Changes - 2Pac; Talent
[00:16.21] I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself:
[00:19.22] "Is life worth living? Should I blast myself?"
[00:21.74] I'm tired of being poor and, even worse, I'm black
[00:23.50] My stomach hurts so I'm looking for a purse to snatch
[00:26.00] Cops give a damn about a negro
[00:28.02] Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero
[00:30.03] "Give the crack to the kids: who the hell cares?
[00:32.04] One less hungry mouth on the welfare!"
[00:34.55] First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothers
[00:36.55] Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other
[00:38.56] "It's time to fight back," that's what Huey said
[00:40.82] Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
[00:43.33] I got love for my brother
[00:44.33] But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other
[00:47.34] We gotta start making changes
[00:48.86] Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers
[00:51.86] And that's how it's supposed to be
[00:53.11] How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me?
[00:55.63] I'd love to go back to when we played as kids
[00:58.14] But things change... and that's the way it is
[01:02.65] That's just the way it is
[01:07.17] Things'll never be the same
[01:11.44] That's just the way it is
[01:14.70] Aww yeah
[01:19.97] That's just the way it is
[01:24.25] Things'll never be the same
[01:28.76] That's just the way it is
[01:31.77] Aww yeah
[01:34.27] I see no changes, all I see is racist faces
[01:36.79] Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races
[01:38.80] We under, I wonder what it takes to make this
[01:40.80] One better place, let's erase the wasted
[01:43.57] Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right
[01:45.57] 'Cause both Black and White are smoking crack tonight
[01:47.83] And the only time we chill is when we kill each other
[01:49.84] It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other
[01:52.35] And although it seems heaven-sent
[01:53.85] We ain't ready to see a black president
[01:56.11] It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact:
[01:57.86] The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks
[02:00.88] But some things will never change
[02:02.38] Try to show another way, but you staying in the dope game
[02:05.14] Now tell me, what's a mother to do?
[02:06.66] Being real don't appeal to the brother in you
[02:08.91] You gotta operate the easy way
[02:10.92] "I made a G today," but you made it in a sleazy way
[02:13.68] Selling crack to the kids
[02:15.19] "I gotta get paid!", well hey, but that's the way it is
[02:20.46] That's just the way it is
[02:24.72] Things'll never be the same
[02:28.99] That's just the way it is
[02:32.25] Aww yeah
[02:37.77] That's just the way it is
[02:42.04] Things'll never be the same
[02:46.54] That's just the way it is
[02:49.55] Aww yeah
[02:52.07] We gotta make a change
[02:54.83] It's time for us as a people to start making some changes
[02:58.09] Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
[03:01.35] And let's change the way we treat each other
[03:03.61] You see the old way wasn't working
[03:05.12] So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive
[03:08.89] And still I see no changes
[03:10.14] Can't a brother get a little peace?
[03:11.64] It's war on the streets and a war in the Middle East
[03:14.16] Instead of war on poverty
[03:15.91] They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me
[03:18.42] And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do
[03:20.68] But now I'm back with the facts giving it back to you
[03:22.94] Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up
[03:25.20] Crack you up and pimp-smack you up
[03:27.46] You gotta learn to hold your own
[03:28.71] They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
[03:31.22] But tell the cops they can't touch this
[03:33.23] I don't trust this, when they try to rush I bust this
[03:35.99] That's the sound of my tool
[03:37.24] You say it ain't cool, my mama didn't raise no fool
[03:40.25] And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped
[03:42.51] And I never get to lay back
[03:44.52] 'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the payback
[03:46.53] Some buck that I roughed up way back
[03:48.78] Coming back after all these years
[03:50.80] "Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!" That's the way it is
[03:55.56] That's just the way it is
[04:00.08] Things'll never be the same
[04:04.10] That's just the way it is
[04:07.36] Aww yeah
[04:11.27] (You're my brother, you're my sister)
[04:13.04] That's just the way it is
[04:17.06] Things'll never be the same
[04:21.57] That's just the way it is
[04:24.83] Aww yeah
[04:25.73] Some things'll never change
