Kanye West, Common, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, Rhymefest - We Can Make It Better lyrics

(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Breaking up) We can make it

Somebody told me Deltas brown-skinned
AKAs light-skinned
And they supposed to be bougie
So they got white friends
First day of school
I'ma take you sight seein'
Show you what we do
On weekends for excitement
She said, "I know what you about to say
Like your hypeman"
Last year, a nigga hit her
And now she only date white men
And if a nigga even wave
At her, it's frightenin', but

(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Better we can make it on up, we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it

The night fallin' over Brooklyn where
They murder for change
The converter remains faithful to
The drug dealer priestess
He in search of the word of fame
You heard of the name
Kweli the truth like I'm comin'
Out the mouths of babes
One foot in and one foot out the grave
Niggas want they reparations
How you calculate the amount to be paid?
You try to imagine America without the slaves
(The slaves)

(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Better we can make it on up, we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it (Good looks, Ye)

Her tenement, yo, is rat infested
Her heart is like a gold bullion
Because she went and protested
'Cause her best friend's man got popped
He was sixteen years old
The cop thought his phone was a Glock
In the hood is an everyday happenin'
In front of the precinct
She chews out the captain she yells out
"Why y'all do this to black men?" C'mon uh

(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can, yeah)
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Better we can make it on up, we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it

I think of eighty-seven ways
To make better days whether crime or rhyme
I heard the rebel pays on the scene
Tryin' to get green like everglades
The music, ridin' it good like Escalades
In the ghetto infested by shade and drama
And niggas wit' thangs ain't afraid of karma
I'm thinkin' big like Lil Wayne
And Tha Carters's that-

(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Better we can make it on up, we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it

C'mon, look tell people the truth
But never give 'em your true thoughts
Terrorism on blacks, they poison our Newports
Patriot Act in effect
Make it hard to breathe now
Johnnie Cochran dead
Who gonna get us "Us free" now?
Clinton ain't in office
Who gon' give us shit free now?
Who gon' make it better for
The thugs in the penal?
Who gon' make it good for
Old folks that's senile?
Oh, it's GOOD music, yeah, dawg, I see now

We can make it better (better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it better
(Better we can make it on up, we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it
Better (Better we can)
(Breaking up) We can make it

Breaking up, it's so very hard
Breaking up, it's so very hard
Breaking up, it's so very hard breaking up