't buck a shot
Put the pistol down, throw up your hands
See what ya got
Old Johnny Walker from around the block
Was livin' rather large 'till he got knocked
He had "Livin' Large" on his Jeep plates
"Livin' Large" on his real estate
He even bought a diamond
"Livin' Large" name plate
He used to look at cops
And smile in their face
Drive a BMW and pump the bass
One day, he made a move for a friend
The f-r-iend, the voice said, "Yo
I need ten", Johnny said, "When?"
Later on that day, johnny went to play the
Game he normally plays
To do a favour for a chum
You see, a friend is a friend, but then
Some are none cause when he got to the spot
They were supposed to meet
All he found was a police-infested street
I guess havin a friend is rough
Cause now Johnny's up north, doin push-ups
Gettin buffed
You see this chain I've got, I've got it
Honestly
You see the clothes I wear, I've got it
Honestly
You see the Jeep I drive, I've got it
Honestly i work hard, it ain't easy being me
Never had an excuse for life
Just did what I did, now what I do
I do it right
"Jumbo, Jumbo", they cry on the block
50, 50, lay low, here comes the cops
Man, your lifestyle is petro
On your knees again, because Jumbo said so
"Free Mandela", you cried
But you still sell dope to
Brothers and sisters outside
Martin Luther King had a dream (ooh yeah)
That's exactly what turned his
Dream into a nightmare
Malcolm X said, "By any means necessary"
He didn't mean just for you, brother
He meant for everybody
Maybe if we were still slaves
We'll be closer however
Pickin cotton was bad
But we picked it together
I pray for you, and you pray for me
Sincerely yours, the overweight lover
Heavy D